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Current News and Upcoming Events April 16 and 17, 2010 UC-CUBA GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE “Cuban Counterpoints” is a UC wide, interdisciplinary graduate student conference and workshop that will be held at UC Berkeley. February, 2010 UC-CUBA REPRESENTED AT C.R.I. CONFERENCE IN MIAMI UC-CUBA will be well-represented at the Cuban Research Institute conference in Miami this coming February. Participants in our 2008 UC-CUBA conference (UC Irvine) and the 2009 Graduate Student Conference/Workshop (UCLA) organized and proposed 4 panels which have been accepted for the upcoming CRI 2010. Faculty and graduate students from six UC campuses are among the 19 panelists. Other panelists are colleagues from institutions that participated in our 2008 UC-CUBA conference. The panels, and the participants are: 1. El hombre, la hembra, y el hambre: Food and Sex in Cuban culture. Organized by Susannah Rodriguez, ABD, (UCLA). Professor Robin Derby (UCLA), Hanna Garth, ABD (UCLA), Professor Amalia Cabezas (UC Riverside), and Professor Raul Fernandez (UCI) complete the panel. 2. Leaving Cuba: Exiles, Internacionalistas, and Economic migrants. Organized by Anita Casavantes Bradford, ABD (UCSD) and Monika Gosin, Posdotctoral Scholar (Duke University). Professor Felix Masud-Piloto (DePaul University), Ayesha Nibbe ABD(UC Davis), and Alissa Bernstein (UC Berkeley) complete the panel. 3. Transgeographical Dilemmas: Nineteenth Century Constructs of Race. Organized by Professor Gema Guevara(Univ. of Utah). The other panelists: Professor Karina Cespedes (University of Colorado), Professor Laura Lomas (Rutgers), Professor Nancy Mirabal (San Francisco State Univ), Professor Jose Ortega (Whittier College) and Professor Raul Fernandez, UCI (discussant). 4. Cuba Transnational: Encounters of the Imaginary and Imaginary Encounters Organized by Susannah Rodriguez, ABD, (UCLA). Professor Jorge Marturano (UCLA), Ivette Gómez (Pomona College), Virginia Benitez, ABD (UCSC), and Professor Lourdes Martínez-Echazábal (UCSC) complete the panel. November, 26-29, 2009 KEYNOTE LECTURE BY PROFESSOR CABEZAS (Prof. Cabezas' Bio) Our colleague Professor Amalia Cabezas, Women's Studies UC Riverside has been invited to give a Keynote Lecture at the international symposium "Sex and Sexuality in Latin America and the Caribbean" in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Nov 26-29. The event is organized by the Netherlands Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation. This international conference seeks to explore contemporary issues in the study of sex and sexuality in Latin America and the Caribbean. The focus will be on shifts in the political economy of intimacy and the ways in which cultural, political and economic power structures shape sexual practices and ideologies in the region. Thursday, March 31 - Saturday, May 2, 2011 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, SPRING 2011 CALL FOR PAPERS - Cuba Futures, Past and Present Since the early part of the 19th century, Cuban intellectuals, political leaders, civil society organizations and institutions have created multiple visions, projects and blueprints for building an independent Cuba. External and transnational groups, including governments, have also participated in generating ways of improving society. These efforts continue in the present. Past or present, these visions can often clash with each other, fail to attract support, or much less induce change consensually perceived as desirable. However, they have generated legacies that stand and shape realities, memories, perceptions, and diverse plans for reforming Cuba. This international symposium invites interested academics, both young scholars and established specialists, to submit paper and panel proposals on ideas, actors, processes, institutions, and prospects/outcomes in these efforts. The symposium is organized by the Cuba Project at the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies (The Graduate Center, CUNY). The Cuba Project welcomes participation from academic, artistic, and professional institutions and endeavors. Papers can explore a wide range of historical and contemporary themes. Written by academics and other scholars, they may illuminate the visions, processes, institutions, civil society organizations, social movements, and other actors operating or focused on various contexts and futures. The list of themes include: Revolutionary period and Post-communist dynamic Cultural, economic, and political dimensions Creation and demise of utopias and paradigms Knowledge of Cultural spheres: literature, cinema, arts Republic Cuba (1902-1959) and 19th century Diverse substantive and policy areas: Racial & Ethnic Relations, Identity, Education, Health, Environment, Economic reform, Political organization Intellectuals and knowledge Political mobilization, civil society, state-society relations Cubans living abroad Intellectuals and knowledge Transnational actors and processes Political mobilization, civil society, state-society relations Some examples of specific focus areas include: • The city of Havana through history, including the character of the culture, politics, cosmopolitism, geography • Issues about socialism and socialist participation • Afro-Cuban culture and society • New voices and approaches: HavanaTimes and local young scholars Proposals should consist of a 1-2 page abstract, with a cover letter indicating the author's professional affiliation, biographical sketch and contact information. Submission: Please send proposals by email to: cubaproject@gc.cuny.edu or via fax to: 212-817-1540. Or send a hard copy in a sealed envelope to: Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, Attention: Cuba Project 365 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5209 New York, NY 10016-4309 United States. Deadlines: We strongly encourage early submission. We will accept proposals starting July 1, 2009. Proposals for sessions, papers, and special events will receive preliminary assessment as they arrive. In any case, final deadlines are as follows: • Proposals for Sessions and Special Events: December 31, 2009 • Paper Proposals: July 31, 2010 • Final Paper Submission: November 24, 2010 February 4-6, 2010   Cuban
