Events
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February
Carmelo Mesa-Lago to Present Book on Cuba's Economic and Social Reforms
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Venue: | MDC Wolfson Campus, Building 7, Room 7128, 300 NE Second Avenue, Miami, FL |
Dr. Carmelo Mesa-Lago will present his new book, "Cuba en la era de Raúl Castro: Reformas económico-sociales y sus efectos."
Book Presentation by Cristóbal Díaz-Ayala
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Venue: | Books and Books, 265 Aragon St., Coral Gables |
Cristóbal Díaz-Ayala will present his latest book, "¡Oh Cuba hermosa! El cancionero político social en Cuba hasta 1958."
March
José Martí: Resisting Melancholia for the Image of the Cuban Hero
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 370 |
Lecture by Dr. Emilio Bejel, Distinguished Professor of Latin American Studies of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California at Davis.
Book Presentation by Emilio Bejel
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Venue: | Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, FL |
Dr. Emilio Bejel will present his latest book, "José Martí: Images of Memory and Mourning."
In Dreams Awake: A Documentary about Humberto Calzada
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Venue: | GL 100 (across from the Green Library), FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus |
CRI will premiere a film about the work of the Cuban-American painter Humberto Calzada, written and directed by Anabel Leal and Reinaldo Cruz.
Larger Than Life: The King of Rumba and His Incredible Story
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, RDB 1100 |
Lecture by Dr. Galina Bakhtiarova, Associate Professor of Spanish at Western Connecticut State University.
Symposium on the Cuban Diaspora
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, MARC Pavilion |
The Cuban Research Institute (CRI) will hold a symposium on "The Cuban Diaspora in the World."
April
Colloquium on Immigration and Transnationalism in the Americas
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Venue: | Modesto A. Maidique Campus, GL 220 |
Three guest speakers will lead the discussion on the main problems, approaches, and methods in contemporary research on immigration and transnationalism. This event is by invitation only; those interested in attending should email Aymee Correa (correaa@fiu.edu).
Cuba Faces the Transition
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Venue: | Modesto A. Maidique Campus, RDB Hall, Justice Courtroom, Room 1009 |
Antonio G. Rodiles, Director of Estado de SATS in Havana, will lecture on the current situation and approaching democratic transition in Cuba.
May
Sugar and Revolution (A Requiem)
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353 |
Professor Duanel Díaz Infante will talk about the major opposition between sugar and revolution throughout Cuban history.
Santiago de Cuba in Music
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353 |
The Cuban scholar and attorney Emilio Cueto will examine the music inspired by the city of Santiago de Cuba, based, among other sources, on the Díaz-Ayala Cuban and Latin American Popular Music Collection at FIU.
FIU at CubaNostalgia
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Venue: | Miami-Dade Fair Expo Center, Coral Way and SW 112th Avenue, Miami |
CRI will lead FIU's participation in CubaNostalgia, a three-day event showcasing Cuban life, customs, and heritage.
Ninth Conference on Cuban and Cuban-American Studies
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Graham Center Ballroom |
The Cuban Research Institute continues its tradition of convening scholars engaged in the study of Cuba and its diaspora. The Ninth Conference on Cuban and Cuban-American Studies will be the largest ever. The final program is now available.
Film Screening and Panel Discussion on "El Súper"
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Venue: | Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Graham Center Ballroom |
CRI invites you to a screening and discussion of the classic film about the Cuban diaspora, "El Súper" (1979), directed by León Ichaso and Orlando Jiménez Leal, based on a play by Iván Acosta.
"El Súper," Our Self-Portrait
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Graham Center Ballroom |
Former CRI Associate Director Uva de Aragón reviews the film "El Súper," noting that it captures the story of Cuban exiles who arrived in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s.
International Congress on Cuba
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Venue: | Maiersdorf Conference Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel |
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem will host the international conference, "Cuba: Myth and Reality—Culture, History, Politics," with participants from Israel, Cuba, and the United States.
June
International Colloquium on Severo Sarduy
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Venue: | University of Bern, Switzerland; Instituto Cervantes and Colegio de España, Paris, France |
The Universities of Bern in Switzerland and Cergy-Pointoise in France will hold an International Colloquium to honor the Cuban writer and artist Severo Sarduy on June 5-8, 2013.
Lecture on "The Miami Sound"
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Venue: | Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353 |
Professor Gilberto Conill Godoy will analyze the reconfiguration of Cuban identity through musical practices in Miami.
Cuba: Clashing Ideologies, National Projects, and Intellectual History
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 370 |
This panel discussion will examine the issue of whether Cuba is geared toward a transition from the point of view of ideology.
July
Civil Society in Cuba
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Venue: | FIU College of Business, Special Events Center, Room 232 |
A conversation with Cuban dissident and independent journalist Guillermo Fariñas.
FIU Cuba Forum
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, College of Business, Special Events Center, Room 233 |
This open discussion among FIU experts and the community will serve as the first step in planning for FIU's participation in Cuba, once federal and state laws allow exchange and the FIU Board of Trustees deems it appropriate.
August
Reforming Cuba?
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Venue: | Hilton Miami Downtown Hotel, 1601 Biscayne Blvd. |
Preliminary Program of the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy on August 1-3, 2013.
Cuba's Judicial System and Transition
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 110 |
Lecture by Antonio G. Rodiles and Amelia María Rodríguez Cala.
September
New Cuban/Cuban-American Student Organization at FIU
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Venue: | Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 445 |
All FIU students are invited to discuss the creation of a new student organization to promote Cuban and Cuban-American studies.
