Events
Jan (2) | Feb (8) | Mar (9) | Apr (11) | May (9) | Jun (5) | Jul (2) | Aug (4) | Sep (10) | Oct (7) | Nov (7) | Dec (1) |
January
Cuba in Transition: The Role of Technology in Societal Transformation
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, CBC 232-233 |
The Executive Director of Roots of Hope, Raúl Moas, will discuss the organization's projects aimed at bringing resources and access to information to the island.
Tracing Antilles: History, Culture, and Art in the Work of Humberto Castro
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Frost Art Museum |
This symposium will focus on the social, cultural, and artistic history of the Caribbean region as portrayed in the current exhibition at the Frost Art Museum, "Tracing Antilles," by the Cuban-American artist Humberto Castro.
February
Cuba: The Generation of Change
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, GC 140 |
In this extraordinary documentary, Lisandra Alvarez pulls back the veil to reveal significant changes in Cuba that are impacting public opinion, government policy, and the economic system.
Teacher Training Workshop: Cuban Art from the 19th through the 21st Centuries
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Venue: | Pérez Art Museum of Miami, 1103 Biscayne Blvd., Miami |
In partnership with Miami Dade County Public Schools, FIU's Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC) and Cuban Research Institute (CRI) and the Pérez Art Museum of Miami (PAMM) will sponsor a two-day workshop for public school teachers led by Aldo Menéndez and featuring demonstrations by Ivonne Ferrer.
Water Infrastructure in Cuba: A Seminar
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, MARC Pavilion |
The Cuban Research Institute will hold a half-day seminar with a group of experts from FIU and profesional organizations such as the Cuban American Association of Civil Engineers.
Journey to the Cuban Orient
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, GL220 |
The Cuban Research Institute is cosponsoring this lecture on Sara Gómez's (and F.G. Lorca's) journey to the Cuban Orient with guest speaker Dr. Lourdes Martínez-Echazábal.
Liberty as Heresy (Why One Writes a Novel)
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Graham Center, Central Ballroom |
In this lecture, Leonardo Padura reflects upon the origins of his last novel, "Herejes" (Heretics).
US-Cuba: What Is American Public Opinion Today?
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Venue: | Biltmore Hotel, Danielson Gallery Room, 1200 Anastasia Ave., Coral Gables |
CRI is partnering with the Atlantic Council to launch the latter's national poll on U.S.-Cuba relations. Pre-registration is required to attend this event in Miami.
SIPA at Books & Books: "Herejes" and "The Man Who Loved Dogs"
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Venue: | Coral Gables Congregational Church, 3010 De Soto Blvd., Coral Gables |
Leonardo Padura presents his most recent novel, "Herejes" ("Heretics," 2013), and "The Man Who Loved Dogs" (2014), the English translation of "El hombre que amaba los perros" (2009).
Operation Pedro Pan Exodus: A Testimonial
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, GL 220 |
Eloísa Echazábal will share a brief film and heartfelt personal testimony of the ordeals she and others as herself endured as Cuban children who arrived alone in the United States.
March
Making a Life in Multiethnic Miami: Immigration and the Rise of a Global City
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Barnes and Noble Bookstore |
This new book by Elizabeth Aranda, Sallie Hughes, and Elena Sabogal charts the rise of Miami as a global city and provides a panoramic study of the changing dynamics of the immigration experience.
The Cloud-Moving Wind: Exiles, Wanderers, and Ordinary Fugitives
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, GC 243 |
World-renowned Cuban-American author and FIU alumna Ana Menéndez will be speaking about the exile experience, the allure of flight, and the desire for escape.
A Hinterland History: The Socioeconomic Evolution of Báez, Cuba, from the 18th Century to the 1950s
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA 220 |
In this lecture, Dr. Nancy Regal analyzes the less known aspects of rural Cuba, including free labor, small-scale agriculture, small and medium-size land proprietorship, the internal market, and immigration movements to non-sugar regions.
Huber Matos: His Life and Legacy
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Green Library 220 |
This panel discussion will assess the legacy of the political activist and writer for Cuban history.
Racial Discrimination and Intolerance in Cuba
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Venue: | Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus, Building 7, Room 7128 |
CRI is cosponsoring an event with Miami Dade College, to discuss the topic of Cuban racism with academics and activists from the Island and the diaspora.
Hershey Cuba: Chocolate, Sugar, Rum, and Nostalgia
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, GL 220 |
This lecture by Dr. Galina Bakhtiarova will explore the history and consequences of Hershey's involvement in Cuba and it impact back home.
Oppressive Eating Habits
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, GL 220 |
Professor Miguel A. De La Torre will explore the negative impact of eating meat on the Latin American region, while also paying special attention to sugar in Cuba, bananas in Guatemala, and corn in Mexico.
