In appreciation of Guyanese Dr. Joanne Collins-Gonsalves’ enormous contribution to historical studies, the Royal Historical Society (RHS) of the United Kingdom has chosen her as a Fellow.
Having earned a PhD in History, Dr. Collins-Gonsalves is the author of the highly regarded book Iris de Freitas Brazao, Legal Luminary and Trailblazer: Caribbean, Canada, Wales, England 1896-1989, which the University of London named one of three “fascinating items from the collections” of 312,000 volumes housed in the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Library.
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From Ashes to Ferro-Concrete: A History of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Guyana) 1914-2014 (2014) and Portuguese in Business in Guyana 1835-1935: A History of Entrepreneurship, Expansion, and Diversification (forthcoming 2024) are two more books written by Dr. Joanne Collin-Gonsalves.
The RHS Council elected 65 Fellows, 58 Associate Fellows, 52 Members, and 73 Postgraduate Members during its most recent meeting on September 13, 2024, making a total of 248 new members of the Society.
Most of the recently appointed Fellows are university professors with a broad range of specializations; nevertheless, there are also independent researchers, authors, museum curators, librarians, heritage professionals, and history publishers among them. Our most recent class of Fellows comes from nine different countries: Australia, Canada, France, Fiji, Ireland, Italy, Poland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The Society is an international community of historians.
In addition to historians in higher education who are just starting their careers, the new Associate Fellows are professionals and private researchers with backgrounds in teaching, heritage, archives and libraries, learned societies, public and community history, and libraries.
A comparable breadth of historical interests unites the new members, who include historians and genealogists from independent and community organizations and professionals in academia, media, public service, culture and heritage, and education.