Research Institute ConferenceThe overarching theme of the conference, “Cuba 2010: An Island in a Global World,” will focus on the current political, economic, cultural and social dynamics on the island and the Diaspora in the light of a changing world. April 17-18, 2009 How
Do UC-Cuba? Workshop ProgramA conference program with information on workshops and events. January - September, 2009 Caribbean
ConferencesA selection of upcoming conferences about the Caribbean. April 17-18, 2009  How
Do UC-Cuba? Graduate Student WorkshopSponsored by the UC-Cuba Multi-Campus Research Program, the UC-Cuba Graduate Student Workshop is an interdisciplinary, collaborative effort of graduate students and faculty, whose research involves the study of any aspect of Cuba. The goal of the workshop is to nurture new research, facilitate collaborative work, and create lasting relationships. An important characteristic, and perhaps the driving force behind this project, is the desire to improve the quality of the graduate student experience. This workshop initiates a learning community that we hope will grow beyond the first moment of departure. For further details, please contact UC-Cuba Graduate Workshop coordinators, Virginia Benitez (UC Santa Cruz) at Virginia.Benitez@gmail.com and Susannah R. Drissi (UCLA) at rsdrissi@aol.com. February 17-18-19, 2009 Professor Ada Ferrer at UCSD, UC Irvine and UCLA UC-CUBA co-sponsored a lecture by Professor Ada Ferrer which she gave in consecutive days at UC SD, UC Irvine and UCLA. Dr. Ada Ferrer, Associate Professor of Latin American History at New York University, is the author of Insurgent Cuba: Race, Nation, and Revolution, 1868-98 (University of North Carolina Press, 1999), winner of the 2000 Berkshire Book Prize. Insurgent Cuba focuses on the unfolding, and eventual undoing, of a vibrant social movement that advocated not only independence from Spain but also the end of slavery and the elimination of racism. She is currently at work on a book-length project on the repercussions of the Haitian Revolution in Cuba and the Atlantic World. She lectured on “Cuban Slave Society and the Haitian Revolution.” February 15, 2009 A much anticipated book by our colleague Amalia Cabezas (UCR) will be released in June by Temple University Press. Economies of Desire is a superb scholarly work, an original and significant study of the socio-sexual economy that developed in connection with mass tourism in Cuba and the Dominican Republic in recent years. This is what Professor Patricia Zavella (UCSC) says about it in the publicity blurb: "Economies of Desire is very well written and compelling, drawing us into two historical contexts and illustrating women's agency as they negotiate the economic, political, and social constraints. Cabezas' many years of field research provide nuance to her analysis, and her critique of the feminist discourse about human rights is completely on target." February 4, 2009 Cuba Libre: Revolution and Transition UC Santa Cruz A facilitated panel discussion comprised of experts on the complex history and current relationship between the United States and Cuba. Invited panelists included freelance foreign correspondent Reese Erlich, author of Dateline Havana, documentary filmmaker and long- time Cuba expert, Saul Landau, UCSC Professor Lourdes Martínez- Echazábal, and San Francisco-based Immigration Attorney Bill Martinez, who specializes in cultural exchanges between the two countries. Facilitator: College Nine and Ten Provost, Helen Shapiro. Event held at the College Nine and Ten Multipurpose Room. Doors open at 7 pm. Free and open to the public. December 13, 2008 UC-CUBA Chair’s report on travel to Cuba I returned a few days ago from a research trip to Cuba. In addition to my own work, here’s some items that might be of interest to the UC-CUBA community.
November 12-13, 2008 Ela Troyano presented her documentary on La LUPE at UCLA on November 12, and at UC Irvine on November 13, 2008. “La Lupe: Queen of Latin Soul” is a documentary chronicle of the life and career of transnational radio star and salsa icon Lupe Yoli, popularly known as “La Lupe” or “La YiYi,” from her origins in Santiago, Cuba, to nightclubs in Havana and New York. For this in-depth and affectionate portrait, Troyano weaves rare archival footage from Cuba with interviews with family members and close associates in the music and entertainment worlds, including Afro- Cuban percussionist Mongo Santamaria and TV host Dick Cavett, and Cuban musicologists Helio Orovio and Radamés Giro. November 13, 2008 Lecture on Cuba "Turning the World Upside Down: Sugar Workers, Soviet and the Frustrated Revolution of 1933 in Cuba" by Professor Barry Carr Professor Carr is a visiting professor from the History Institute of Social Research at Swinburn University, Melbourne, Australia. Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm Place: Townsend Center for the Humanities (220 Stephens Hall) Sponsored by UC Berkeley's Working Group on Cuba  May 2-3, 2008 Cuba: New Research Directions The UC-Cuba Multi-Campus Research Program presents: "Cuba: New Research Directions" The UC-Cuba Multi Campus Research Program will bring more than 50 faculty and graduate students from seven UC campuses and other universities across the nation to reflect on recent research on Cuba. Topics will include: current economic trends, the state of U.S.-Cuba relations, history and literature, tourism, sexuality, music, and the position of intellectuals. This conference is free and open to the public. Registration will be available onsite. March 16, 2008 UC-CUBA
doctoral student publishes article based on trip to CubaJoshua Jelly-Schapiro, (Geography, UC Berkeley) published an article in the Guardian drawing, in part, on the research trip he took with a UC mini-grant. March - December, 2008 Caribbean
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