Speakers: Marial Iglesias Utset, Afro-Latin American Research Institute at Harvard University and Manuel Barcia, University of Leeds
Moderator: Alejandro de la Fuente, Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics, Professor of African and African American Studies and of History, Harvard University
Speaker: Ned Sublette, composer, musician, record producer, musicologist, and author
Moderator: Yosvany Terry, Director of the Harvard Jazz Band
Tresero / bandleader Ignacio Arsenio Travieso Scull (1911-1970), whose stage name was Arsenio Rodríguez, and his contemporary, pianist / bandleader Ramón "Bebo" Valdes (1918-...
Challenging the notion of a "great divide" between Republic and Revolution this talk traces contentious interactions between shantytown leaders in Havana and government officials who sought to relocate them. As disputes around shantytown eradication became politicized during the...
cary_garcia2.jpgSpeaker: Cary Aileen García Yero, PhD Candidate, Department of History, Harvard University
Between 1940 and 1958, the Cuban state worked to support and develop Cuba’s artistic culture. This presentation explores how cultural administrators actively participated in discourses that defined what was valued as “culture” and what constituted Cuban “art”. It...
The Cuba Studies Program Seminar Series presents Ambassador Jeffrey Delaurentis, Former Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Cuba; Fellow, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School
**Please note this event will be conducted in Spanish**
Speaker: Dayma Echevarría Leon, Centro de Estudios de la Economía Cubana, Universidad de La Habana
La Dra. Echevarria abordará los principios y principales etapas de la política social cubana desde 1959 y profundizará en las dimensiones de salud, educación y...
**Please note this event will be conducted in Spanish**
Speaker:Dayrelis Ojeda Suris, Centro de Estudios de la Economía Cubana, Universidad de La Habana, Asociación Nacional de Economistas y Contadores de Cuba
The Harvard Cubans (Los Cubanos de Harvard)is a documentary film produced by the Cuba Studies Program and directed by journalist Danny González Lucena. Following the premiere screening of the film, a...
With grant support from the French-American Jazz Exchange Program, Cuban-American saxophonist/percussionist/composer Yosvany Terry and French pianist Baptiste Trotignon present a unique and exciting program inspired by the rich and diverse musical traditions that emerged from the African Diaspora in the United States and...
