Caribbean Studies Section: The Intimacies of Extractivism—New Works on Resource Extraction, Energy, and Disruption

Conference on Latin American History 30
Saturday, January 10, 2026: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Salon 2 (Palmer House Hilton, Third Floor)
Chair:
Chelsea Schields, University of California, Irvine
Papers:
The Caribbean Refining Boom
Matthew Johnson, Princeton University
A New Deal for Jamaican Planters: Land and the Transimperial Origins of Jamaica’s Bauxite Industry, 1945–53
Jordan Howell, University of Manitoba
Oil Aftershocks: Energy and Political Nonsovereignty in Puerto Rico
Jaden Morales, University of Southern California
Love and Care: Disruptive Community Alternatives to Extractivism on St. Croix
JoAnna U. Poblete, Claremont Graduate University
Comment:
Joan Victoria Flores-Villalobos, University of Southern California
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