Early Caribbean Society
Established 2002
Established 2002
Minutes of Semi-Annual Meetings
Minutes of the Early Caribbean Society Business Meeting
3 March 2017
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Present:
Richard Frohock (Oklahoma State University), Kelly Wisecup (Northwestern University), Cassander Smith (University of Alabama), Ralph Bauer (University of Maryland), Brycchan Carey (Northumbria University)
The meeting began at 5 PM.
News and Updates
Welcomed new secretary treasurer Cassie Smith; discussed VP and secretary treasurer duties
Journal Caribbeana is live; members discussed how we might promote it
Update on literary history from Brycchan: late 2017 publication date
Discussed possibility of a panel linked to the history at ASECS 2018
Symposia
Further plans for the Early Caribbean Society were discussed, including the location for the next symposium.
Several options were proposed.
2019 ISECS in Edinburgh (15-19 July)
Return to Caribbean for standalone conference: possible options:
1) Trinidad-Tobago (UWI collaboration)
2) Vera Cruz, MEsico (OSU connection)
3) Boston/ JCBL (journal connection)
4) Cuba (Alabama connection)
Possibility of ECS organizing the off-year SEA conference in 2020
Proposal is due next year
Discussed how to build membership outside the US
Organize ECS panels at BSECS (Brycchan will set up ECS affiliation with BSECS)
Meeting was adjourned at 6:45 PM
Minutes of the Early Caribbean Society Business Meeting
21 July 2014
Kingston University
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Present:
Philip Abraham, King's College, London; Nicole N. Aljoe, English, Northeastern University; Regulus Allen, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Noel Chevalier, Luther College, University of Regina; Elizabeth Maddock Dillon, Northeastern University;
Melissa K. Downes, Clarion University of Pennsylvania; Valerie Forman, New York University;
Richard Frohock, Oklahoma State University; Nemesio Gil, University of Puerto Rico; John T. Gilmore, University of Warwick; Carol Guarnieri, University of Virginia; Carl Haarnack, University of Amsterdam; Paul Hollanders, University of Amsterdam; Craig Koslofsky, University of Illinois; Thomas W. Krise, English, University of the Pacific; Christina Kullberg, Uppsala University, Sweden; Laura Leibman, Reed College; Madhu Mitra, College of St. Benedict; Mary Nyquist, University of Toronto; Désha Osborne, University of Cambridge; Catherine Parisian, University of North Carolina, Pembroke; Gregory Pierrot, University of Connecticut at Stamford; Cassander L. Smith, University of Alabama; Steven Thomas, Wagner College; Margaret Williamson, Dartmouth College; Kelly Wisecup, University of North Texas
Rochelle Zuck, University of Minnesota Duluth
The meeting began at 12:30 pm.
The meeting began with remarks from outgoing president Tom Krise, who discussed the origins of the Society and introduced Richard Frohock, Acting President.
Nicole Aljoe and Elizabeth Maddock Dillon updated members about the Early Caribbean Digital Archive, and the journal Caribbeana, which will go live in January.
Members discussed locations for future meetings. Several locations were discussed and participants were encouraged to suggest options. No decision was made about the location and date for future meetings, which will be selected after future discussion.
Members discussed the list-serv and the concern that members were not receiving emails. Ritch Frohock informed the group that all problems have been resolved.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:15 pm.
Minutes of the Early Caribbean Society Business Meeting
15 November 2012
San Juan, Puerto Rico
El Convento Hotel
Present:
Nicole N. Aljoe, English, Northeastern University; Ralph Bauer, University of Maryland, College Park; Kathleen Donegan, University of California, Berkeley; Richard Frohock, Oklahoma State University; Sean X. Goudie, Pennsylvania State University; Jo Anne Harris, Georgia Gwinnet College; Toni Wall Jaudon, Hendrix College; Thomas W. Krise, English, University of the Pacific; Elizabeth Maddock Dillon, Northeastern University; Catherine Parisian, University of North Carolina, Pembroke; Karen N. Salt, University of Aberdeen; Cassander L. Smith, University of Alabama; Sue Thomas, La Trobe University; Candace Ward, Florida State University; Kelly Wisecup, University of North Texas
The meeting began at 1pm.
Members discussed the creation of an online peer-reviewed journal, to be housed at Northwestern University and edited by Nicole Aljoe and others. Aljoe had already consulted on technical support for the journal, and plans are preceding apace.
A second topic of discussion was the plan for an edited collection of essays on early Caribbeana. The editors for the journal are soliciting abstracts for essays and are considering presses.
