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A response to Farah Ali

Jun 07, 2023 Letters

Dear Editor,

I read the letter of Ms. Farah Ali to your newspaper on 27 May 2023.  May I respond to her concerns about the status and role of the ‘Guyana Institute of Historical Research’, in the academic sphere.  It is important that I establish from the beginning, that the role of the Institute is to promote the history of Guyana. The Institute is a partner of the Indo-Caribbean Cultural Center, the Guyana Cultural Association of New York, the Pan African Movement, and IPADA-G. This year, as we observe the bicentenary the East Coast Demerara rebellion, the Institute has invited presentations on the 1823 Demerara rebellion.

Over the years, the Institute has always advertised the annual conference.  We have also contacted, as well as invited individuals irrespective of race, politics, religion and, sexual orientation.  Depending on the response, we then identify the chairs, and presenters.

I must say that these conferences are organised along the historical events of the period.  Hence, the observances of the presence of Amerindians, the termination of Indian indentureship, the arrival of the Chinese, have been covered through the years in the conferences. As yet, there is no response to some of the themes, which we had advertised.  There was no response to the request to organise panels around the following themes:

PANELS

  1. Memorializing an event in history .
  2. 1763 Berbice revolution.
  3. 1823 Demerara rebellion.
  4. 1853. The arrival of the Chinese in British Guiana.
  5. 1913 Rose Hall labour protest.
  6. 1953 The suspension of the Waddington constitution
  7. The Diasporas: Historical and Contemporary
  8. Twice deceived.
  9. Illegal immigration.
  10. Little Guyana.
  11. The Caribbean nationals and colonials and the British government.
  12. Kamla Harris, Jamaica and Modi.
  13. Christianity and Indian immigration
  14. The Presbyterian church.
  15. Berbice High School.
  16. The Lutheran church.
  17. Christian school teacher in the class room, practicing Hindu priest at home.
  18. The plantation owner and the religion of labourers
  19. Main trends in education
  20. Education policy.
  21. Teaching Caribbean history in a plural society.
  22. Adult education and learning.
  23. Future learning.
  24. Politics and education.
  25. Ethnic studies.
  26. Caribbean studies
  27. Business and ethnicity.
  28. Plantation economy and businesses.
  29. Portuguese and businesses.
  30. Yesu Persaud.
  31. The tea plantations and the Irish.
  32. Industrialization.
  33. History of the oil industry in Guyana.
  34. Food and nutrition security.
  35. Parallel economy.
  36. Cash transfers .
  37. Socio economic transformation in Guyana and the Caribbean.
  38. Guyana National Cooperative Bank.
  39. Politics, trade unions and, Indians.
  40. Jung Bahadur Singh
  41. Jainarine Singh
  42. Mohammed AyubeEdun
  43. Cheddi Jagan
  44. J.P. Latchmansingh.

I do hope that my response to Ms. Farah Ali, will help to answer as well as alleviate her concerns.  She is invited to visit the GIHR website to view past conferences, http://hazelwoolford.wix.com/gihr

Yours sincerely,

Mrs. Hazel Woolford

GIHR Registrar

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