Celebrating two of our Stalwarts (original) (raw)

UWI Archives is filled with the work of many amazing academics that have shaped their disciplines. Two of these stalwarts, whose works held in our collection we will highlight, are retired from teaching at the UWI but continue to contribute to student development in numerous ways.

Dr Carolyn Cooper _is retired professor of literary and cultural studies at the University of West Indies w_ho energized Cultural Studies with unparalleled insight and flair. She bridged the multiple scholarly domains and reached the wider public with her work in cultural studies. Cooper initiated the University’s Reggae Studies Unit and led in the shaping of the Cultural Studies discipline. She has provided unmatched advocacy for cultural consciousness and eloquently epitomizes Jamaica’s cultural expressions. In her weekly Sunday Gleaner column she translates into the Jamaican language for her blog, Jamaican Woman Tongue. Dr Cooper has written and presented extensively on cultural politics. Scroll below to see a summary of select presentations by Dr Cooper held at UWI Archives

Dr Verene Shepherd retired from the department of history at UWI as professor of social history and was later appointed the university director of the Institute for Gender & Development Studies. She is currently the director of the Centre for Reparation Research. She has had a long association with the women’s movement and a track record of research on gender issues. She continues to be one of the most vocal advocates of Reparation for African descendants around the globe but in particular in the Caribbean. Dr Shepherd is the host of “Talking History” on Nationwide 90 FM and was the first woman to chair the Board of Trustees of the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (2006-2007). She was also instrumental in ensuring that Lucille Mathurin Mair’s path-breaking PhD thesis, “A Historical Study of Women in Jamaica,” written in 1974, was finally published in 2007. Dr Shepherd has presented numerous public lectures. Scroll below for a summary of select presentations by Dr Shepherd held at UWI Archives.

Both Dr Cooper and Dr Shepherd are UWI graduates who transitioned into internationally renowned UWI academics. Happy International Women’s Day 2018.

Archival items featuring presentations by Dr Carolyn Cooper

Archival items featuring presentations by Dr Verene Shepherd

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