Echarpalantismo: Neoliberal Subjectivities in the Colony of Puerto Rico
Date: Friday, April 30th
Time: 3:00 pm EST
Earth, World, Ethics: Conversations in Black and Caribbean Studies
For "Earth, World, Ethics: Conversations in Black and Caribbean Studies," the hosts asked participants to consider several thematics and questions, which the hosts locate in Black Critical Theory, Black Studies, Caribbean Studies, and Caribbean Poetics. How do we conceive of various formulations of disposability, life, nature, and the earth, against the apocalyptic tendencies in the discourses of the Anthropocene? What do we do with the category of the human vis-à-vis the senses—the senses and blackness, the senses and indigeneity, the senses and the elements?
Rosamond S. King to celebrate new collection with book launch party
Date: Friday, April 9th
Time: 6:30 pm EST
Poet and sx salon creative editor Rosamond S. King will celebrate the launch of her new book, All the Rage, at a special edition of Gibney’s Living Gallery. RSVP here.
Off the Page: Julia Alvarez & Vanessa Pérez-Rosario in conversation
Date: Tuesday, April 20th
Time: 7pm EST
From the Kupferberg Center for the Arts website:
OFF THE PAGE: Conversations with Writers is a Queens College series produced by Kupferberg Center for the Arts, the Department of English, the Provost’s Office, and the Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities. Curated by QC professor, author and Small Axe managing editor Vanessa Pérez-Rosario.
CuCa3: Cuir Caribbean Voices/Voces Queer del Caribe
Date: Wednesday, March 31st
Time: 6:30 pm EST
From LACS Stony Brook:
Life Portrait & Libations: a Celebration of Colin Robinson
In remembrance of Trinidadian poet and LGBTQ+ advocate Colin Robinson, there will be an online memorial service that is open to all on Sunday 28th March. Please find the details of the event below. Read some of Robinson's poems that were published in sx salon here.
Ian Randle Press publishes Methodologies in Caribbean Research on Gender and Sexuality
Ian Randle Press publishes Methodologies in Caribbean Research on Gender and Sexuality
Zora's Daughters co-hosts to facilitate "Honoring the Ancestors: Black Feminist Citational Praxis, an interactive workshop"
Zora's Daughters co-hosts to facilitate "Honoring the Ancestors: Black Feminist Citational Praxis, an interactive workshop"
Date: Saturday, March 13th
Time: 3-4pm EST
"Wayward Archives and Decolonial Interventions: Examining Intimate Histories with the Virgin Islands Studies Collective."
An anthropologist, an artist, a writer, and a philosopher collaboratively engaged the prison records of four Afro Caribbean women who led a 19th century labor riot in St. Croix, Danish West Indies (now U.S. Virgin Islands). Join the VI Studies Collective for a panel about intimate histories, collaborative research, and Black feminist decolonial archival interventions.
The VI Studies Collective consists of:
Intl. Women's Day Screening of Madan Sara & Review by Régine Jean-Charles
Intl. Women's Day Screening of Madan Sara & Review by Régine Jean-Charles
Date: Monday, March 8th
Time: 6pm EST
From the screening's Eventbrite: