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First Ladies of Guyana
1. Doreen Chung
2. Viola Burnham.
3. Joyce Hoyte.
4. Janet Jagan.
5. Yvonne Hinds.
6. Varshnie Jagdeo.
7. Deolatchmie Ramotar.
8. Sandra Granger.
9. Arya Ali.
The Guyana Institute of Historical Research is a partner of the Guyana Cultural Association of New York. Professor Dr. Aubrey Thompson, of Morgan State University is the GIHR representative. The Institute is also a partner of the Indo-Caribbean Cultural Centre.
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\ Table of Contents First Ladies of Guyana 1 Letterfrom the Editor 4 Happy birthday to the GIHR Herstory Fashion Editor, Miss NatashaAzeez 5 GIHRBoard of Directors 2021/22 6 Second Ladies of Guyana 7 CelebratingWomen’s History Month 2023 8 Quotes of the First Lady of Guyana 19 History in Focus. 23 'Black History in the Americas: Narratives from the North and South' 24 Recentpublications. 27 Quote of JanetJagan. 28 GIHR Call for papers and abstracts for the Sixteenth Conference Theme:Race relations, cultures and, politics 31 World Down Syndrome Day 2023 41
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Editors of GIHR Herstory
Managing Editor. Hazel Woolford
Archives Editor. Nadia Gamel-Carter
FashionEditor. Natasha Azeez
HistoryEducation Editor Ann Thompson
Arts and Culture Editor CleonCadogan
African Affairs Editor Inomusa Ndlovu
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Letter from the Editor
Dear readers,
Welcome to the month of March. This month is designated Women’s History month. Duringthis month, we considerseveralhealth issues that plague us. It is importantas well that we remember that the word l-o-v-e is very importantin nurturingour children, irrespective of whetherthey are disabled or not.
In this food insecure world, it is importantthat one applauds the volunteerworkers in the food pantries, the workers in the agriculture sectorand the research scientists, who can continue to work beyond the call of duty to find solutions to the challenges of climate change. The nationalist governments of Guyanahave continued to respectthe multicultural, and ethnic diversity of the nation. The three main religions in this country have had to acknowledge thatthe influx of the various ethnic groups, have led to various worship centers, foods, clothing, and cross culture. Congratulations to the writers who continue to recognize the contribution of women in the Guyanese society to the artistic, cultural, religious and, political developmentof Guyana. Undoubtedly, the librarians in ourmidst will update the bibliographies on the women of Guyana.
Love you, Managing
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Happy birthday to the GIHR Herstory Fashion Editor, Miss
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Natasha Azeez
A joyous and festive Lunar New Year and Spring Festival to all!
GIHR Board of Directors
2021/22
Chairman of the Board Mr. Gladstone Fitz Alert
Legal AdvisorMr. Basil Williams
Director of Graduate studies Dr. David Hinds
Director of Public Education Mrs. Claudette Hunte
Director of Online Library Mrs. Hetty London
Director of Legal Affairs Mr. Gladstone Fitz Alert
Director of African Affairs Ms. InomusaNdlovu
Director of Diaspora Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Wilson-Anstey
Director of Media Mr. Paul Moore
Director of Publications/ GeneralEditor Dr. Nigel Westmaas
GIHRRegistrar Mrs. Hazel Woolford
Director of Finances Mr. Arthur Gibbs
Director of FundraisingDr. Gillian Richards-Greaves
Director of MarketingMr. Deon Abrams
GIHRConference SpecialistMs. Syndrene Harris
Creative Arts Director/ RecordingSecretary Mr. Mark Douglas.
Exhibition ManagerJohnellHenry
Auditors for 2021/2022
Mrs. Joycelyn Forde-Garnett
Mrs. Erica Gibbs
PublicRelations Department
Ms. Natasha Azeez
Mr. Dillon Goring
Editorial Board
Dr. Nigel Westmaas
Dr. David Hinds
Dr. Timothy Crichlow
Dr. Thomas Singh
Dr. Kumar Mahabir
Ms. Ann Thompson
Mr. Paul Moore
Ms. Natasha Azeez
Mr. Cleon Cadogan
Ms. InomusaNdlovu
Mrs. Hazel Woolford
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Second Ladies of Guyana
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5. Jennifer Green.
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Quotes of the First Lady of Guyana
1. Receiving the Dream Up, Speak Up, Stand Up (DUSUSU) Award from women’s rights advocate Zuriel Oduwole, recently, in recognition of the work we are doing to promote gender equality through health and education.
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As the first First Lady outside of the African continent to receive this award, I did so with great pride and a deep sense of appreciation of the hard work of our partners. The Menstrual Hygiene Initiative, which aims to end period poverty in Guyana, continues to directly and positively impact the lives of our girls by allowing many of them to attend school unhindered;thereby reducinglearningloss. I am particularly proud of the fact that this projectis
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currently benefitting over 30,000 school-aged girls. With the government’s continued commitmentto prioritize the welfare of women and girls, and the supportof the private sector, we will achieve our objective of beingable to provide free sanitary pads to every woman and girl in Guyanain the nearfuture.
