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From NPR and Tulane Today: Latin American Library digitizes collection of Cuban radionovelas for academic study
This story originally appeared in Tulane Today and on NPR’s Weekend Edition entitled Massive Digitization Effort Is The Latest Plot…
Welcome Home: Benjamin Morris discusses immigration with Jana K. Lipman and Sarah Fouts
This story originally appeared on Antenna Works in an article titled Welcome Home: Benjamin Morris discusses immigration with Jana K.…
From the School of Liberal Arts Newsletter: After a Semester in Cuba, No Longer a Stranger
This story originally appeared on the Tulane University School of Liberal Arts newsletter entitled After a Semester in Cuba, No…
From The Conversation: Tulane history professor Dr. Jana Lipman contributes article discussing Guantanamo Bay
Dr. Jana Lipman, Associate Professor of History at Tulane University, recently contributed an article titled 5 things to know about…
Caribbean and Cuban programming to be featured at the 29th annual New Orleans Film Festival
The 29th annual New Orleans Film Festival will be held from October 17 – October 25, 2018, in participating venues…
LARC Releases Primary Source Curriculum on Race, Power, and Afro-Cuban Identity
The Latin American Resource Center is proud to announce the release of a new high school curriculum titled Race, Power,…
Update on on "Tropical Exposures" Conference Schedule Changes Day 2
Due to the weather delay, the conference is rescheduled to the afternoon of March 11 in a different location. Sessions…
Cuba: Family Doctor Clinics and Polyclinics Form the Backbone of National Public Health System
From the Tulane University Global Health Magazine The anticipated easing of restrictions between the U.S. and Cuba may pave the…
Graduate Research in Cuba 2017 Program
The Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute is offering a four-week program for graduate students to conduct their research interests in…
Tulane New Wave: Visit lays foundation for future social work collaborations with Cuba
Written by Joseph Halm “‘It‘s not like here.’ That‘s how Odalys de la luz González Jubán, president of the Cuban…
City Historian of Havana, Cuba Dr. Eusebio Leal's Visit to New Orleans A Success
On Thursday, October 15, 2015, the historian of Havana, Cuba, Dr. Eusebio Leal Spengler, visited Tulane University and gave a…
New Webzine "Cuban Counterpoints" Launches
Join us in cheering on the launching of a new webzine on Cuban Affairs! Cuban Counterpoints is the public face…
Ana Lopez Interviewed on WDSU
Ana Lopez, Director of the Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute, was interviewed on WDSU on April 23rd about the changing…
Article from Tulane New Wave- "Tulane conference draws top scholars on China and Cuba"
“China and Cuba survived the fall of communism in the last decade of the 20th century by employing different strategies…
Tulane New Wave: Shift in US-Cuba Policy Praised
Article by Jamie Logan When the news first arrived of the shift in U.S.-Cuba policy, Michael Shifter was in Cuba…
Ana López Cited in Article from The Atlantic
Ana López, Director of The Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute was cited in an article titled “Havana Good Time in…
Ana López Appearance in Louisiana/Cuban Connection Video
The Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute at Tulane University‘s director Ana López explains the historic ties between the cities of…
From Tulane Hullabaloo: "Remembering Wave's match-up against Havana as Cuba, U.S. repair relations"
Originally posted Monday, January 26, 2015 on The Hullabaloo By Oliver Grigg “Many fans have argued that last football season…
CCSI Affiliates Comment on Recent Developments between Cuba and the U.S.