Members discussed the possibility of proposing panels for conferences sponsored by the Caribbean Studies Association or the Association of Caribbean Historians. This would allow us to connect with other scholars in our area of interest beyond our historical and disciplinary parameters.
Further plans for the Early Caribbean Society were discussed, including the location for the next symposium. Tom Krise proposed a third symposium in London, attached to the SEA conference to be held there in July 2014.
The meeting was adjourned at 2pm.
Minutes of the Early Caribbean Society Business Meeting
31 October 2011
St. lames, Barbados
Present:
Nicole N. Aljoe, English, Northeastern University; Ralph Bauer, University of
Maryland, College Park; Kristina Bross, English, Purdue University; Brycchan Carey,
Kingston University; Kathleen Donegan, University of California, Berkeley; Richard
Frohock, Oklahoma State University; Sean X. Goudie, Pennsylvania State University;
Io Anne Harris, Georgia Gwinnet College; Toni Wall Iaudon, Hendrix College;
Thomas W. Krise, English, University of the Pacific; Elizabeth Maddock Dillon,
Northeastern University; Evelyn O'Callaghan, English, University of the West Indies,
Cave Hill; Carla Gardina Pestana, Miami University; Karen N. Salt, University of
Aberdeen; David S. Shields, English, University ofSouth Carolina; Cristobal Silva,
Columbia University; Cassander L. Smith, University ofAlabama; Sue Thomas, La
Trobe University; Tim Watson, English, University of Miami; Candace Ward, Florida
State University; Kelly Wisecup, University of North Texas
The meeting began at 1pm.
The group discussed a draft ofthe Constitution and Bylaws for the Early Caribbean
Society, which had been presented by Tom Krise. After several friendly amendments
to the documents, they were approved by a unanimous Vote.
Officers were then nominated and elected. Tom Krise was nominated for President;
Karen Salt was nominated for Vice-President; and Richard Frohock was nominated
for Secretary-Treasurer. All three officers were appointed by a unanimous vote.
The members directed the Secretary-Treasurer to open a bank account to facilitate
the management of Society funds.
Further plans for the Early Caribbean Society were discussed, including the location
for the next symposium. A majority of the members present expressed a desire to
attach the next symposium to the American Studies Association meeting planned for
November 2012 in San Iuan, Puerto Rico.
The meeting was adjourned at 2pm.
Minutes of the Early Caribbean Society Business Meeting
3 March 2017
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Present:
Richard Frohock (Oklahoma State University), Kelly Wisecup (Northwestern University), Cassander Smith (University of Alabama), Ralph Bauer (University of Maryland), Brycchan Carey (Northumbria University)
The meeting began at 5 PM.
News and Updates
Welcomed new secretary treasurer Cassie Smith; discussed VP and secretary treasurer duties
Journal Caribbeana is live; members discussed how we might promote it
Update on literary history from Brycchan: late 2017 publication date
Discussed possibility of a panel linked to the history at ASECS 2018
Symposia
Further plans for the Early Caribbean Society were discussed, including the location for the next symposium.
Several options were proposed.
2019 ISECS in Edinburgh (15-19 July)
Return to Caribbean for standalone conference: possible options:
1) Trinidad-Tobago (UWI collaboration)
2) Vera Cruz, MEsico (OSU connection)
3) Boston/ JCBL (journal connection)
4) Cuba (Alabama connection)
Possibility of ECS organizing the off-year SEA conference in 2020
Proposal is due next year
Discussed how to build membership outside the US
Organize ECS panels at BSECS (Brycchan will set up ECS affiliation with BSECS)
Meeting was adjourned at 6:45 PM
Minutes of the Early Caribbean Society Business Meeting
21 July 2014
Kingston University
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Present:
Philip Abraham, King's College, London; Nicole N. Aljoe, English, Northeastern University; Regulus Allen, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Noel Chevalier, Luther College, University of Regina; Elizabeth Maddock Dillon, Northeastern University;
Melissa K. Downes, Clarion University of Pennsylvania; Valerie Forman, New York University;
Richard Frohock, Oklahoma State University; Nemesio Gil, University of Puerto Rico; John T. Gilmore, University of Warwick; Carol Guarnieri, University of Virginia; Carl Haarnack, University of Amsterdam; Paul Hollanders, University of Amsterdam; Craig Koslofsky, University of Illinois; Thomas W. Krise, English, University of the Pacific; Christina Kullberg, Uppsala University, Sweden; Laura Leibman, Reed College; Madhu Mitra, College of St. Benedict; Mary Nyquist, University of Toronto; Désha Osborne, University of Cambridge; Catherine Parisian, University of North Carolina, Pembroke; Gregory Pierrot, University of Connecticut at Stamford; Cassander L. Smith, University of Alabama; Steven Thomas, Wagner College; Margaret Williamson, Dartmouth College; Kelly Wisecup, University of North Texas
Rochelle Zuck, University of Minnesota Duluth
The meeting began at 12:30 pm.
