Events

Fri, 26 Oct 07, 10 am-12 noon

Sugar, Migration, and Religion: A Cuban History Workshop at the University of Toronto

Friday, October 26

Session 1: 10:00 a.m. –12:00 noon
Munk Centre, Munk 108N
Chair: Catherine LeGrand, McGill University

Marc McLeod, University of Seattle, Witchcraft Hysteria in Early Republican Cuba: Lessons from the Case of la Niña Cuca (Camagüey, 1922)

Gillian McGillivray, York University, The Rise and Fall of Populism in Cuba: Sugar Workers and Cane Farmers at the Chaparra Sugarmill and Beyond, 1934-1959

Session 2: 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Sidney Smith Hall 2098 (History Department Conference Room)
Chair: Steven Palmer, University of Windsor

José Abreu, Unión Nacional de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (Holguín), Canary Islanders and the Sugar Industry in Cuba, 1900-1925

Robert Whitney, University of New Brunswick, Wage Labour and Conditions 'Analogous to Slavery' in Cuba and the Dominican Republic: British West Indians and the Problem of Freedom in the Late Empire, 1920-1950

ALL ARE WELCOME!

Sugar, Migration and Religion convened by Professor Gillian McGillivray (Glendon College, York University) continues the "Mapping and Building" 2007-08 programme investigating Cuba, Canada, Mexico and the United States – Past, Present, Future. Sponsored by the Ford Foundation, Latin American Studies at the University of Toronto, and partners: The Vice-Presidents Research and Academic (York University), Glendon College Office of the Principal, York University Faculty of Arts and Glendon College History Departments, and the Glendon College Departments of Hispanic Studies and English.