BA, Special Honours (1970), PhD (1974), University of the West Indies
Brian Moore
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of History and Africana & Latin American Studies, Emeritus
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Degree
Teaching Experience
- Lecturer, University of Guyana 1974-75
- Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Professor of Social and Cultural History, University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica, 1981-2003
Specialties
- Caribbean history, culture and race relations
- History of sport in the Caribbean
- Caribbean politics and governance
Interests
Anglophone Caribbean post-emancipation society, culture, politics, race relations, sport with special reference to Guyana and Jamaica
Publications
Guest Editor, Journal of Caribbean History, Volume 48: 1&2 (2014). Special issue in honor of University of the West Indies Professor of History Emerita Bridget Brereton.
"They Do As They Please": The Jamaican Struggle for Cultural Freedom after Morant Bay, co-authored with Michele A. Johnson. Kingston: University of the West Indies Press, 2011
The Struggle for the Cultural Soul of Jamaica after Morant Bay. XXV Elsa Goveia Memorial Lecture, 24 March 2009. Kingston: Department of History, University of the West Indies, 2009
Neither Led nor Driven: Contesting British Cultural Imperialism in Jamaica 1865-1920, co-authored with Michele A. Johnson. Kingston: University of the West Indies Press, 2004
Slavery, Freedom and Gender: The Dynamics of Caribbean Society, edited with B.W. Higman, Carl Campbell, and Patrick Bryan. Kingston: The University of the West Indies Press, 2001
"Squalid Kingston" 1890-1920, edited with Michele A. Johnson. Kingston: The Social History Project, University of the West Indies, 2000
The Land We Live In: Jamaica in 1890, edited with Michele A. Johnson. Kingston: The Social History Project, University of the West Indies, 2000
Before and After 1865: Education, Politics and Regionalism in the Caribbean, edited with Swithin R. Wilmot. Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers, 1998
Cultural Power, Resistance and Pluralism: Colonial Guyana 1838-1900. Toronto: McGill-Queen's University Press; Kingston: University of the West Indies Press, 1995
Race, Power and Social Segmentation in Colonial Society: Guyana after Slavery 1838-1891. New York: Routledge/Gordon and Breach Publishers, 1987
Several chapters in edited books, and articles in the following journals: Journal of Caribbean History, Comparative Studies in Society and History, Boletin de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe, Bulletin of Eastern Caribbean Affairs, Immigrants and Minorities, Guyana Historical Journal, Jamaica Historical Review
Dissertation
"Social and cultural complexity in British Guiana 1850-1891", PhD, University of the West Indies, 1973.
Professional Experience
- Diplomatic service (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Guyana), 1975-1980: historical researcher on Guyana's political boundaries; Guyana diplomatic representative to the United Nations General Assembly (1976) and to Great Britain (1977-80)
- Head (Chair) of Department of History, University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica, 1996-1999
- Director, Social History Project, University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica, 1987-1992, 2002-2003
- Director, Africana and Latin American Studies Program, Colgate University, 2005-2008, 2012-2018
- Book Review Editor, Journal of Caribbean History, 1991-1998
Distinctions
- 1967 - Guyana Government Undergraduate Scholarship
- 1968 - University of the West Indies (Mona) Faculty of Arts Prize for History
- 1970 - University of the West Indies Postgraduate Scholarship
- 1989, 1996 - University of the West Indies Mona Research Fellowships
- 2001 - University of the West Indies (Mona) Award for Best Publication and Outstanding Research: Squalid Kingston
- 2005 - Award of John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation endowed chair, Colgate University
- 2006 - University of the West Indies (Mona) Principal's Award for Best Publication: Neither Led nor Driven
- 2008 - University of the West Indies Press Award for Bestselling Scholarly Monograph 2004-07: Neither Led nor Driven
Board Membership
- Editorial Board, Journal of Caribbean History, since 1991
- Editorial Board, Jamaica Historical Review, since 2011