In this episode, you will hear Bridget Brereton who is Professor Emerita of the University of the West Indies in Trinidad as she is being interviewed by Professor David Trotman of York University. The two discuss a number of themes including the politics of history, reparations for slavery, Caribbean regionalism, and the link between public history and collective memory.
Podcast notes:
Historical References
* Woodford Square named after Sir Ralph James Woodford (Governor of Trinidad, 1813-1828), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_James_Woodford
* Sir Thomas Picton, Governor of Trinidad, 1797-1803, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Picton
* Destruction of Grey Friars Church in Trinidad, https://www.joshualuecheekong.com/greyfriars-grief
Organizations Mentioned
Alma Jordan Library
https://libraries.sta.uwi.edu/ajl/
Caricom Reparations Commission
http://ncr.org.tt/about-us/caricom-regional-commission
Citizens for Conservation (Rudylynn Roberts)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/City/Citizens-for-Conservation-Trinidad-and-Tobago-462499293822720/
Cross Rhodes Project (Shabaka Kambon)
crossrhodestt.com/
Heritage Library
https://www.nalis.gov.tt/Libraries/Heritage-Library
National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago
http://nationaltrust.tt/
Paria Publishing - Gerard ‘Jerry’ Besson.
— Caribbean History Archives
http://caribbeanhistoryarchives.blogspot.com/
Trinidad and Tobago Heritage Library
https://www.nalis.gov.tt/Libraries/Heritage-Library
Trinidad & Tobago National Committee on Reparations (Chairman, Mr. Aiyegoro Ome)
http://ncr.org.tt/about-us
Trinidad and Tobago National Archives
https://www.natt.gov.tt/
Trinidad and Tobago National Library
https://www.nalis.gov.tt/About-Us/National-Library-of-Trinidad-and-Tobago
Academics Mentioned
Sir Roy Augier
https://www.mona.uwi.edu/history/staff/our-staff-0
Sir Hilary Beckles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Beckles
Dr. Susan Craig-James
The Changing Society of Tobago, 1838-1938 (Cornerstone, 2008)
Dr. Elsa Goveia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Goveia
Sir Arthur Lewis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Arthur_Lewis
Dr. Rita Pemberton: https://sta.uwi.edu/fhe/history/RitaPemberton.asp
Dr. Verene Shepherd
Radio program mentioned: “Talking History”, Jamaica’s first weekly radio history education programme
https://nationwideradiojm.com/personalities/talking-history/
Dr. David V. Trotman,
http://www.davidvtrotman.com/
Article mentioned: ‘Acts of Possession and Symbolic Decolonisation in Trinidad and Tobago,’ Caribbean Quarterly, Vol. 58, No. 1 (2012), 21-43.
Dr. Maureen Warner-Lewis:
https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/2094635407_Maureen_Warner-Lewis
