2019 Conference of the Australian Association for Caribbean Studies (AACS)

Abstract

The Australian Association for Caribbean Studies (AACS) held its thirteenth biennial conference in Sydney from 7 – 9 February 2019. It was hosted by the University of Western Sydney (UWS), and was organised under the leadership of the current President, Dr. Ben Etherington of UWS. Dr. Etherington thanked the members of his team for their valuable work in helping to organise the many aspects of the conference: Sienna Brown, Dashiell Moore, Kit Candlin, and Mike Griffiths. He also thanked the outgoing leaders of the AACS for their support, Dr. Laurence Brown and Dr. Consuelo Martinez-Reyes, academics at the Australian National University and Macquarie University, respectively, who had been elected as co-presidents at the 2017 AACS conference in Canberra.At the 2019 AACS conference, 60 papers were offered, and papers were presented over three days. Gatherings over dinner each evening were memorable for the joyful bringing together of people passionate about Caribbean studies.