Bridget Brereton
Professor / Author
Bridget Brereton is Professor Emerita of history at UWI, St. Augustine, and author of Race Relations in Colonial Trinidad and A History of Modern Trinidad, among other books. She was chair of the non-fiction judging panel for the inaugural OCM Bocas Prize in 2011, and again in 2020.
Discussion: the History We Need
The late historians Brinsley Samaroo and Gérard Besson had different backgrounds and approaches to their research, but shared a passion for documenting and narrating T&T’s past, always with an eye on the present. What are their legacies for today’s writers of history, whether scholarly or literary, academic or popular? Historians and writers Bridget Brereton, Claudius Fergus and Jerome Teelucksingh tackle these questions in conversation with Judy RaymondThe late historians Brinsley Samaroo and Gérard Besson had different backgrounds and approaches to their research, but shared a passion for documenting and narrating T&T’s past, always with an eye on the present. What are their legacies for today’s writers of history, whether scholarly or literary, academic or popular? Historians and writers Bridget Brereton, Claudius Fergus and Jerome Teelucksingh tackle these questions in conversation with Judy Raymond