A New History of the Cuban Revolution: An Independent Interpretation
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Green Library 220 |
This multimedia presentation will discuss the analytical and interpretative framework for Dr. Luis Martínez-Fernández's new book on the Cuban Revolution.
The Spanish Community in Cuba, 1900-1940
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Venue: | Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Green Library, Room GL 220 |
After analyzing the Spanish migration process in Cuba, Dr. Consuelo Naranjo Orovio will focus on the main economic activities of this community, as well as the creation of regional centers and mutual aid associations, and the Spanish casinos founded by the immigrants in various provinces of the Island.
October
Second Conference on Reconciliation and Change: The German Experience
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Venue: | Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus Auditorium, 300 NE Second Ave., Miami |
The Cuba Study Group and Miami-Dade College, in association with the FIU Cuban Research Institute, cordially invite you to this conference, which will explore Germany's experience with reunification at the end of the Cold War and consider how its lessons may be applied to an eventual process of reconciliation among Cubans.
U.S. Immigration Reform and Its Global Impact
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Venue: | Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables |
Please join us for the presentation of the latest book by CRI affiliate, Dr. Erik Camayd-Freixas. Cosponsored by the Latin American and Caribbean Center.
Living in Transition: The Politics of Popular Music in Contemporary Cuba
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Venue: | Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Ryder Business Building, Room 140 |
Dr. Nora Gámez Torres will examine the emergence of alternative and oppositional values in Cuban society through an analysis of contemporary popular music.
The Cuban Poetry of Alfonso Camín, Father of Afro-Cuban Poetry
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Venue: | Modesto A. Maidique Campus, GL 220 |
This lecture will examine the main currents in the Cuban poetry of Alfonso Camín, his contributions to "Criollismo" during the first half of the 20th century, and his fundamental role as the father of Afro-Cuban poetry.
Eternal Cuba: The Darlene M. and Jorge M. Pérez Art Collection at FIU
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Frost Art Museum |
FIU's Frost Art Museum will host a major exhibit on Cuban art since the nineteenth century.
Humberto Castro: Tracing Antilles
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Frost Art Museum |
Cuban-American artist Humberto Castro executes an artistic journey across the Antilles in an ever transforming exhibition that conceptually circumnavigates the islands of the Caribbean.
From Africa to the Americas
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Venue: | Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Frost Art Museum |
Afro-Cuban works from the Frost collection highlight the rich symbolic legacy of the syncretism and rituals born of traditional Yoruba religion and Catholicism in Cuba.
Homenaje a Uva Hernández-Catá y a las mujeres cubanas del exiliio
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Venue: | Casa Bacardí del Instituto de Estudios Cubanos y Cubano-Americanos de la Universidad de Miami |
La Asociación Nacional de Educadores Cubano-Americanos (NACAE) y el Instituto de Investigaciones Cubanas (CRI) de la Universidad Internacional de la Florida los invitan al homenaje a Uva Hernández-Catá y a las mujeres cubanas del exiliio.
Letters to My Sister in Havana
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Venue: | Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables |
In this book, based on her own experiences and her brother's letters, Mercedes Sarduy pays homage to Severo Sarduy and to the families that were involuntarily separated.
African Musical Thought in Cuba
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Venue: | Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353 |
This lecture will present the results of a historical research project designed to identify the structural and organizational components of African thought present in the way of making and conceiving music in Cuba and the Americas.
November
Revisiting the Cuban-American Vote: A Symposium
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, MARC Pavilion |
Organized by FIU's Cuban Research Institute and cosponsored by the Department of Politics & International Relations, this symposium will bring together scholars and pollsters to examine the changes and continuities in Cuban-American voting patterns.
Waters (Homage to the Waters)
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Frost Art Museum |
One of Manuel Mendive's outdoor performance processions, with actors, dancers, and musicians, is a reflection on the importance of water for African, Asian, and Western religions.
Things That Cannot Be Seen Any Other Way: The Art of Manuel Mendive
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Frost Art Museum |
This exhibition is a multi-faceted effort that explores Manuel Mendive's visual and performance work while delving into the themes of religion, nationalism, and memory.
El Vedado: History of a Havana Neighborhood
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, GL 220 |
In her work, Dr. Concepción Otero argues that El Vedado became not only the center of Havana but of Cuba itself. Please join us for this book presentation and panel discussion.
The African Roots of Cuban Culture: Artistic and Religious Expressions
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Frost Art Museum |
Cosponsored by the Frost Art Museum and the African & African Diaspora Studies Program at FIU, a panel of experts will analyze the influence of African customs and religious practices on today's Cuba.
Defining Moments: A Cuban Exile’s Story about Discovery and the Search for a Better Future
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, GL422 |
In this lecture, José I. Ramírez discusses his experiences as a 15 year old arriving in the United States via Operation Pedro Pan, the challenges and defining moments he faced until reunited with his family four years later.
December
Restore, Represent, Reenact, Re-perform: Live Art in the Era of Endless Replay
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Venue: | Wolfsonian FIU, 1001 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach |
Cuban-American interdisciplinary artist Coco Fusco will discuss her recent work as well as trends in the contemporary art world.
Guantánamo and Cuban Nationalism
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, GL 220 |
In this lecture, Michael E. Parmly will challenge audience members to consider for themselves what are the current U.S. interests in retaining the status quo in Guantánamo, against the background of evolving Cuban nationalism.
Classically Cuban Concert: "Recordando a Lecuona / Remembering Lecuona"
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Wertheim Performing Arts Center Concert Hall |
This year, CRI is pleased to present its concert in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the death of the prolific Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona. All available tickets have been distributed for this event.