Welcome to the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of the West Indies, Mona. The Department of History is one of the oldest departments of the UWI, opening its doors with the arrival of Professor John Parry in 1949.

Attention ALL CAPE History Teachers and Students - It’s that time of year when the Department of History and Archaeology hosts its Annual CAPE History Lectures (April 13 and 20). Admission FREE!

Lectures will be delivered as follow:

The Department of History and Archaeology  congratulates the following persons on being recognized and awarded for their recent publications:

 Professor B.W. Higman and Dr. Kathleen E.A. Monteith

West Indian Business History: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship locates the regional history of business within the scope of Caribbean/Atlantic world economic history, placing it within the broader context of business history. As well as providing the foundation text for courses in West Indian business history, this volume is valuable to students of other areas of Caribbean history

Professor Veront Satchell

Hope Transformed analyses the landscape history of the former Hope Sugar Estate founded in 660 by its English owner, Major Richard Hope. The work molded in the theory and methodology of landscape history, that is, the history of humans shaping land to satisfy their social, economic political/ideological and cultural needs, examines the dynamics of this area in response to societal demands and that of owners over time.

Dr. Stephan Lenik

In "Mission Plantations, Space, and Social Control: Jesuits as Planters in French Caribbean Colonies and Frontiers," Dr Lenik’s utilizes historical and archaeological data from three 18th century Jesuit mission outposts in the French Caribbean to offer a critique of how we think about plantations.