The Department of History and Archaeology, UWI, Mona hosts the 28th annual Elsa Goveia Lecture entitled, The Education Landscapes of the Greater Antilles in Historical Perspectives”. The Lecture takes place on Tuesday, March 27 at 5:30 pm at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts, UWI, Mona.  Carl Campbell, Professor Emeritus in the Department of History and Archaeology, UWI, Mona will deliver the Lecture. 
 
This year’s lecture covers two hundred years of education in the Greater Antilles and includes a review and analysis of the innovative paths of education in Haiti, the Dominican Republic’s “Brain Drain” in the early 19th century, the hero teachers and soldier teachers of Cuba, the 19th century strategies of Puerto Rico to have university level education without a university, and the explosion of universities in the late 20th century.  
 
The annual Elsa Goveia Lecture is a celebratory event of the Department of History and Archaeology in honour of the distinguished West Indian Historian, Elsa Vesta Goveia.   
 
The university community and the public are invited to attend.  For details contact the Department at 927-1922.