New Perspectives on Visual and Literary Caribbean Ecocriticisms
19 May 2026
Happening On
11/06/2026
June 11 - 2026 1:30–4:30 pm O'Rahilly Building 1.32
1:30-2:30pm Keynote Lecture: ‘Commonplaces: Édouard Glissant and the Caribbean in Contemporary Art’, Dr Kate Keohane, University of Oxford.
2:30-2:45pm Coffee Break
2:45-3:30pm Round Table 1: ‘Notes on Eco-poetics Thought and Practice’, Prof. Carlos Garrido Castellano, Dr Sara Helin-Long and Dr Yairen Jerez Columbié, UCC.
3:30-4:30pm Round Table 2: ‘Caribbean Studies: What’s Next?’, Dr Kate Hodgson, Dr Laura Kennedy, UCC, and participants.
June 11, 2026 1:30–4:30 pm (Irish Standard Time)
In-person (O’Rahilly Building Room 1.32) and Online Microsoft Teams
This hybrid symposium is supported by the Centre for Advanced Studies in Languages and Cultures (CASiLAC) in collaboration with the Cluster Memory, Commemoration and Uses of the Past, the Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, the Centre for Mexican Studies,
the EcoHumanities Research Group
and the Future Humanities Institute (FHI), UCC; as well as the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) of the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies (ILCS), School of Advanced Study University of London.
Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
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