Martin Dimitrov, Associate Professor of Political Science, Tulane University, Regime Survival in Cuba in Comparative Perspective Juan Antonio García Borrero,…
CCSI Affiliate and former Greenleaf Professor at the Stone Center for Latin American Studies Comments on Recent Cuban Policy Changes
By Carmelo Mesa-Lago The beginning of normalization of relations between the USA and Cuba is a positive step. President Obama…
Cuban National School of Public Health celebrates Tulane's Summer Program
Tulane University’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine’s Public Health in Cuba two-week graduate summer program was recently recognized…
Cuban Art Festival Shines Light on Social Issues
This story originally appeared in Tulane University’s School of Liberal Arts website. By: Guadalupe Garcia, Assistant Professor, Department of History…
Katy Henderson awarded Cuban Heritage Collection Fellowship
Katy Henderson, doctoral student in Latin American History, was awarded a Graduate Fellowship by the Cuban Heritage Collection to conduct…
Cuban Ambassador Visits Tulane
On Thursday, April 3, Tulane University and the Stone Center for Latin American Studies. had the honor of hosting a…
Public Health in Cuba 2013
The School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University is offering a graduate summer study abroad program in…
From Tulane New Wave: Expanding Study in Cuba
from Tulane New Wave Carol J. Schlueter cjs@tulane.edu With interest in Cuban studies on the rise at Tulane, provost Michael…
Latin American Library Welcomes Richard E. Greenleaf Fellows for 2011-2012
from Hortensia Calvo, The Doris Stone Latin American Librarian It is my pleasure to announce the Richard E. Greenleaf Fellows…
Expanding Study in Cuba
Today from the Tulane New Wave: Tulane University delegation travels to Cuba in hopes of reinstating a summer program that…
Professor Jana Lipman Quoted in CSM
Photo: Javier Galeano, AP/Pool Professor Jana Lipman (History) was quoted in an article in the Christian Science Monitor discussing former…
New direct flights between New Orleans and Cuba to restore historic ties; create new ones
Photo Courtesy of Jordan Shannon, Ph.D. Candidate at the Stone Center By Shearon Roberts Both Tulane‘s Cuba programs, as well…
Tulane students get fully immersed in Cuban life through new Cuba semester abroad program
Photo Courtesy of Professor Carolina Caballero By Shearon Roberts For Tulane junior Meghan Kelly, Cuba proved to be a place…
Stone Center Undergrad Davita Petty Mentioned in CNN.com's Report on Study Abroad
On September 21, 2010, CNN.com published a news article entitled “Looking beyond Europe for education, adventure” in which Davita Petty,…
Carnival Swings Into Summer
By: Alicia Duplessis Jasmin aduples@tulane.edu Guest artists from Brazil, Cuba and Haiti will lead dance and drumming classes for all…
¡Sí Cuba! Events: "Soy Cuba" Screening
See ¡Sí Cuba! Online for full information and schedules of events. When: Thursday, Feb. 4 – 7:30pm Where: The Contemporary…
Professor Studies Health Care of Cuba
By: Fran Simon fsimon@tulane.edu Photo: In a Cuban clinic, Tia Tucker, right, examines a patient. Tucker is a Tulane public…
¡Sí Cuba! Events: A Reading by Richard Fleming on Wednesday, Jan 27
See ¡Sí Cuba! Online for full information and schedules of events. A reading by Richard Fleming from his book Walking…
Cuban Images, Art Come to Campus
By: New Wave staff newwave@tulane.edu Tulane’s participation in the citywide ¡Sí Cuba! celebration begins on Saturday (Jan. 16) as two…
¡Sí Cuba! Events: January 19 Opening
See ¡Sí Cuba! Online for full information and schedules of events. January 19 Opening: The Historic New Orleans Collection, ‘Louisiana…
¡Sí Cuba! Events: "Collecting Cuban Art" on Jan 28th and 29th
See ¡Sí Cuba! Online for full information and schedules of events. Collecting Cuban Art January 28-29, 2010 Sponsored by the…
¡Sí Cuba! Events: January 14th Openings and Events
See ¡Sí Cuba! Online for full information and schedules of events. January 14th Events: Antenna Gallery, ‘Cuba, Now!‘ (January 9-February…
¡Sí Cuba! Events: "Polaridad Complementaria" Opening - Saturday January 16th
See ¡Sí Cuba! Online for full information and schedules of events. “Polaridad Complementaria: Recent Works from Cuba” Opening: January 16,…
Excitement Builds for ¡Sí Cuba! Events
By: Carol J. Schlueter cjs@tulane.edu The plan to bring an exhibit by Cuban artists to the Newcomb Art Gallery expanded…
Stone Center hosts Conference on Cuba
(Photo: Carmelo Mesa-Lago, Nora Lustig and Paolo Spadoni) On Friday, November 13th, the conference Cuba: 50 Years of Revolution was…
Cuba Scholars Convene on Campus
