The History Forum

This  panel discussion was hosted by the  Barbados Museum & Historical Society on Friday, October 30, 2020.  Panellists included:  Mr. Kevin Farmer-Deputy Director of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society; Dr. Tara Inniss-Lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy, The UWI, Cave Hill Campus and Director of the Caribbean Heritage Network (CHN); Dr. John Hunte-PhD Cultural Studies (UWI, Cave Hill) and Dr. Deryck Murray-Director of The Centre for Hybrid Studies (CHyS). The session attracted over 120 participants and yielded a great discussion on the place of obeah in our history and culture. 

 The Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) recently hosted a session as part of its "Caribbean Heritage Trails -- Routes of Roots Webinar" on October 29, 2020 entitled, "Heritage Interpretation & Storytelling in the Tourism Context". Dr. Tara Inniss, Lecturer, Department of History and Philosophy, The University of West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus and Dr. Deborah Hickling, Ink + Vision Limited presented on the importance of creating unified, representative and accurate storytelling in interpreting the region's heritage. 

The UWI St. Augustine Campus School of Education (SoE) Symposium 20 Aug 2020 entitled "Will 11+selection and placement always be a part of our future?" invited regional historians, education theorists and psychologists to evaluate the region's Common Entrance Examination systems. Case studies from Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago were presented. Dr. Marcia Pilgrim, Prof. Garry Hornby and Dr. Tara Inniss (The UWI, Cave Hill Campus, Department of History and Philosophy) presented some highlights from their paper  PILGRIM, Marcia; HORNBY, Garry; INNISS, Tara. Selective Secondary School Education In Barbados: The Need For Change.  Journal of International and Comparative Education (JICE) , [S.l.], p. 111-126, oct. 2018. ISSN 2232-1802.  

  The Department of History and Philosophy presents  THE HISTORY FORUM The UWI Senior Academic Cross Campus Seminar in History: Dr. Liazzat Bonate (Lecturer, The UWI St. Augustine, Campus) will present “Muslim female political leadership in pre-colonial northern Mozambique; the letters by Nunu Fatima Binti Zakaria of Mogincuali” Time: Friday October 30, 2020 02:00 PM La Paz Join Zoom Meeting https://uwi.zoom.us/j/97471261972

By Shade Springer, Student HIST 3033 Race, Gender and Medicine Department of History and Philosophy The UWI, Cave Hill Campus Is there a heavier burden being placed on female health practitioners, general workers and caregivers both on the frontlines in the health sector and in quarantine at home in the wake of “stay-at-home” orders? As COVID-19 sweeps across the globe, one of its most significant victims may very well be feminism. As Sam Smethers remarks, the wider implications of the lockdown gender divide are clear; “This shows that the default assumptions about who does the caring for children fundamentally haven’t shifted. It defaults to women. There’s an expectation that women will make their jobs fit around the caring, whereas a man’s job will come first” (Ferguson) . Indeed, there is a heavier burden being placed on female health practitioners, general workers and caregivers both on the frontlines in the health sector and in quarantine at home in the wake of “stay-at-h...

(Tribute delivered by David Comissiong at the funeral service for Kamau Brathwaite (1930-2020) on Friday 21st February 2020 at the James Street Methodist Church in Bridgetown, Barbados) I have been asked to give a funeral tribute to Kamau Brathwaite. But this is a very difficult task, for a funeral tribute typically consists of reminiscences and reflections on the past -- on your memories and  past experiences with someone who has passed on.  But this is really not possible in the case of Kamau! I simply cannot think of Kamau Brathwaite as being "in the past" or "of the past " -- he is too relevant, too fresh, too urgent, too contemporary, too futuristic! Kamau has NOT left us -- he is very much here with us, among us, in the form and substance of the tremendous body of work that he has produced. And also in the sheer power of his lived example.   (I must confess that yesterday in the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation studio, when I listen...