2004: CUBA Seminar
Graduate School and University Center
City University of New York
Los Chinos de Cuba: The National and the Transnational
Chinese Presence and the Ascendance of Nationalism in Cuba, 1920s-1930s
Prof. Gerardo Renique
City College of the City of New York
Gerardo Renique will discuss preliminary findings of his current project
analyzing the role of Chinese communities in the rise of nationalist
sentiments and identities in the 1920s and 1930s in Cuba, Mexico and
Peru. Renique will talk about the impact of the cultural nationalism
and proselytism of Chinese political organizations in Cuba; the reactions
of the Cuban state, intellectuals and popular classes; and the interaction
of these two developments with the broader debates concerning Cuba's
national sovereignty and identity.
Prof. Gerardo Renique is currently an Associate Professor
in the Department of History and the Program of Asian Studies at CCNY.
Bridges to China: Chinese Migrants in Twentieth Century Cuba, Transnational
Ties, and Ethnic Identity
Kathleen Maria Lopez
University of Michigan
Kathleen Lopez's presentation examines the diasporic networks and ethnic
identities of Chinese Cubans during the twentieth century. The Chinese
in Cuba maintained transnational political, economic, and social ties
back home and with Chinese communities elsewhere in the Americas. They
became involved in homeland political campaigns and business ventures
that spanned Cienfuegos, Havana, New York, San Francisco, Hong Kong,
and Canton. Chinese politics also entered the Cuban imaginary, most
prominently in the form of a discourse on parallels between nationalist
leaders Sun Yat-Sen and José Marti. Focusing on individuals,
including merchants who maintained families in both China and Cuba,
Chinese born in Cuba, and third-generation "mixed" descendants,
uncovers experiences that have been obscured by simple (yet often dominant)
national and racial categories.
Kathleen Maria Lopez is a PhD candidate at the Department
of History, University of Michigan
When: Thursday, April 22, 5:00 P.M.
Where: Room C202 (Concourse Level)
The Graduate Center
City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th St.)
To reserve a seat, please email cubaproject@gc.cuny.edu.
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