By: Brandon Meginley newwave@tulane.edu New Orleans has strong historical ties to Cuba. In the early 19th century, an influx of…
Mesa-Lago Quoted in Caracas Newspaper
Distinguished Greenleaf Visiting Professor in Latin American Studies, Carmelo Mesa-Lago, was recently quoted extensively for the article ‘Venezuela pays USD…
Summer Teacher Institute: Exploration of the African Diaspora in the Americas
By: Denise Woltering-Vargas Photo: Participants of the 2009 LARC Summer Teacher Institute learning Haitian dance steps with dancer, Peniel Guerrier.…
A New Look at Cuba
Ryan Rivet rrivet@tulane.edu Photo: The Obama administration has lifted some restrictions on travel to Cuba, a move that Ana López,…

Workshop on Latinx literature and creative writing with Cuban-American playwright Christina Quintana
Join the Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute at Tulane University in welcoming Cuban-American playwright Christina Quintana, who will be hosting…
Workshop and panel discussion of Azul at the Southern Rep Theatre
The Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute at Tulane University, in collaboration with the Southern Rep Theatre, are proud to announce…
In the Shadows of Slavery and Colonialism: A Symposium on Intersectionality and the Law
The Tulane and New Orleans communities are invited to join the Newcomb College Institute (NCI) for a day-long symposium In…
Film Screening: Santa y Andrés
Film Screening of Santa y Andrés, directed by Carlos Lechuga A world away from bustling Havana, Santa y Andrés is…
Apply for the Teaching Cuban Culture & Society: A Summer Educator Institute in Cuba
Teaching Cuban Culture & Society: A Summer Educator Institute in Cuba Havana, Cuba | June 23 ‘” July 7, 2018…
Cuban Shorts: Cine Cubano-New Orleans Film Festival
The Stone Center for Latin American Studies and Tulane University are sponsoring the following screenings for the New Orleans Film…
The Evolution of African Visuality in Cuban Art: A talk by Raul Ruiz Miyares
Join Raul Ruiz Miyares for a talk on the African presence in Cuba and its’ influence in regard to its…
Fridays at Newcomb: García to present on research in a talk titled "Black Geographies and Colonial Logic in Nineteenth-Century Havana"
Guadalupe García specializes in colonial Latin America and the Caribbean with an emphasis on Havana. Her research interests include colonial…
From Cuba to New Orleans
From Cuba to New Orleans: A series of events celebrating Cuban music featuring internationally acclaimed pianist Alexandre Moutouzkine presented by…
The doctor and his patients talk about AIDS in Cuba a talk by Dr. Jorge Pérez
Dr. Jorge Pérez has been at the forefront of Cuba‘s response to HIV since the beginning of the epidemic in…
Michael Skinkus and Moyuba at the Delgado Music Festival
The Stone Center for Latin American Studies at Tulane presents Michael Skinkus with Moyuba at the first annual Delgado Music…
Hermes Mallea presenting Great Houses of Havana
Hermes Mallea presenting Great Houses of Havana: A Century of Cuban Style An insider’s tour of Havana’s exceptional houses built…
'Dámaso Pérez Prado, the king of Mambo: controversies of his life and work' a talk by Ulises Rodríguez Febles
Given in Spanish. Rodríguez Febles will talk about the creator of the Mambo and his influences. He will focus on…
Mortar Board Last Lecture Series featuring Dr. Jana Lipman
Please join us to hear Dr. Jana Lipman as she presents the lessons learned from Guatánamo Bay and their bearing…
The Social and Universal Dimensions of the Cuban National Health System
SPHTM Dean‘s Office and the Departmental of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences invite you to the following lecture: The…
Social Work Practice in Cuba with Odalys de la Luz González Jubán
Odalys de la Luz González Jubán is a founding member and President of SOCUTRAS (the Society of Social Workers in…
"La diplomacia del béisbol" A talk by Norberto Codina
Baseball has always been a common shared space between the United States and Cuba, connecting citizens from both countries— not…
Octavia Gallery Presents "Summer in Havana"
Summer in Havana July 2-25, 2015 This summer, Octavia Art Gallery is pleased to present new works by Cuban based…
Call for Papers: Tropical Exposures Conference
Tropical Exposures: Photography, Film, and Visual Culture in a Caribbean Frame March 10-12, 2016 Tulane University New Orleans, LA The…
China Cuba: Trajectories of Post- Revolutionary Governance
China Cuba: Trajectories of Post- Revolutionary Governance Friday, April 17th, 2015 and Saturday April 18th Registration required. Please contact Jimena…
A Lecture by Michael Shifter: "Shift in U.S.-Cuba Policy: Implications for Hemispheric Relations."
