"Global Reggae: Jamaican Popular Music A Yard and Abroad"
University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
February 18 - 24, 2008

http://www.mona.uwi.edu/conferences/2008/globalreggae/index.htm

The Institute of Caribbean Studies and the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of the West Indies, Mona announce an international conference on “Global Reggae: Jamaican Popular Music A Yard and Abroad.”

The conference and associated reggae concerts will consolidate and disseminate knowledge on the global impact of Jamaican popular culture. Co-sponsored by the UWI’s Reggae Studies Unit and the Bob Marley Foundation, it will also celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth of Jamaica's premier cultural ambassador, the Hon. Robert Nesta Marley.

This conference will provide an opportunity for musicians, scholars, cultural practitioners and entrepreneurs from around the world to share their perspectives on the ways in which reggae has been appropriated and adapted in a variety of cultural contexts. It will also examine the local impact of the reggae music industry in Jamaica and assess ways in which the Jamaican economy can benefit through the development and encouragement of internationally competitive local music enterprises. Proposed conference sub-themes include:

• The Roots of Jamaican Popular Music
• The Rise of Jamaican Popular Music
• Reggae’s Influence on Global Popular Music
• The Technological Transformations of Reggae
• The Wailers – Early
• The Bob Marley phenomenon
• Reggae’s Social and Political Contestations
• Reggae Scholarship
• Reggae Arts
• Reggae Music as Business

CONFERENCE CONCERTS

The conference will host a daily reggae showcases to entertain participants in fine Jamaican style and applications are also invited for music performances during the showcases. Forms may be downloaded at http://www.mona.uwi.edu/conferences/2008/globalreggae/index.htm

POSTER EXHIBITION

Poster proposals must be sent as an email attachment (Word format) by November 16 to conference secretariat at globalreggae2008@uwimona.edu.jm. All submissions should not have been published prior to the conference. If accepted, the primary or a listed co-researcher must register for and attend the conference. Exhibitors will be expected to bring copies of their abstract and 2 copies of the accepted poster(s).

We invite submission of research paper abstracts and poster proposals by November 16, 2007. Submissions should include:

1) an abstract or proposal of not more than 300 words;
2) one copy of a cover page with name, affiliation, contact information and short bio (75-words or less).

Send submissions to:

Reggae Studies Unit
Institute of Caribbean Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Education
University of the West Indies, Mona
Kingston 7, Jamaica

Deadline for abstracts and proposals is: (extended to) November 16, 2007
Deadline for final papers is: December 28, 2007
For further information contact the Global Reggae Secretariat at:

Email: globalreggae2008@uwimona.edu.jm
Tel: 1 (876) 977-1951
Fax: 1 (876) 977-3430

VISIT THE CONFERENCE WEBSITE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AT:- http://www.mona.uwi.edu/conferences/2008/globalreggae/index.htm