One Voice, Two Attitudes: Perceptions of Spanish and English among Cuban Americans in Miami
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, GL 220 |
This lecture by Dr. Phillip M. Carter will present data from a social-psychological and sociolinguistic study conducted in Miami, which sheds light on the role of deep perceptions in the cross-generational loss of Spanish in the U.S.
April
Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Frost Art Museum |
Drawn from the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection, this exhibition presents the rich and varied contributions of Latino artists in the United States since the mid-twentieth century.
Víctor Patricio de Landaluze in His Nineteenth-Century Cuban Context
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, GL 220 |
In this informal presentation, Dr. E. Carmen Ramos will reconsider the career of Landaluze, the Spanish painter, caricaturist, and illustrator who spent most of his life in Cuba.
Conference on Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Graham Center 150 |
This international conference will commemorate the work and life of the Cuban writer Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, as well as the emergence and consolidation of a national literature in Cuba during the nineteenth century.
¿Jamaicanos o jamaiquinos? Respectable Blackness and Its Implications for Anti-Racist Activism
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, GL 220 |
This presentation by Dr. Andrea Queeley analyzes the revitalization of community institutions by the descendants of black immigrants from the Anglophone Caribbean in Cuba.
SIPA at Books & Books: Book Presentation by Author Reina María Rodríguez
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Venue: | Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables |
The Cuban poet presents her latest books, "Otras mitologías" (Other Mythologies) and "Catch and Release."
SIPA at Books & Books: Cuba: The Revolution That Wasn't
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Venue: | Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables |
Join us for the presentation of Emilio Guede's powerful book of memoirs and reflections by one of the main propaganda chiefs against Fulgencio Batista's dictatorship.
The Public Health of Cubans and Cuban Americans: A Symposium
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Graham Center 150 |
The meeting will bring together leading FIU experts to examine the current status and future needs of Cubans and Cuban Americans in the area of public health.
Cuban Hip-Hop in Miami: A Conversation
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Graham Center 150 |
Join us for an end-of-semester special event with visiting Cuban rappers Raudel Collazo (Eskuadrón Patriota), David Escalona (Omni Zona Franca), Silvio Rodríguez (Silvito "El Libre"), and Aldo Rodríguez Baquero (Los Aldeanos).
Afro-Cuban Jazz and Beyond
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Wertheim Performing Arts Center Concert Hall |
The FIU School of Music, together with CRI, WDNA, and the Cuban-American Student Organization (CASO), presents Grammy Award-winner Ignacio Berroa in concert.
May
Latino Artists Panel Discussion
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Frost Art Museum |
Miami-based Cuban-American artists María Brito, María Martínez-Cañas, and Arturo Rodríguez speak about their artworks and the exhibition "Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art."
A Conversation on the Economics of Transition in Cuba
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Venue: | Biltmore Hotel, Laguna Room, 1220 Anastasia Ave., Coral Gables |
This presentation will feature a lecture on the "Economics of Transition" from the Central European perspective by Dr. Jan Švejnar. He will be joined in a panel discussion by Drs. Jorge Salazar-Carrillo and Rolando Castañeda.
Multiple Diasporas: Jews in Cuba, Cuban Jews in Miami
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Graham Center 150 |
This forum will explore the history of the Jewish diaspora to Cuba as well as the resettlement of Cuban Jews in Miami after the 1959 Revolution.
Adio Kerida (Goodbye Dear Love)
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Graham Center 150 |
In this documentary, distinguished anthropologist Ruth Behar returns to her native Cuba to profile the island's remaining Sephardic Jews and crhonicle her family's journey to the U.S. as Cuban-Jewish exiles.
Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Voyage of the MS St. Louis
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Venue: | Jewish Museum of Florida, 301 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach |
The Jewish Museum of Florida is sponsoring a lecture by Dr. Scott Miller on the MS St. Louis, which carried 937 Jewish refugees from Hamburg, Germany, to Havana, Cuba, in 1939.
Experimental Music for the People: Avant-garde Composition in Post-1959 Cuba
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353 |
This lecture by Marysol Quevedo will examine the work of Cuban composers Harold Gramatges, Juan Blanco, and Leo Brouwer. These three composers promoted new, avant-garde, and experimental music by contextualizing that music within the reconfigured cultural framework of the Cuban Revolution.
Musical Connections between Cuba and the Dominican Republic, 1930–1960
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353 |
In this lecture, Darío Tejeda will discuss the links established by Cuban and Dominican musicians and musical groups and their recordings that reveal those links.
SIPA at Books & Books: Cuba in Splinters
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Venue: | Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables |
Join us for the presentation of a collection of stories by a new crop of Cuban writers, edited by Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo.