RSVP required for lecture and luncheon. Please join us for a lecture by Michael Shifter, President of the Inter-American Dialogue,…
A Talk by David A. Duckenfield: "Charting a New Course on Cuba."
“Charting a New Course on Cuba,” a talk by David A. Duckenfield, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Outreach, Us Department of…
12/17 in the history of Cuban-US Relations: Causes, Results, Repercussions
Dr. Carlos Alzugaray Treto, of the Asociación de Escritores, Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC) and Consejo Editorial…
Angola and Guantánamo: Art and Incarceration
Angola and Guantánamo: Art and Incarceration Guest speakers: Katrina Andry, printmaker Edmund Clark, photographer Deborah Luster, photographer Esther Whitfield, Brown…
Alexey Martí & Urban Minds Latin Jazz Concert
The CubaNOLA Arts Collective Presents- Alexey Martí & Urban Minds as a part of this month’s Latin Jazz concert series.…
The Guantánamo Public Memory Project
The Guantánamo Public Memory Project is a traveling exhibit that examines the history of the U.S. naval base in Guantánamo…
Performance by Afro-Cuban band Sintesis
The Cuban and Caribbean Institute presents: Sintesis Afro-Cuban group Sintesis, founded in 1974 by Carlos Alfonso Valdes, is one of…
The Guantánamo Public Memory Project
The Guantánamo Public Memory Project seeks to build public awareness of the long history of the US naval station at…
Virtual Citizens in Cuban Alternative Blogosphere Today
Wednesday, April 9th 5:00PM Greenleaf Conference Room, 100A Jones Hall “Virtual Citizens in Cuban Alternative Blogosphere Today” Talk by Orlando…
Nueva Narrativa o Nuevarrativa en el Campo Literario Cubano Actual: La Generación AÃ±o Cero
Tuesday, April 8th 5:00PM Newcomb 404 “Nueva Narrativa o Nuevarrativa en el Campo Literario Cubano Actual: La Generación AÃ±o Cero”…
Racism, Black Consciousness and the Problem of Unintended Dissidence in the Cuban Revolution, 1965-1971
Author and professor Lillian Guerra will be speaking at Tulane. This event is free and open to the public. Lillian…
Paolo Spadoni presents new book on Cuban economy
Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Paolo Spadoni, assistant professor of political science at Georgia Regents University, on…
Diddier Santos Moleiro Film Series
Films by Diddier Santos Moleiro, independent filmmaker and producer at Matraka Productions, will be screened in the Greenleaf Conference Room…
Film screening: Special series from "Submerged: Alternative Cuban Cinema Festival"
The Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute is screening a short Cuban film series conjointly with its Radical Caribbeans Conference. The…
Film Screening: "Memoria de desarrollo/Memories of development" by Miguel Coyula
The Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute is screening the film Memorias del desarrollo as a part of its Radical Caribbeans…
Radical Caribbeans Conference 2013
Regular Registration: September 4th-October 5th (On-site registration will be available) Faculty: $175 Students / Independent Scholars: $115 Online registration is…
Session II: Open class and discussion with Cuban filmmaker Iván Acosta
Cuban playwright Iván Acosta will discuss his work in theater as an award-winning playwright and director, with Q&A to follow.…
Session I: Open class and Discussion with Cuban filmmaker Iván Acosta
Cuban filmmaker Iván Acosta will talk about his 1985 film Amigos in addition to all his films in general, with…
Screening of film El Súper with Iván Acosta
