Mabogo More receives the Frantz Fanon Lifetime Achievement Award from the Caribbean Philosopy Association

Caribbean Philosophical Association Inaugural Summer School

Two New Book Series: Creolizing the Canon & Global Critical Caribbean Thought

http://www.rowmaninternational.com/news/two-new-series-creolizing-the-canon-global-critical-caribbean-thought

I am delighted to announce the launch of two book series dedicated to path-breaking work in the areas of Caribbean philosophy, creolization, and political theory. These are one result of an intellectual collaboration between Roman & Littlefield International and the Caribbean Philosophical Association (CPA), of which I serve as Chair of Publishing Partnerships.

Caribbean Philosophical Association: Letter from the Present

Happy New Year!

As we enter the eleventh year of the CPA’s existence, there is much to celebrate.

In a period that Doug Ficek described perfectly in Puerto Rico as one of profound practical and theoretical misanthropy or one of an excessively skeptical attitude toward transformative ideas and projects, CPA through the creative and loving labor of a small and now growing community burst onto the scene, forging a refuge, a counter, an alternative.

Caribbean Philosophical Association January 2014 newsletter

Nelson Mandela: In Memoriam

Words by Lewis Gordon and Alejandro de Oto.

Shifting the Geography of Reason XI: Diverse Lineages of Existentialism—Africana, Feminist, and Decolonial

Caribbean Philosophical Association

2014 ANNUAL MEETING

Shifting the Geography of Reason XI: 

Diverse Lineages of Existentialism—Africana, Feminist, and Decolonial

June 19–21, 2014, Hyatt Regency, St. Louis, Missouri

Call for Papers

Submission Deadline:

February 1, 2014

Abstracts should be submitted to: caribphil@gmail.com

In recent years, existential thought has been revitalized by a new generation of theorists investigating questions of gender, race, and sexual orientation. They have brought to light numerous ways in which existentialism has contributed to, and been shaped by, Africana philosophy, Latin American philosophy, feminism, and the work of literary writers and performing artists.

Caribbean Philosophy Association 2013 Conference

10TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE

November 21–24, 2013

CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDIES ON

PUERTO RICO AND THE CARIBBEAN

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Shifting the Geography of Reason X:

Exploring Decoloniality at the Dawn of a Our Second Decade

Conference Program TBA

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General Information

For its ten-year anniversary meeting, the Caribbean Philosophical Association invites critical inquiries into existing forms of coloniality and the exploration of multiple forms of decoloniality in the areas of knowledge, power, being, and value in the Caribbean and elsewhere.  Also, there will be individual presentations and panels in each of the areas of emphasis over the past ten years. 

Comments at the Caribbean Philosophy Association plenary “Remembering Fanon and Glissant”

September 30, 2011

Comments at the Caribbean Philosophy Association plenary “Remembering Fanon and Glissant” 

Nigel C. Gibson

Thank you for inviting me to speak to you on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth. It is a great honor.

A question that hounds the 2004 foreword to the English translation of Fanon’s book is: 'is he relevant?'. Certainly Fanon said he did not come with timeless truths and that each generation has to find its own mission, so why consult him now?