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The History Forum


The History Forum is a biweekly seminar for students, Faculty and visitors to explore historical themes and subject matter.

Seminars are held in the Biological Demonstration Room in the Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences at 4:30pm.

The Department of History and Philosophy is welcoming proposals for presentations for next academic year. Please feel free to contact Dr Tara Innis for further information at innisst@yahoo.com.


Semester II schedule - January to April 2008



Thursday, January 17:
Dr. Laurence Brown (University of Manchester)
"Visual Culture During the Haitian Revolution"

Friday, January 25:
Dr. Chandra Bhimull (Colby College)
"Routed: The Failed History of Caribbean Airways"

Friday, February 22:
Dr. Patricia Stafford
"Commonwealth Scholars of Barbados and St. Lucia and their Contribution to Local Development"

Friday, March 7:
Dr. Elaine Rocha (UWI Cave Hill)
"Racism in Novels: a comparative study on Brazilian and South African Cultural History"

Friday, March 28:
Denise Challenger (York University, Canada)
"A Benign Place of Healing?: The Contagious Diseases Hospital and Medical Discipline in Barbados"

Friday, April 4:
Professor Woodville K. Marshall
"Of Bottoms and Holes, etc: A Note on Research on Toponyms in Barbados"

Friday April 18:
Michael Stoner (UWI Cave Hill)
"Contested Loyalties, Emerging Identities: Thomas Modyford, Barbadian Sensibilities and English Ambitions in the Inerregnum"



Semester I Schedule:

Friday, October 5:
Carmen Hutchinson Miller
“ Caribbean Legacy: Contributing Factor in the Construction of Afro-Costa Rican Black Identity” Download Presentation in Adobe

Friday, October 19:
Nicole Lucas
"Synopsis to the Thesis: Barbadian Participation in the Second World War"

Friday November 2:
Terry Applewhaithe
"Trends and Levels in Infant Mortality in Barbados, 1850-1950"

Friday, November 16:
Dr. Aviston Downes
"Contesting Brotherhood in the Atlantic World: Freemasonry in Urban Barbados, 1740-1900"

 


If you would like to be a part of the History Forum, please contact
Dr. Tara Inniss at innisst@yahoo.com for more information.

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