Dr Dexnell Peters
I am interested in the History of the Atlantic World, and, particularly, the cross-imperial relations of the British, Spanish, French and Dutch Greater Caribbean. My current research project makes a case for the rise of a Greater Southern Caribbean region (inclusive of Venezuela and the Guianas) in the late eighteenth century, showing evidence for a very polyglot, cross-imperial and interconnected world. I am currently the Bennett Boskey Fellow in Atlantic History at Exeter College.
Shane Pantin and Dexnell Peters, The Guild of Students at UWI, St. Augustine 1962-2012 (UWI Press, 2013)
In 2012, the Guild of Students at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, celebrated its fiftieth anniversary, a milestone it shared with the national and regional community, as both Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica celebrated their fiftieth year of independence.
This volume represents one of the first efforts at the University of the West Indies to craft a history of the Guild of Students on one of its campuses. Pantin and Peters give a general picture of the main issues, personalities and events at the St Augustine campus. Throughout its history, the guild confronted many recurring problems; two of the most important were its relationship with the administration of the university and the students’ general apathy towards extracurricular engagement. It is the hoped that this history provides a glimpse of key developments and personalities that can generate further detailed study of the Guild of Students.
http://www.uwipress.com/books/guild-students-university-west-indies-st-augustine-1962-2012
