The History Forum

Thank you to all of the participants of the Special Graduate History Forum that brought together graduate students from across CARICOM to deliver presentations on their research in the recently held symposium, "From the Margins to the Main: Sharing New Perspectives in Caribbean History and Heritage." The Department of History and Philosophy welcomed a large audience to the CARICOM Research Centre at the Cave Hill Campus of The University of the West Indies on Friday, April 19, 2013. Participants were treated to the newest research being conducted on the history and heritage of the Cayman Islands, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Dominica. Topics ranged from Sovereignty and Independence to Church History and education to the Women's Movement and Trade Unionism. We hope to continue the event next year!

Welcome to the Department of History and Philosophy 's HISTORY FORUM o n Friday, April 12th at 4:30 pm in the Bruce St. John Room [located in the Humanities Quadrangle] Mr. Nicholas Courtney will present a paper entitled: "Land Use (and Fishing) in the Island of Mustique"

In her new book, Sugar in the Blood, Andrea Stuart weaves her family story around the history of slavery and sugar in Barbados. Stuart's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather landed on the island in the 1630s. He had been a blacksmith in England, but became a sugar planter in Barbados, at a time when demand for the crop was exploding worldwide. Stuart is descended from a slave owner who, several generations after the family landed in Barbados, had relations with an unknown slave. http://www.npr.org/2013/02/04/170552296/a-barbados-family-tree-with-sugar-in-the-blood

Welcome to the Department of History and Philosophy 's HISTORY FORUM o n Friday, April 5th at 4:30 pm in the Bruce St. John Room [located in the Humanities Quadrangle] Ms. Annette Graham will present a paper entitled: "A Monument to a Barbadian Hero: Errol Barrow"