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Cuba Seminars: 1998

DATE
SEMINAR
SPEAKER(S)
Dec. 4th Cuba's Peaceful Transition That Wasn't (1954-1956)
Marifeli Pérez-Stable
May 28th Cuba and the Internet
Nelson P. Valdés
May 22nd CUBA-US Relations: A Cuban Perspective
Luis René Fernandez Tabio
May 6th Literature and Society in Cuba
Ricardo Viñalet
Apr. 3rd Cuban Development: International Context
COLLOQUIUM
Mar. 20th Conversatorio with Noted Cuban Writer Pablo Armando Fernandez
Pablo Armando Fernandez
Feb. 6th Did the Pope Convert Fidel? Religion in Cuba Today
Margaret E. Crahan
Past Events:
2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999 - 1997 - 1996

                        

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The CUBA Seminar

Graduate School and University Center
City University of New York

Cuba's Peaceful Transition That Wasn't (1954-1956)

Marifeli Pérez-Stable

State University of New York

Friday December 4, 1998
4:00 P.M.

Place:
19th Floor Conference Room
QC Labor Resource Center
25 West 43rd Street

Manhattan

Refreshments served

Space is limited. Reserve at 718-997-2809
or send E-mail to: cubaproject@gc.cuny.edu

This event is organized by the Cuba Project, with support from the Ford Foundation and the Christopher Reynolds Foundation.

 

The CUBA Seminar

Graduate School and University Center
City University of New York

Cuba and the Internet

Professor Nelson P. Valdés

Department of Sociology
Univeristy of New Mexico

Thursday May 28, 1998
4:00 - 6:30 P.M.

19th Floor, 25 W. 43 Street ( Room "C")
(Queens College Extension Service:
Labor Resource Center)
City University of New York

Manhattan

Refreshments served

Space is limited. Reserve at 718-997-2809
or send E-mail to: cubaproject@gc.cuny.edu

This event is organized by the Cuba Project, with support from the Ford Foundation and the Christopher Reynolds Foundation.

 

The CUBA Seminar

Graduate School and University Center
City University of New York

CUBA-US Relations: A Cuban Perspective

Luis René Fernandez Tabio
Researcher, CESEU
University of Havana

Friday May 22, 1998
4 P.M.

25 West 43 Street
19th Floor Conference Room
Queens College Labor Resource Center
City University of New York

Manhattan

Refreshments served

Space is limited. Reserve at 718-997-2809
or send E-mail to: cubaproject@gc.cuny.edu

This event is organized by the Cuba Project, with support from the Ford Foundation and the Christopher Reynolds Foundation.

 

The CUBA Seminar

Graduate School and University Center
City University of New York

Literature and Society in Cuba

Dr. Ricardo Viñalet
Director, Literature Program.
Instituto de Literatura y Linguistica, University of Havana

Wednesday May 6th, 1998
2 P.M.

Queens College, Kissena Hall #310
(Program of Latin American Studies)

Space is limited. Reserve at 718-997-2809
or send E-mail to: cubaproject@gc.cuny.edu

This event is organized by the Cuba Project, with support from the Ford Foundation and the Christopher Reynolds Foundation.

 

The CUBA Seminar

Graduate School and University Center
City University of New York

Cuban Development: International Context

Featuring:
Julia Sagebien (Dalhousie University), Antonio Romero (University of Havana), Mauricio de Miranda (Universidad Javeriana de Cali), Gabriel Fernandez (Analyst), Jose Acosta (Economist), Mauricio Font (Queens College and Graduate School, City University of New York), Pamela Falk (City University of New York) and other specialists.

Click here for the program

Friday April 3rd, 1998
3 P.M. - 6 P.M.

19th Floor Conference Room
Labor Resource Center
Queens College Extension Service
25 West 43 Street

Manhattan

Space is limited. Reserve at 718-997-2809
or send E-mail to: cubaproject@gc.cuny.edu

This event is organized by the Cuba Project, with support from the Ford Foundation and the Christopher Reynolds Foundation.

Program

Cuban Development: The International Context
April 3, 1998, 3:00-6:00 PM

Session I (3:00-4:25 PM). EMERGING TRENDS

Cuban Development in the Late 1990s
Antonio Romero (Director, CIEI, University of Havana)

Canada and Cuban Development

Julia Sagebien (Dalhousie University, Canada)

Opciones de Reinserción de la Economía Cubana en el Contexto Global
Mauricio de Miranda (Universidad Javeriana de Cali, Colombia)

BREAK: 4:25-4:35 PM

Session II (4:35-6:00 PM). CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

US Policy Toward Cuba and its Implications for Cuban Development
Pamela Falk (City University of New York)

Cuba's External Sector in Transition
José Acosta (Past Vice-Minister of Finances and the Central Bank, ex-Professor of the University of Havana, Ph.D. from the University of Moscow)

Cubas's Hard-currency Debt
Gabriel Fernandez (Analyst, AIG)

------------------------------------------------------------------ Moderator
Mauricio A. Font
(Queens College and Graduate School, City University of New York)

PLACE
19th Floor Conference Room
Queens College Extension Service
25 West 43rd Street
Manhattan
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Organized by the Cuba Project (City University of New York), with support from the Ford Foundation, the Christopher Reynolds Foundation, and the CUNY-Caribbean Exchange Program.

 

 

The CUBA Seminar

Graduate School and University Center
City University of New York

Conversatorio With noted Cuban writer
Pablo Armando Fernandez

Friday March 20, 1998
4:30 P.M. - 6:30 P.M.

Room 1810
Graduate School and University Center
City University of New York
33 West 42 Street
Manhattan

Manhattan

Space is limited. Reserve at 718-997-2809
or send E-mail to: cubaproject@gc.cuny.edu

This event is organized by the Cuba Project, with support from the Ford Foundation and the Christopher Reynolds Foundation.

 

The CUBA Seminar

Graduate School and University Center
City University of New York

Did the Pope Convert Fidel?
Religion in Cuba Today

A talk by

Margaret E. Crahan
Dorothy Epstein Professor of History
Hunter College and Graduate School
City University of New York

Discussants
Martin Poblete and other New York academics accompanying Pope John Paul II's visit to Cuba

Friday February 6, 1998
4 P.M. - 6 P.M.

25 West 43 Street, 19th Floor Conference Room
(Queens College Labor Resource Center),

Manhattan

Space is limited. Reserve at 718-997-2809
or send E-mail to: cubaproject@gc.cuny.edu

This event is organized by the Cuba Project, with support from the Ford Foundation and the Christopher Reynolds Foundation.

 

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