Events

Thursday, March 18, 4:30 – 6:00 PM
108 N, Munk Centre

Book Launch Round Table
“Cuba in the World, the World in Cuba: Essays on Cuban History, Politics and Culture”

Speakers
Alessandra Lorini (University of Florence)

Ronald Pruessen (University of Toronto)

Michael Lima (University of Toronto)

Filomena Critelli (University of Buffalo- School of Social Work)

Candace Sobers (University of Toronto)

Description
The roundtable will provide an open forum where Editor Alessandra Lorini along with some of the contributors and participants can discuss from different perspectives selected themes of Cuba’s history, politics, society, international relations and the multifaceted interactions between events in the island and global trends throughout the twentieth century.

Ronald Pruessen
Introduction

Alessandra Lorini
“Revering and Contesting Machado in the Shadow of the Plata Amendment: Cuban Nationalism and Anti-Imperialism in the 1920s”

Michael Lima
“Reflections on the Cuban Student Movement: 1952-1961”

Filomena Critelli
“A Barrel of Oil for a Doctor: Resilient Cuba”

Candace Sobers
“Investigating Cuban Internationalism: The First Angolan Intervention, 1975”

Wine and cheese reception to follow 6:00 – 7:00 PM, in the second floor lounge, North House, Munk Centre.

Main Sponsor
Cuba Working Group sponsored by the Jackman Humanities Institute
Co-Sponsored by
Latin American Studies