Lennox Honychurch, noted Dominican cultural anthropologist and historian, will be the Visiting Distinguished Lecturer at UWI, Mona, March 29 to 31, 2004. His lecture entitled “Re-inventing Ourselves: Caribbean Nationalism and the Creation of ‘Heritage’”, will be delivered on Monday, March 29 at 5:30 p.m. at the Undercroft, UWI, and will be open to the public. Dr. Honychurch’s visit is sponsored by the Ford Foundation, under the UWI Cultural Studies Initiative, which provides opportunities for the UWI community and the Caribbean public throughout the region to interact with those who have given much to regional development through the enrichment of our cultural heritage.
Staff Tutor, Cultural and Heritage Studies at the UWI School of Continuing Studies based in Dominica, Dr. Honychurch holds masters and doctoral degrees in anthropology from the University of Oxford. He has varied and wide ranging interests in anthropology, archaeology, history and culture and has published history textbooks for Caribbean schools as well as numerous books on Dominican history and culture. Dr. Honychurch has worked on a number of historical restoration projects in the Caribbean including the restoration of Cabrits National Park in Dominica, Fort Frederick in Grenada, Betty Hope’s Plantation in Antigua & Barbuda and Fort Charlotte in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.