Film Screening: Cubamerican
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Graham Center 140 |
Spanning the past 60 years of Cuban history, "Cubamerican" evokes universal themes of loss, freedom, assimilation, struggle, and triumph through the stories of Cuban exiles who have achieved acclaim in diverse fields in the U.S. and beyond.
June
International Congress on Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda and Gastón Baquero
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Graham Center, Panther Suite, and Centro Cultural Español de Miami |
Ediciones La Gota de Agua has organized a three-day celebration of the anniversaries of the birth of two great Cuban-Spanish writers.
Remembering Pedro Pan: Faith, Family, and Freedom in Cuban-American Collective Memory
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 370 |
This lecture by Dr. Anita Casavantes Bradford will critically analyze the ways in which former Pedro Pan children, their siblings, and parents have remembered, individually and collectivelly, their experiences as unaccompanied minors in the United States, as well as the personal and political meanings they have attributed to those experiences.
The 2014 FIU Cuba Poll in Miami
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Frost Art Museum, Room 107 |
Drs. Guillermo J. Grenier and Hugh Gladwin, the poll's lead investigators, will present the results of their latest research. The poll provides the most complete picture of Cuban-American political attitudes over time.
Arturo Rodríguez: The School of Night
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Frost Art Museum |
This exhibit centers on works on paper by the Cuban-American artist Arturo Rodríguez. The exhibit runs through August 24 at the Frost Art Museum.
The 2014 FIU Cuba Poll in Washington
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Venue: | Hall of the States Building, Conference Room 333, 444 North Capitol St., Washington, D.C. |
CRI goes to Washington, D.C., to present the results of the latest FIU Cuba Poll, led by Drs. Guillermo J. Grenier and Hugh Gladwin. Drs. Mark Hugo López and William LeoGrande will join the panel discussion.
July
Crossroads of the Dystopia: Leonel Matheu
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Frost Art Museum |
Curated by Janet Batet, this exhibition features over 20 years of work by Cuban-American artist Leonel Matheu, providing a comprehensive overview of his most distinctive imagery.
Toward a Civil Law in Cuba
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Green Library 220 |
This lecture by Professor María Elena Cobas Cobiella will explain the most significant aspects of civil law in Cuba in the past, present, and future.
August
"Just Another Cuban": A Conversation with Eliécer Ávila
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Green Library 220 |
In this informal conversation, Eliécer Ávila will share his experiences and impressions about the year since his first visit to Miami and his direct interaction with Cubans throughout the island.
The Urban Insurrection against Batista: The Life and Times of José Antonio Echeverría
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Graham Center 150 |
The Cuban Research Institute has convened a symposium to examine the student leader's role in the anti-Batista movement in Cuba during the 1950s.
Contemporary Cuban Culture: Notes on Alternative Thinking
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Green Library 220 |
In this lecture, Dr. Madeline Cámara Betancourt considers several key cultural, political, and literary events as "crossroads" that have generated alternative thoughts in the quest for a Cuban identity after 1959.
Book Presentation: "Cartografía corporal"
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Venue: | Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables |
Dr. Lillian Guerra's new book of short stories seeks to understand the experience of exile as a complex mixture of different cultures.
September
Revisiting the "Balsero" Crisis and Its Aftermath, Twenty Years Later
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Graham Center 150 |
The twentieth anniversary of the "balsero" crisis is a propitious occasion to reexamine several key issues raised by the contemporary Cuban diaspora. The Cuban Research Institute has invited a distinguished group of scholars, artists, and professionals who were directly involved with this crisis.
Kept at Bay: Art on Guantánamo
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Frost Art Museum |
This exhibition explores the experiences of individuals who have been connected directly with or associated with Guantánamo through art, including American military personnel and their families, Haitian refugees, Cuban refugees, and post 9/11 detainees.
Book Presentation: Writing Secrecy in Caribbean Freemasonry
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Venue: | Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables |
This book, written by Dr. Jossianna Arroyo, analyzes the Masonic, literary, and political writings of Spanish Caribbean intellectuals who lived in the decades of anticolonial struggle in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Hispaniola (1860–1898).
Exodus: Alternate Documents
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Venue: | Spanish Cultural Center, 1490 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami |
This interactive community art project is a joint effort between the Centro Cultural Español de Miami and Aluna Art Foundation that pays homage—on the 20th anniversary of the "balsero" crisis—to all those who embark each day on the uncertain path of emigration.
To Adjust or Not to Adjust? A Seminar on the Cuban Adjustment Act
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Rafael Díaz Balart Hall, Room 1000 |
CRI and the FIU College of Law will sponsor a panel discussion of the implications, relevance, and future of U.S. legislation that allows Cuban immigrants to become residents of the U.S. after one year of arriving in the country.
