Tulane University

Racism, Black Consciousness and the Problem of Unintended Dissidence in the Cuban Revolution, 1965-1971

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Author and professor Lillian Guerra will be speaking at Tulane. This event is free and open to the public.

Lillian Guerra is a Professor of Cuban and Caribbean history at the University of Florida. She has just published Visions of Power in Cuba: Revolution, Redemption and Resistance, 1959-1971 (UNC Press). This book is one of the first major works to analyze the grand narrative of the Cuban revolution, and in the process, it reveals the internal divisions and resistance to the revolution at the popular level. It received a Special Mention for the 2013 Gordon K. and Sybil Lewis Award (Caribbean Studies Association) and was a 2013 Choice Outstanding Academic title.

Guerra is also the author of The Myth of José Martí: Conflicting Nationalisms in Early 20th Century Cuba (UNC Press) and Popular Expression and National Identity in Puerto Rico (University of Florida). Her work has appeared in the Hispanic American Historical Review, Social History, and Cuban Studies. She is currently working on a new project, Making Revolutionary Cuba, on Cuban political culture from 1947-1958.

Paolo Spadoni presents new book on Cuban economy

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Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Paolo Spadoni, assistant professor of political science at Georgia Regents University, on March 28th at 12:30pm. Spadoni will present his newest book Cuba's Socialist Economy Today: Navigating Challenges and Change (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2014). Lunch will be served and an RSVP is required.

What does Cuba's socialist economy look like today, after a half-century of fluctuating strategies? Are the reforms instituted by Raúl Castro improving living conditions and boosting production and efficiency? What challenges does the government face in crafting policies to address the country's most critical problems? Paolo Spadoni offers deeply informed answers to these questions as he traces the evolution of Cuba's economy, explores the current state of affairs in key sectors, and assesses the likelihood that government efforts to cure Cuba's economic woes will be successful.

Paolo Spadoni is currently an assistant professor of political science at Georgia Regents University. He is a former Post-doctoral Research Fellow for the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (2008-2009). He is the author of Failed Sanctions: Why the US Embargo Against Cuba Could Never Work (University Press of Florida, 2010). He received his PhD from the University of Florida.

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Application Deadlines for Summer in Latin America Programs 2014

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Application Deadlines:
February 21, 2014
March 7, 2014
March 31, 2014

The deadlines for the Stone Center’s Summer in Latin America programs are only weeks away. Make sure you have all of your application materials completed and ready to turn in.

Download the applications today for programs in:
São Paulo, Brazil
San José, Costa Rica
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Antigua, Guatemala

Visit the Summer Programs page now!

For questions, contact Laura Wise at 504.862.8629, or at sclassum@tulane.edu.

Social Policy in Latin America since the Left Turn: A Roundtable Discussion

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Please join us for a Social Policy Roundtable, on April 1st, 2014 at 12:30pm in the Stibbs Conference Room, featuring:

Mary Clark
Associate professor of Political Science, Tulane University
Nora Lustig
Samuel Z. Stone Professor of Latin American Economics, Tulane University
Robert Kaufman
Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University
Kenneth Roberts
Senior Associate Dean of the Cllege of Arts and Sciences, Cornell University
Eduardo Silva
Friezo Family Foundation Chair in Political Science, Tulane University

moderated by

Ludovico Feoli
Director of the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (CIPR), Tulane University

Please RSVP to cipr@tulane.edu
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