The Caribbean Digital V
The Caribbean Digital V
Image from Playing White, No. 1 by Kevin Adonis Browne, 2018
6-7 December 2018
University of the West Indies, St. Augustine
Trinidad and Tobago
Deadline for proposals: 15 June 2018
Conference website: caribbeandigitalnyc.net
Alex Gil, sx archipelagos editor, to deliver Distinguished Lecture at University of the West Indies, Mona
Alex Gil, sx archipelagos editor, to deliver Distinguished Lecture at University of the West Indies, Mona
The Context of Intellectual Friendship:
An interview with David Scott about his book Stuart Hall’s Voice: Intimations of an Ethics of Receptive Generosity by Tiana Reid
The Context of Intellectual Friendship:
An interview with David Scott about his book Stuart Hall’s Voice: Intimations of an Ethics of Receptive Generosity by Tiana Reid
David Scott, Stuart Hall’s Voice: Intimations of an Ethics of Receptive Generosity. Duke Press, 2017. 200 pages.
Small Axe 55 is now available!
Small Axe 55 is now available!
Our March issue features essays by Jennifer Morgan, Heather Vermeulen, Chris Moffatt, Petra Rivera, and Lyndon Gil. Small Axe 55 includes a special section, "Eulogizing Creoleness?: Rereading Éloge de la Créolité, Part II" guest-edited by Celia Britton and Martin Munro, with contributions by Nathalie Batraville, Dominique Chancé, Christina Kullberg, Fred Reno, and Justin Izzo. SX Visualities features from Bahamian photographer, Roland Rose.
sx salon 27 is now available!
sx salon 27 is now available!
sx salon 27 is now available!
Announcing Afro-Latinx Futures - a new book series edited by Vanessa K. Valdés, sx salon book review editor
Announcing Afro-Latinx Futures - a new book series edited by Vanessa K. Valdés, sx salon book review editor
The Afro-Latinx Futures series is committed to publishing scholarly monographs and edited collections that center Blackness and Afrolatinidad from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives in the humanities and social sciences. Taking a hemispheric approach, we seek work that foregrounds the lives and contributions of Afro-Latinx peoples across Latin America, the Caribbean, and the diasporic U.S. and Canada.
Liberation Film Series: Walter Rodney
23 March 2018. Film screening and panel discussion with Patricia Rodney, Robert A. Hill, and Robin "Jerry" Small on the legacy of Walter Rodney. Symposium will be held at the Wright Museum in Detroit, MI.
More information may be found here: https://thewright.org/index.php/explore/events/upcoming-events.
After the Hurricane: A Puerto-Rico Syllabus Teach-In
14 March 2018. Profs. María Fernández aka Mariposa (Black Studies Program), Kaliris Salas-Ramírez (CUNY School of Medicine), and Vanessa K. Valdés (Dept. of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures) spoke on the current state of Puerto Rico after the hurricane. Issues included a historical background to this present moment (how did we get here?), disaster relief efforts, the privatization of schools, and what we can do moving forward. This conversation was inspired by the Puerto Rico Syllabus (puertoricosyllabus.com).
Rosamond S. King named finalist for Lambda Literary Award
King's Rock | Salt | Stone is a finalist for a Lambda Literary award. "The Lambda Literary Awards identify and celebrate the best lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender books of the year and affirm that LGBTQ stories are part of the literature of the world. The ‘Lammys,’ which receive national and international media attention, bring together 600 attendees—including nominees, celebrities, sponsors, and publishing executives—to celebrate excellence in LGBTQ publishing.