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In an attempt to move our discipline beyond Eurocentric perspectives, this conference explores connections that artworks express from within the American territories: from California to Aracuaní (North/South), from Acapulco to Río de Janiero (West/East), and from Potosí to Buenos Aires (High/Low). We propose the concept of “crossing” as the analytical framework, aiming to demonstrate not only intra-American hybridity, but also the...
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Panelistas: Mayra Espina, Doctora en Ciencias Sociológicas, Profesora e Investigador del Centro de Investigaciones Psicológicas y Sociológicas (CIPS), La Habana; Carmelo Mesa Lago, Catedrático de Servicio Distinguido Emérito en Economía y Estudios Latinoamericanos en la Universidad de Pittsburgh...
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Speaker: Daylet Domínguez, Wilbur Martin Visiting Scholar at Harvard University; Associate Professor at the Spanish and Portuguese Department of UC Berkeley Discussant: Marial Iglesias Utset, Visiting Research Scholar at the Afro-Latin American Research...
Speakers; Margaret E. Crahan, Senior Research Scholar and Director of the Cuba Program at the Institute for Latin American Studies at Columbia University; Maha Marouan, Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program at Harvard University; Associate Professor, Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies and African Studies Program, The Pennsylvania State University; Mabel Cuesta...
Esta será la primera sesión del Seminario de Estudios de Cuba Harvard-Sorbonne Nouvelle. Este será un seminario transnacional sobre Cuba que fomentará intercambios productivos y rigurosos entre diferentes enfoques de los mismos temas.
Panelistas: Blandine Destremau, Socióloga y Directora de Investigación, Centro Nacional de Investigación Científica de Francia (CNRS); Juan Carlos Albizu-...
Speaker: Julio Antonio Fernandez Estrada, Cuban lawyer and historian; Professor of Law at the University of Havana (1999-2016); Visiting Scholar, Scholars Risk Program at Harvard University (2022-2023) Moderated by: Steve Levitsky, Professor of Government, Harvard University; Director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies; Frances Hagopian, Jorge...
Introduction: Carmel Shachar, Executive Director, Petrie-Flom Center; Laura Clérico, Independent Researcher, Argentine National Scientific and Technical Council (CONICET), Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Buenos Aires, and Honorary...
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This presentation explores literary representations of racial mixture in the Cuban literary production from the colonial era and the Special Period in Time of Pace (1990), a period of severe economic crisis resulting from the collapse of the Soviet Union. Through critical examination of the national...
Speaker: Stephen Kaplan, Associate Professor of Political Science and Economic Affairs, George Washington University
This book explores how China’s state-led capitalism affects national level governance. China, as the world’s largest saver, has more than doubled its overseas banking presence since the 2008 global financial crisis...
Author: María Isabel Alfonso, Professor of Spanish and Chair of the Department of Modern Languages at St. Joseph’s College Discussant: César A. Salgado, Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Graduate Adviser in the Program in Comparative Literature at the University of Texas at Austin Moderated by: Doris Sommer, Ira Jewell Williams...
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Speaker: Nohora Arrieta Fernandez, 2020-2021 ALARI Research Associate; PhD Candidate in Latin American Literature and Cultural Studies, Georgetown University; CLS/Mellon Dissertation Completion fellow (2020-2021)
In keeping with a longstanding academic tradition, multidisciplinary perspectives from diverse stakeholders and discussants will be offered in a neutral and inclusive learning environment during this 2-day, public webinar. Q&A will be available during portions of the proceedings for broader engagement. Together, we will identify and discuss actions—including some of...
Speaker: Esther Whitfield, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Hispanic Studies at Brown University Moderated by: Alejandro de la Fuente, Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics; Professor of African and African American Studies, Director, Afro-Latin American Research Institute, Chair, Cuba Studies Program
Speaker: Dr. Vicente Vérez Bencomo, Director of the Finlay Institute of Vaccines Moderated by: Marcia Castro, Chair, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Dr. Vicente Verez Bencomo is a scientist with a nationally and internationally recognized trajectory. He is a Chemical Engineer from the “Lomonosov” Institute in Moscow, State Doctor from the University of Orleans (France, 1983), Doctor Honoris causa from the Canadian University of Quebec in Montreal and Member of...