ASSOCIATION OF CARIBBEAN HISTORIANS (ACH) held its 28th annual conference in April 1996 in Barbados, hosted by the University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill campus. 125 registered members attended a total of 13 panels in which 52 papers were presented. There was also a roundtable on West Indies Accounts, a festschrift in honor of Richard Sheridan.
The next conference will be held on April 7-12, 1997, in Martinique. The four broad themes of the meeting are:
The ACH awards two prizes each year, the Elsa Goveia Book Award and best article prize. Mary Turner and Carl Campbell chair the respective committees.
The ACH Bulletin and membership list may be found at the Web site of the UWI Mona History Department, http://www.uwimona.edu.jm/faculty/ags/history/index.html
For more information, contact the Secretary-Treasurer of ACH:
Verene A. Shepherd, at the UWI Mona campus, Kingston Jamaica,
tel. 809-927-1922. Internet: vashephd@uwimona.edu.jm
ASOCIACION DE HISTORIADORES LATINOAMERICANISTAS EUROPEOS (AHILA)
CLAH President Donna Guy is currently attending the AHILA conference in Liverpool and will submit a report in the next issue of the Newsletter.
CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES (CALACS)
The annual meeting will be held in Toronto at the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CERLAC) at York University, Toronto Ontario, from Oct. 31 to Nov.3. For information: fax: 416-736-5737 E-mail: cerlac@yorku.ca tel: 416-736-5237
Alvina Ruprecht, Newsletter editor