3. Caring for animals, justas we do for people, is a core value of our family. It teaches us how to be compassionate and responsible - two of the things which our son Zayd is learning at a young age.
So today his dad and I organized his first of many fundraisers to support a spay and neuter campaign by the GuyanaSociety forthe Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GSPCA). His lemonade sale raised $1,850,000 through sales and donations - all of which was handed over to the GSPCA.
A huge thank you to our sponsors, donors, and incredible group of volunteers who made Zayd’s lemonade sale a success.
4. Through a partnership between my office and Texila American University, I recently awarded two Bachelor’s of Business Administration scholarships to Ms Angela Roopnarine and Mr Kevin Caravaio. The duo will read for theirdegree overa three-yearperiod commencingthis month. I wish them both well in their academic endeavours, and wish to thank Texila American University for its continuous support.
5. Last evening, the President and I hosted a dinner for women at State House, in observance of International Women’s Day. We were joined by many familiar faces that have been at the forefrontin the fightfor women empowermentand equality.
6. Our women require the tools that are necessary to ensure thatthey are able to fully participate in every sector of our economy and every sphere of life. They must be educated, trained, nurtured, mentored, financed, and supported in every possible way to guarantee their advancement.
So, on the occasion of InternationalWomen's Day, my Office in partnership with the Ministry of Public Service is providinganother15 fully-funded scholarships to vulnerable women from three local NGOs to be trained at the Carnegie Schoolof Home Economics.
7. Last year, 15 women in similar circumstances received scholarships through this programme. I wish to thank my sister in arms, Minister Sonia Parag and her team at the Ministry for their unwaveringsupport.
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History in Focus
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Jessica Burnham, Jane Phillips-Gay and, Janet Jagan.
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Deborah Backer
'Black History in the Americas: Narratives from the North and South'
Reported by Russell Lancaster
Performed the duties of Chairperson at the Black History Month Forum hosted by the Consortium of South-South Educulturalists at the Spice Garden under the theme... 'Black History in the Americas: Narratives from the North and South'... Shared the head table with Dr. Kathleen Rodney-Scott, Historian Hazel Woolford, and Pearl McLean MS, Pan African Association of Guyana... Other speakers were Dr. Arvilla Payne-Jackson, Howard University... MayaJoseph, Student, Emory University... RenataSimpson, Traditional SaamakaAuthorities Suriname...Friday 3rd March 2023.
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Rotary club
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Durban Park Lions Club.
Recent publications
The book launch of Dr. Seeta Shah-Roath's new book at Moray House... 'The Return of Latchmini’
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Quote of Janet Jagan
Baytoram Ramharack was born in Berbice, Guyana. He teaches history and political science at Nassau Community College. His previous publications include Against the Grain: Balram Singh Rai and the Politics of Guyana (2005); and Jung Bahadur Singh of Guyana (1886-1956): Politician, ship doctor, labor leaderand protectorof Indians (2019). He remains a strongadvocate and supporterof stable democracy in Guyana. Dr. Ramharack is workingon a forthcomingbook examiningCheddiJagan’s relationship with Indians in Guyana.
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GIHR Call for papers and abstracts for the Sixteenth Conference
Theme: Race relations, cultures and, politics
‘Latenteffect’ (2021) byKeithAgard
Welcome reception
Date: 22 June 2023
Time: 6 pm.
Plenarysessions
CritchlowLabour College
Non Pareil park
WoolfordAvenue
Thomas lands
Georgetown
Date: 23-24 June 2023
Time: 9am-5 pm daily.
Guyana Institute of Historical Research2023 Virtual Conference
Theme:Race relations, cultures and, politics
Welcome reception
Date: 22 June 2023
Date: 23-24 June 2023
Time: 9am-5 pm daily
Abstracts and proposals will be accepted by 9 June 2023.
Hostedby the Guyana Institute of Historical Research
The Guyana Institute of Historical Research is pleased to call for papers and abstracts for its 16th Annual Conference.
For the 2023 conference, the committee will consider proposals on all aspects of Race relations, cultures and, politics, especially encouraging submissions that reflect on this year’s theme; submissions that focus on other topics will also be entertainedbythe Committee. Submissions of preorganizedpanels and roundtables are strongly encouraged.
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During the TWO days Conference, eachpanel will have 3-4 presenters (each20-15 min., respectively), possibilityof submission of a partial sessionwith at least 2 presenters.
Panel, roundtable, and pictorial proposals will include the followinginformation: followingcriteria:
Proposal explains the topic, research questions, methodologies, and historiographic significance in ways that specialists and non-specialists alike canunderstand. (10 points)
Proposal presents new findings or revisions of long-held interpretations. (10 points) Panel proposals must include a panel title and 300-word abstract summarizing the theme of the panel; paper title and a 300-word abstract for each paper proposed; and a one-page professional curriculum vitae for each panelist(includingthe chair and commentator).
Roundtable proposals must include a roundtable title, a 300-word abstract summarizing the roundtable’s themes and points of discussion, and a one-page curriculum vitae for each participant (includingthe moderator, if any).