The meeting began with remarks from outgoing president Tom Krise, who discussed the origins of the Society and introduced Richard Frohock, Acting President.
Nicole Aljoe and Elizabeth Maddock Dillon updated members about the Early Caribbean Digital Archive, and the journal Caribbeana, which will go live in January.
Members discussed locations for future meetings. Several locations were discussed and participants were encouraged to suggest options. No decision was made about the location and date for future meetings, which will be selected after future discussion.
Members discussed the list-serv and the concern that members were not receiving emails. Ritch Frohock informed the group that all problems have been resolved.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:15 pm.
Minutes of the Early Caribbean Society Business Meeting
15 November 2012
San Juan, Puerto Rico
El Convento Hotel
Present:
Nicole N. Aljoe, English, Northeastern University; Ralph Bauer, University of Maryland, College Park; Kathleen Donegan, University of California, Berkeley; Richard Frohock, Oklahoma State University; Sean X. Goudie, Pennsylvania State University; Jo Anne Harris, Georgia Gwinnet College; Toni Wall Jaudon, Hendrix College; Thomas W. Krise, English, University of the Pacific; Elizabeth Maddock Dillon, Northeastern University; Catherine Parisian, University of North Carolina, Pembroke; Karen N. Salt, University of Aberdeen; Cassander L. Smith, University of Alabama; Sue Thomas, La Trobe University; Candace Ward, Florida State University; Kelly Wisecup, University of North Texas
The meeting began at 1pm.
Members discussed the creation of an online peer-reviewed journal, to be housed at Northwestern University and edited by Nicole Aljoe and others. Aljoe had already consulted on technical support for the journal, and plans are preceding apace.
A second topic of discussion was the plan for an edited collection of essays on early Caribbeana. The editors for the journal are soliciting abstracts for essays and are considering presses.
Members discussed the possibility of proposing panels for conferences sponsored by the Caribbean Studies Association or the Association of Caribbean Historians. This would allow us to connect with other scholars in our area of interest beyond our historical and disciplinary parameters.
Further plans for the Early Caribbean Society were discussed, including the location for the next symposium. Tom Krise proposed a third symposium in London, attached to the SEA conference to be held there in July 2014.
The meeting was adjourned at 2pm.
Minutes of the Early Caribbean Society Business Meeting
31 October 2011
St. lames, Barbados
Present:
Nicole N. Aljoe, English, Northeastern University; Ralph Bauer, University of
Maryland, College Park; Kristina Bross, English, Purdue University; Brycchan Carey,
Kingston University; Kathleen Donegan, University of California, Berkeley; Richard
Frohock, Oklahoma State University; Sean X. Goudie, Pennsylvania State University;
Io Anne Harris, Georgia Gwinnet College; Toni Wall Iaudon, Hendrix College;
Thomas W. Krise, English, University of the Pacific; Elizabeth Maddock Dillon,
Northeastern University; Evelyn O'Callaghan, English, University of the West Indies,
Cave Hill; Carla Gardina Pestana, Miami University; Karen N. Salt, University of
Aberdeen; David S. Shields, English, University ofSouth Carolina; Cristobal Silva,
Columbia University; Cassander L. Smith, University ofAlabama; Sue Thomas, La
Trobe University; Tim Watson, English, University of Miami; Candace Ward, Florida
State University; Kelly Wisecup, University of North Texas
The meeting began at 1pm.
The group discussed a draft ofthe Constitution and Bylaws for the Early Caribbean
Society, which had been presented by Tom Krise. After several friendly amendments
to the documents, they were approved by a unanimous Vote.
Officers were then nominated and elected. Tom Krise was nominated for President;
Karen Salt was nominated for Vice-President; and Richard Frohock was nominated
for Secretary-Treasurer. All three officers were appointed by a unanimous vote.
The members directed the Secretary-Treasurer to open a bank account to facilitate
the management of Society funds.
Further plans for the Early Caribbean Society were discussed, including the location
for the next symposium. A majority of the members present expressed a desire to
attach the next symposium to the American Studies Association meeting planned for
November 2012 in San Iuan, Puerto Rico.
The meeting was adjourned at 2pm.