The 1979 film version of Cuban filmmaker Ivan Acosta’s award-winning play El Súper, which gained critical and international success for…
Carmelo Mesa Lago to lecture on Cuba and Pensions
Please join us as Carmelo Mesa Lago, current Professor on economics and Latin american Studies at University of Pittsburgh and…
Cantando lo sentimental: Poesía y narrativa de Alex Fleites
Cuban author Alex Fleites will talk about the authors and experiences that have influenced him in his work in genres…
Cambios en Cuba: Relaciones actuales entre el estado y la cultura
The author will highlight key events in the partnership between the Cuban revolutionary government and the country’s celebrated artists, musicians…
Film Screening: Unfinished Spaces
The New Orleans Film Society will present a special screening of the film Unfinished Spaces on Wednesday, April 25, at…
Chico and Rita at Zeitgeist
Chico & Rita by OscarÂ®-winning director Fernando Trueba (Belle Epoque, Calle 54) and Spain‘s legendary illustrator Javier Mariscal celebrate their…
Positioning New Orleans for Cuba Travel & Potential Business Opportunities
The Center for International Policy, Washington D.C., in collaboration with the Port of New Orleans, New Orleans International Airport, Cuba…
Film Screening: 'Traces of the Trade: A Slave Trade Story from the Deep North'
In the early twenty-first century members of the DeWolf family of Rhode Island set about exploring their family’s history as…
Talk by Olga Marta Pérez: El libro en Cuba: cultura, mercado, y otros desafíos
Olga Marta Pérez is a fiction writer, poet, editor and screenwriter for radio and television in Havana, Cuba. She is…
Marc Perry Lecture: "Consuming Blackness"
Marc Perry, Assistant Professor in Anthropology and ADST, will deliver a lecture titled ‘Consuming Blackness: Neoliberal Multiculturalism and New Economies…
Luisa Campuzano Lecture: "Viajeros cubanos a Estados Unidos en el siglo XIX, contextos y horizontes críticos"
Please join us for a talk entitled “Viajeros cubanos a Estados Unidos en el siglo XIX, contextos y horizontes críticos”…
Alejandro Anreus Lecture: 'Social Expressionism: The Art of Luis Cruz Azaceta"
This Wednesday at 6 pm, please join the Newcomb Art Gallery for Social Expressionism: The Art of Luis Cruz Azaceta,…
¡Sí Cuba! Teachers Open House
The Stone Center for Latin American Studies and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art will host this open house for…
¡Sí Cuba!: A Citywide Celebration of Cuban Art and Culture
See ¡Sí Cuba! Online for full information and schedules of events. ‘¡Sí Cuba!,‘ a major citywide presentation of arts, music,…
Héctor Delgado Pérez Talk
‘Havana: A Virtual Stroll‘ Photojournalist Héctor Delgado Pérez takes us on a virtual tour through Havana, using aerial and street…
U.S.-Cuban Cooperation in Defending Against Hurricanes
The Center for International Policy takes pleasure in inviting you to a conference on U.S.-Cuban cooperation in defending against hurricanes…
Cuba: 50 Years of Revolution
The conference Cuba: 50 Years of Revolution will be held on Tulane’s uptown campus in the Greenleaf Conference Room in…
Victoria Montoro Zamorano Exhibit - "La Habana: In Spite of..."
Octavia Art Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Victoria Montoro Zamorano – the first ever in the…
Lecture by Cuban Author & Critic Ambrosio Fornet
Please mark your calendars for a talk by Cuban writer, editor, literary and book scholar, Ambrosio Fornet, entitled “Eruditos o…

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