THE LIBRARY MONA Year ending July 31, 2004 - Uwi.edu

The History Club which exposes students to history beyond theclassroom had a very active year. Besides historical tours, the Clubmounted an exhibition in support of the University’s Research Day inJanuary 2004, and in February 2004 held their Mini History Day thatshowcased the history of the Mona Campus, as well as various aspects ofJamaican Heritage. Jenny Jemmott very effectively coordinated theseactivities.The Department, in collaboration with the Principal’s Office, the BusinessDevelopment Office and the Office of Public Relations, oversaw thepublication, Mona Past and Present: The History and Heritage of the MonaCampus, University of the West Indies. Kingston: UWI Press, 2004, authoredby Suzanne Francis Brown, a Ph.D student in the Department.STAFFJonathan Dalby, James Robertson and Wabinte Wariboko hadFellowship Leave, while Michelle Johnson and Brian Moore were on nopay leave. They were replaced by the following temporary staff, John FCampbell, Wigmoor Francis, Aleric Josephs, Jenny Jemmott,Simone Gigliotti and Matthew Smith. In January 2004, John F.Campbell and Simone Gigliotti resigned to take up tenure track academicposts and Joy Lumdson and Dave Gosse replaced them, respectively.Patrick Bryan was appointed as the Deputy Dean in the Faculty ofHumanities and Education, and in July 2004, Carl Campbell retired afterthirty two years service to the Mona Department, and forty three overall tothe University of the West Indies. Swithin Wilmot continued as Head ofthe Department. His article, “‘A Stake in the Soil’: Land and CreolePolitics in Free Jamaica, the 1849 Elections”, in Alvin Thompson (ed.), Inthe Shadow of the Plantation: Caribbean History and Legacy (Kingston: IanRandle Publishers, 2002), 314-333, received the Principal’s Award for BestPublication, Faculty of Humanities and Education, Research Day 2004.The Department maintained its Outreach activities to secondary studentsand educators. Patrick Bryan, Carl Campbell, Aleric Josephs, AllisterHinds, Matthew Smith and SwithinWilmot made presentations onsubject areas related to Caribbean Examinations Council’s CSEC andCAPE History Syllabi at a conference sponsored by the Jamaica HistoryTeachers Association on September 30, 2003. In April and May 2004, theDepartment42