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News and updates from Create Caribbean and our community partners.
Write-In Practice Returns
Caribbean Writers Room presents Write-In Practice, where for one hour, twice a week, you’ll be immersed in focused productivity alongside a creative community. Join us on Zoom every Tuesday and Thursday at 8 AM JA/9 AM EC time beginning next week. Whether you’re crafting your writing or developing a creative routine, join like-minded creatives to elevate your writing.
Summer Institute Registration Open Now!
Caribbean Digital Scholarship Collective is excited to announce that the 2025 Caribbean Digital Scholarship Summer Institute (CDSsi) is currently open for applications! The program will be held at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus from June 8 to 14, 2025.
CDSsi is a week-long residential digital humanities institute supported by the Mellon Foundation. It aims to train scholars at all levels interested in approaching Caribbean Studies and digital scholarship as organically integrated fields of inquiry and engagement.
Each course includes a three-hour morning session, followed by lunch and a three-hour afternoon session. Courses include “Introduction to Maps and Visualizations”, “Digital Publishing” and “Building Caribbean Digital Archives”. Fellows will participate in a local field trip and at the end of the week will present their projects or project proposals as respective to each course.
The CDSsi invites applications from all scholars working within Caribbean Studies, which includes full and part-time college and university faculty, independent scholars, librarians, archivists, and graduate students.
CDSsi will cover travel and accommodations for each fellow selected. They support travel fees of up to $1000 USD for each fellow to attend the institute in person. Additionally, a week of private housing and meals at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus will be provided.
Check out their website for additional information and how to apply.
Call for Proposals: Digital Library of the Caribbean
The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) is pleased to announce its third call for open educational resources (OER) in Caribbean studies. This project builds on over a decade of efforts across dLOC’s network of educators to share teaching tools, ideas, and practices. The dLOC OER initiative is an effort to make these types of resources more widely available.
We encourage applications from adjunct, part-time, and full-time college and university educators, independent scholars, librarians, archivists, curators, instructional designers, and graduate students from a range of disciplines and institution-types. We especially seek applications from individuals and groups based in the Caribbean.
Projects must be primarily intended for higher education or post-secondary students and relevant to Caribbean studies. Projects may or may not be directly connected to a formal course. We welcome projects with an orientation toward public humanities. Projects may be in any language of the Caribbean.
By April 14, 2025, at 11:59 pm EST, please complete the application form and upload a letter of interest as a single document (PDF) with the following:
A brief description of your project
How your project builds upon, enhances, adapts, or complements dLOC collections
The amount of funding ($2,000 or $5,000) you are requesting
Intended audience and potential ways to support outreach and dissemination
A brief work plan indicating any activities where you may need support from dLOC staff
Visit dLOC’s website for more information.
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