Collecting and Curating Cuban: Memory, Museums, and Material Cultures
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Green Library 220 |
This lecture by Raúl Rubio and Christian Larsen will parlay both the theory and praxis of a wide range of topics concerning Cuban material cultures, collecting and curating Cuban things.
The Dangerous Games of Fantasy
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Green Library 220 |
The acclaimed Cuban-American writer Daína Chaviano will show that fantasy can be a socially subversive and personally risky tool.
Third Conference on Reconciliation and Change: The Importance of Dignity
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Venue: | Room 7128, Miami Dade College, 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami |
This conference will explore the role that dignity plays as a central element in facilitating reconciliation and consider how this knowledge may be applied to an eventual process of reconciliation among Cubans.
October
The Formation of the Cuban Nation through Children's Literature (1902–1958)
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Green Library 220 |
In this lecture, Zeila Frade will analyze the relationship among children's literature, ideology, and cultural identity in Cuba.
Memoria del silencio (Memory of Silence)
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Venue: | Koubek Theater, 2705 SW 3rd St., Miami |
Based on the original novel by Uva de Aragón, this play dramatizes the separation and reconciliation between two sisters after the Cuban Revolution of 1959.
The Trajectory of the Cuban "Danzón"
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Graham Center, Center Ballroom |
This illustrated lecture by José Ruiz Elcoro will provide a historical overview of the Cuban "danzón," from its origins in the 19th century to contemporary times. All available spaces have been reserved for this event.
Book Presentation: The Virgin of Charity of Cobre in the Soul of the Cuban People
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Venue: | Casa Bacardí, University of Miami, 1531 Brescia Avenue, Coral Gables |
This book by Emilio Cueto is based on a meticulous, intensive, and prolonged investigation of the role of the Virgin through time and her artistic representations by hundreds of authors of various genres.
Book Presentation: Exile and Revolution: José D. Poyo, Key West, and Cuban Independence
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Venue: | Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables |
The book, authored by Dr. Gerald E. Poyo, is a comprehensive account of how José D. Poyo and his revolutionary colleagues spurred the working-class community of Key West to become critical actors in the struggle for Cuban independence from Spain.
Ideology and Opposition in the Era of Raúl Castro
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 353 |
This talk by Dr. Alexis Jardines Chacón will pose the question of the concertation of all ideological trends in a multi-party opposition movement capable of filling the void, both of ideology and power, left by a post-totalitarian regime.
Human Rights and Civil Resistance in Cuba
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, 220 Green Library |
In this informal presentation, Juan Carlos González Leiva will share his experiences as an activist for human rights in Cuba.
November
Book Presentation: Revolutionary Cuba: A History
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Venue: | Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables |
Dr. Luis Martínez-Fernández's book is the first in more than three decades to offer a complete and chronological history of revolutionary Cuba, including the years of rebellion that led to the revolution and bringing the reader to the present-day transformations initiated by Raúl Castro.
The Cuban Legacy in Miami: A Footprint in Permanent Public Art
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Frost Art Museum |
This lecture by Jorge A. Hernández will allow the audience to discover more than 100 sculptures, monuments, murals, and art installations created by Cuban artists that grace the visual landscape of the city of Miami.
The Spanish Transition 35 Years Later: Insights for Cuba
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A.Madique Campus, Green Library 220 |
Miguel Barroso and Carlos Alberto Montaner will engage in a conversation about democracy and freedom and how these can be achieved.
The Life and Work of Severo Sarduy: A Conversation with Mercedes Sarduy and Catalina Quesada
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Green Library 220 |
In this presentation, Dr. Catalina Quesada will interview Mercedes Sarduy, Severo Sarduy's sister and president of the Severo Sarduy Cultural Foundation.
The Euro-African Influence in Hispanic Culture and Cuban Music
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Graham Center, Faculty Club |
In this illustrated lecture, Cecilio E. Tieles Ferrer will discuss the development of Cuban music during the 19th century, particularly the "contradanza."
Havana Modern: Twentieth-Century Architecture and Interiors
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Green Library 220 |
In this lecture, Dr. Michael Connors will lead attendees on an unprecedented tour in Havana of the stunning and architecturally important private homes and buildings that have been meticulously preserved, previously unphotographed, and mostly inaccessible to visitors.
December
Classically Cuban Concert: Musical Memories of Cuba
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Wertheim Performing Arts Center Concert Hall |
The Cuban Research Institute is pleased to hold the tenth annual "Classically Cuban" concert, with the internationally renowned pianist Enrique Chía. All tickets for this event have been sold.