Dr. Sherry-Ann Singh


Senior Lecturer

Office Room Number: 231

St. Augustine

Trinidad and Tobago

Telephone: 868-662-2002 ext 83060

Email: sherry.singh@sta.uwi.edu


Dr. Sherry-Ann Singh is a lecturer of Indian History and Indian Diaspora Studies in the Department of History, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. Dr. Singh obtained her Ph.D. in 2005 (with High Commendation) in History. She specializes in the social, religious, and cultural transformation among Indians in Trinidad and in the Caribbean; in Hinduism and the Ramayana tradition in the Indian Diaspora; and on the Indian indenture system. She has held fellowships at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society in Bangalore, India and at the University of Warwick, U.K. She has earned the Young Caribbean Scholar of the Year Award from the George Bell Institute of Queen’s College, Birmingham (UK), 2004. In addition many published articles, her monograph The Ramayana Tradition and Socio-Religious Change in Trinidad, 1917-1990 was published in 2012 by Ian Randle Publishers. She is currently Coordinator of the M.A. programme in History.

Qualification

  • Ph.D. (UWI)
  • B.A. (UWI)

Fellowships and Training

  • Centre for the Study of Culture and Society in Bangalore, India
  • University of Warwick, U.K

Research Interests

  • Social, religious, and cultural transformation among Indians in Trinidad and in the Caribbean
  • Hinduism and the Ramayana tradition in the Indian Diaspora
  • The Indian indenture system

Honours and Awards

  • Young Caribbean Scholar of the Year Award from the George Bell Institute of Queen’s College, Birmingham (UK), 2004

Courses Taught

  • HIST 2501: South Asian History 1500-1860
  • HIST 2502: South Asia 1860 to the present
  • HIST 3613: The Modern Indian Diaspora
  • HIST 3615: The Indian Diaspora: Global Dimensions

Publications and Presentations

Dr. Sherry-Ann Singh- publications.pdf


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