The Calabash International Literary Festival will be staged in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth (Jamaica) the weekend before CSA 2009 starts. Treasure Beach is about 2.5 hours (driving) from Kingston. Given the popularity of the Festival, those who are interested in attending should make their travel plans, especially plans for accommodation, as soon as possible. Here are a few links that you might find helpful in learning a bit more about the Festival, and making your travel arrangements:

Calabash link: http://www.calabashfestival.org

Calabash article written by CSA member

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Scholarship/Grants

THE FIRST ANNUAL CSA GRADUATE STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST

The GYS invites individuals who are students in a degree-granting program (including M.A. and Ph.D.) at the time of their submission to send research essays between 6000 and 8000 words centering on the analysis of political, cultural, literary and/or socio-economic phenomena in the Caribbean region and its diasporae. We encourage submissions that expand the purview of Caribbean Studies and challenge us to think beyond traditional divisions among disciplines and conventional approaches to areas, while maintaining a focus on historical or emergent concerns within the region and its outposts. Essays will be read and evaluated by a committee of readers chosen from the GYS Sub-Committee and the broader CSA membership. The winner will be announced in the CSA newsletter, and the winning paper will be published in the peer-reviewed journal of the Association of Black Anthropologists, Transforming Anthropology.

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Announcement

The award-winning documentary film, Calypso Dreams, is being made available to all educational institutions and non-profit organizations at special rates prior to its commercial release later this fall. The offer is good for only two more weeks. The extended deadline is October 8, 2008.

Dubbed by Caribbean Beat as "far and away the best film ever made about calypso….," Calypso Dreams chronicles the rich traditions of calypso music in Trinidad and Tobago and features rare acoustic performances by such legendary calypso greats as the Mighty Sparrow, Calypso Rose, Lord Kitchener, Roaring Lion, Black Stalin, Singing Sandra and dozens of more calypso stalwarts, along with narrative commentary by David Rudder, Chalkdust and Harry Belafonte.

The trailer for Calypso Dreams can be viewed here: Read More