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Call for papers and abstracts for 2020 Conference

Call for Papers and Abstracts for

Guyana Institute of Historical Research 2020 Conference

Theme: Decolonization: Fully Independent

Date:      25-27 June 2020

Fee:       USD$25.00/GYD$6,000.00

Venues: National Cultural Centre

                Walter Rodney Archives

Abstracts and proposals will be accepted by 15 June 2020.

Hosted by the Guyana Institute of Historical Research

The Guyana Institute of Historical Research is pleased to call for papers and abstracts for its 13th Annual Conference.

For the 2020 conference, the committee will consider proposals on all aspects of the history of decolonization, especially encouraging submissions that reflect on this year’s theme; submissions that focus on other topics will also be entertained by the Committee. Submissions of pre-organized panels and roundtables are strongly encouraged.

During the ONE day Conference, each panel will have 3-4 presenters (each 20-15 min., respectively), possibility of submission of a partial session with at least 2 presenters.

Panel, roundtable, and poster proposals will include the following information:

Panel proposals must include a panel title and 300-word abstract summarizing the theme of the panel; paper title and a 300-word abstract for each paper proposed; and a one-page professional curriculum vitae for each panelist (including the chair and commentator).

Roundtable proposals must include a roundtable title, a 300-word abstract summarizing the roundtable’s themes and points of discussion, and a one-page curriculum vitae for each participant (including the moderator, if any).

Individual paper proposals are also welcome and must include a paper title, 300-word abstract of the paper, and one-page vita with contact information and email address. If accepted, individual papers will be assigned by the program committee to an appropriate panel with a chair and commentator.  Volunteers, who wish to serve as chairs and commentators should send a one-page curriculum vitae to one of the following persons:

GIHR Conference specialist         Syndrene Harris -syndrene@yahoo.com

Conference committee chair      Tota Mangar -totamangar@gmail.com

Registrar              Hazel Woolford –gihrinstitut@gmail.com

 

Proposals will be judged according to the following criteria:

Proposal explains the topic, research questions, methodologies, and historiographic significance in ways that specialists and non-specialists alike can understand. (10 points)

Proposal presents new findings or revisions of long-held interpretations. (10 points)

Proposal addresses the conference theme. (5 points)

Participants may present one paper, serve on a roundtable, or provide panel comments. They may not fill more than one of these roles during the conference, with the following exception: Members who act as panel chairs may deliver a paper, serve on a roundtable, or offer comments in another session. Members who serve as both the chair and commentator of a single session may not present in another session. If members attach themselves to more than one proposal in violation of the above rules, then the first proposal that arrives will be considered by the program committee and any subsequent proposals that include that member will be rejected.

The conference registration fee, is to be paid in cash to the Head of the Conference Secretariat .

The Organizing Committee can assist in booking accommodation, but independent reservation is encouraged. Please note that early hotel reservation in strongly recommended.

Unfortunately, the Conference Organizing Committee has no means to support financially any Conference participant.

 

All the correspondence, other than related to paper abstracts submission and acceptance, should be sent by e-mail for the Conference Organizing Committee, to the attention of the GIHR Conference specialist   Syndrene Harris -syndrene@yahoo.com

The Organizing Committee would appreciate your familiarizing the members of your research/teaching unit, as well as all interested colleagues, with the present Announcement.

Panels

1.            The movement towards Decolonization.

a.            Nationalist governments.

b.            Subsidization.

c.             Nationalism.

d.            Guianization.

e.            Political unification of the English Caribbean.

f.             1969.

2.            Birth of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana.

a.            Presidential administrations.

b.            A national identity.

c.             Regionalism.

d.            The Non-Aligned Movement.

e.            WTO.

f.             UNASUR.

3.            Gender equity.

a.            Law and policies.

b.            Gender based violence.

c.             People trafficking.

d.            Women and the camera.

4.            Main trends in education development.

a.            Education Policy.

b.            Church and state.

c.             Politics and education.

d.            Adult education and learning.

e.            Ethnic studies.

f.             Caribbean studies

g.            Amerindian studies

5.            Militarism.

a.            Guyana Defence Force.

b.            Guyana National Service.

c.             People’s Militia.

6.            Economic development.

a.            Industrialization.

b.            Economic development.

c.             Food and nutrition security.

d.            Parallel economy.

e.            Barrel economy .

f.             Socio economic transformation in Guyana and the Caribbean.

g.            Trade union movement.

h.            Central bank.

I               Guyana National Cooperative Bank.

7.            Culture and the Arts.

a.            CARIFESTA.

b.            GUYFESTA.

c.             FESTAC.

d.            Spirituality.

e.            Folklore.

f.             The writings of Walter Rodney.

g.            The creole world of Guyana and the Caribbean.

h.            The Guyana prize.

8.            Migration.

a.            Indentured servants.

b.            The Wind rush generation.

c.             Illegal migration.

9.            Slavery, Abolition and, Reparations.

a.            Coping with the Difficult Past: Remembering and Forgetting the Slave Trade and Slavery in Africa, Europe, and the Americas.

10.          International Relations.

a.            The world economic order.

b.            Globalization.

c.             Non Aligned Movement.

d.            The Problem of Territorial Settlement in Contemporary Guianas.

e.            The Diasporas: Historical and Contemporary.

 

Exhibitions

Be an Exhibitor

Play an active role in developing the conference and discover our wide range of exhibition opportunities.

Heritage Tour

Date: 25 June

Fee: GYD$500.00

Welcome reception

Date: 26 June

Plenary sessions

Date: 27 June.

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