Saturday 17 November 2007 at 04h 16m Atlantic Standard Time

Officers for 2007-2009
José Jiménez: President
Christopher Powers: Vice-President
Stéphane Pillet: Treasurer


For more information about CEA-CC conferences, please email us at cea.caribbeanchapter@gmail.com For more information about CEA-CC publications 2005-2007, please email us at cea_caribbeanchapter@hotmail.com

Mailing Address
Department of English, Box 9265
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681


Spring 2009 Conference: 13-14 March 2009, Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Art and the Artist in Society
We are interested in identifying and defining art (what is art?), the artist (what / who is an artist?), and the role of art and the artist in a world where the high-brow/low-brow cultural order has shifted. Most importantly, we are interested in having a dialogue about how the different forces in society (historical, political, economical, and cultural) have shaped and continue to shape our conception of art and the artist. With this objective in mind, we invite all proposals that might explore the relationship between the artist and his work (art), and the relationship between these two foci and other aspects of society.

The specific topics to be addressed at the conference will include but not be limited to:

* Art for art's sake

* Art and mass production

* Self-publication, the internet,

and the online artists

* Talent and/or knowledge in art

* Art and the entertainment business

* Artists as celebrities

* Artists, performers, and

the interpretation of art

* Artists, critics, and the

interpretation of art

* The artist and his characters

* The artist as a character in fiction

* The artist as a peformative act

* Art as a reflection of the artist's values

* Art as a reflection of reality

* Art as a distortion of reality

* Artists as national heroes,

social activists, and revolutionaries

* Art and the artists in the societies

of the Middle Ages, the

Renaissance, the Restoration,

the Romantic and Victorian Age,

and Modern and Post-Modern Era

* Art and the artist in the post-colonial world

* Art and the artist in the United States, Europe, and/or the Caribbean

* Art, the artist, and minorities

* Art and education / Art in education

* Art and history

* Art and religion

* Art and technology

* Art and the sciences

* Art, language, and linguistics
Please send proposals (200 words) for 20-minute papers to José Jiménez by email at cea.caribbeanchapter@gmail.com by 18 December 2008.


Spring 2008 Conference: 29 February-1 March 2008, Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Writing Race
Click here to register for "Writing Race"



Spring 2007 Conference: 29-30 March 2007, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
"Of Mice and Men: Animals in Human Perception"


Fall 2006 Conference: 10-11 November 2006, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
"Our Watery World: Humans and the Sea"

Click here for the Fall 2006 conference programme


Click here to see the Table of Contents of This Watery World: Humans and the Sea, ed. Vartan P. Messier and Nandita Batra (CEA-CC Publications: Mayagüez, December 2007).

This Watery World
Spring 2006 Conference: 24-25 March 2006, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
"Secrets and Lies"

Click here for the Spring 2006 conference programme


Fall 2005 Conference: 28-29 October 2005, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
"Narrating the Past: (Re) Constructing Memory, (Re) Negotiating History"


Click here for the Fall 2005 conference programme

Narrating the Past: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2007 Click here to order Narrating the Past (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2007), from the publisher and here to order the book from Amazon.







2005 Spring Conference: 25-26 February, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
"Transgression and Taboo"


Click here for the Spring 2005 conference programme

Transgression and Taboo Click here to order Transgression and Taboo: Critical Essays.

2004 Fall Conference: 15-16 October, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
"East and West/Orientalism and Occidentalism"


Conference Program in PDF

2004 Spring Conference: 28 February, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
"Critical Theory and the Classroom"


Conference Program in PDF
2003 Fall Conference: 17-18 October, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
"Representations of Mourning and Loss"


Conference Program in PDF
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2003 Spring Conference: 28 February - 1 March, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
"Travel Narratives"

Conference Program in PDF
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All conference speakers must be registered CEA-CC members and register for both days of the conference. They are asked to confirm their attendance and to register within a week of the acceptance of their proposals.
General information about Western Puerto Rico:
  • Mayagüez is located on the west coast of Puerto Rico and is a 25-minute flight or 2½-hour drive from San Juan
  • Currency in Puerto Rico: US dollar
  • Entry requirements for Puerto Rico: Same as for the U.S.
  • Languages spoken: Spanish and English
  • The closest airports are Eugenio Maria de Hostos airport in Mayagüez (Cape Air via San Juan) and Rafael Hernández airport (formerly Borinquen airport) in Aguadilla (Continental, Jet Blue, and North American Airlines from the New York area)
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