Individual paper proposals are also welcome and must include a paper title, 300-word abstract of the paper, and one-page vita with contact information and email address. If accepted, individual papers will be assigned by the program committee to an appropriate panel with a chair and commentator.
Volunteers, who wish to serve as chairs and commentators should send a one-page curriculum vitae to one of the followingpersons:
GIHRConference specialist Syndrene Harris –syndrene.harris @uog.gy.com
Registrar Hazel Woolford –gihrinstitut@gmail.com
Proposals will be judgedaccording to the Proposal addresses the conference theme. (5 points) Participants may presentone paper, serve on a roundtable, or provide panel comments. Theymay not fill more than one of these roles during the conference, with the following exception: Members who act as panel chairs may deliver a paper, serve on a roundtable, or offer comments in another session. You may invite persons through the print or social media to be members of your panel. Members who serve as both the chair and commentator of a single session may not present in another session. If members attach themselves tomore than one proposal in violationof the above rules, then the first proposal that arrives will be considered by the program committee and any subsequent proposals that include that memberwill be rejected.
All the correspondence, other than related to paper abstracts submission and acceptance, should be sent by e-mail for the Conference Organizing Committee, to the attention of the GIHR Conference specialist Syndrene Harris - syndrene.harris @uog.gy.com
The Organizing Committee would appreciate your familiarizing the members of your research/teachingunit, as well as all interestedcolleagues, withthe presentAnnouncement.
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Venue for the Plenary sessions
Panels
1. Memorializinganeventin history .
a. 1763 Berbice revolution.
b. 1823 Demerara rebellion.
c. 1853. The arrival of the Chinese inBritishGuiana.
d. 1913 Rose Hall labour protest.
e. 1953 The suspensionof the Waddingtonconstitution.
2. The Diasporas: Historical and Contemporary
a. Twice deceived.
b. Illegal immigration.
c. Little Guyana.
d. The Caribbeannationals and colonials and the British government.
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Tours
e. Kamla Harris, Jamaica and Modi.
3. Africans and the human condition.
a. Contributions of Africans to the Foundingof Civilizations
b. The trans-Saharan slave trade.
c. Slave trade, slavery and manumissionin Africa, Europe and the Americas.
d. Africans, apartheidand South Africa.
e. Migrants and Expatriates
f. Africans in India.
g. Afro-Futurism
4. Christianityand Indian immigration
a. The Presbyterianchurch.
b. Berbice HighSchool.
c. The Lutheran church.
d. Christianschool teacher inthe class room, practicing Hindupriestat home.
e. The plantation ownerand the religionof labourers.
5. Gender, women, race and, identity
a. The feminizationof the University.
b. Gender, womenand, small business.
c. Genderbasedviolence inthe plantationsociety.
d. People trafficking.
6. Libraries, special collections, and historical bibliographies.
a. The Academicteaching library.
7. Main trends in education
a. Education policy.
b. Teaching Caribbeanhistory in a plural society.
c. Adult educationand learning.
d. Future learning.
e. Politics and education.
f. Ethnic studies.
g. Caribbeanstudies.
h. Private schools
8. Business and ethnicity.
a. Plantation economyand businesses.
b. Portuguese and businesses.
c. YesuPersaud.
d. The tea plantations and the Irish.
e. Industrialization.
f. Historyof the oil industry in Guyana.
g. Food and nutritionsecurity.
h. Parallel economy.
i. Cash transfers .
j. Socio economictransformation in Guyana and the Caribbean.
k. Guyana National Cooperative Bank.
9. Politics, trade unions and, Indians.
a. Jung Bahadur Singh
b. Jainarine Singh
c. MohammedAyube Edun
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d. Cheddi Jagan
e. J.P. Latchmansingh.
10. Architecture
a. Gender, womenand prisons.
b. Architecture and school buildings inthe developingworld.
c. Architecture and the construction of hospitals.
d. The GeorgetownPublicHospital.
11. Pandemics in the colonies
a. The medical history in the colonies
b. Cholera
c. Malaria
d. Yellowfever
e. The influenzaepidemic.
f. Ebola.
g. Covid
h. Monkeypox/small pox.
12. Culture and the Arts.
a. Indian art and artists
b. Doris Rogers
c. PhillipMoore
d. Monuments and public art.
e. Spirituality.
f. The writings of WalterRodney.
g. The creole world of Guyana and the Caribbean.
h. The Guyana prize.
13. International Relations.
a. The world economicorder.
b. Globalization.
c. Non AlignedMovement.
d. The Problemof Territorial Settlements.
e. The Commonwealthof nations and the former members of the British empire.
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REGISTRATION FORM.
Sixteenth Conference of the Guyana Institute of Historical Research
Venue of the plenarysessions:CritchlowLabour College
WoolfordAvenue
Georgetown
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Please submita copy of yourconference presentation in the week of the conference, as wellas a video presentation/powerpoint for the conference secretariatto share. If unable to do so, please setup your presentation.
Please fill outthis form or a photocopy
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World Down Syndrome Day 2023
Staff of the Office of the Prime Ministermarked World Down Syndrome Day 2023, themed "With Us Not For Us," today by taking part in the #LotsOfSocks campaign to raise awareness and support for people with Down Syndrome.
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