-----Original Message----- From: Michelle Keown Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 6:45 PM Subject: Caribbean Research Seminar

Dear all,

We would like to invite you to this year's Caribbean Research Seminar in the North. The seminar will take place at Stirling University, in association with the Centre for Commonwealth Studies, on 16th May 2003 from 1-5pm (in Pathfoot room C23). I'm attaching to this message a flyer forwarded to me by conference organisers Angela Bruening and Fiona Darroch. For further information and for registration, please contact Angela or Fiona at the following addresses:

Fiona Darroch f.j.darroch@stir.ac.uk Angela Bruening angela.bruening@stir.ac.uk

Caribbean Research Seminar in the North An Interdisciplinary Research Seminar on the Caribbean and its Diaspora, in association with the Society for Caribbean Studies <http://www.scsonline.freeserve.co.uk/carib.htm> Department of English, University of Stirling (in association with the Centre of Commonwealth Studies) Friday, 16th May 2003, 1pm - 5pm SEMINAR PROGRAMME 1:00 Registration and Introduction 1:30 Gail Low, Department of English, University of Dundee Special Relations and Caribbean Voices 2:20 Tea and coffee break 2:45 John McLeod, Department of English, University of Leeds Calypso in London: 1948-56 3:35 Tea and coffee break 4:00 Tracey Skelton, Department of Geography, Loughborough University The Importance of Culture and Attachment to Place in the Rebuilding of Montserrat During the Volcanic Crisis.

We hope to see you at the seminar! All the best,

Michelle Keown