Spring – Summer 2024

Sponsor: Morrison Fund for Cuban Studies at the University of Miami

• JANUARY 19 (Paper pre-circulated January 5)
  Grethel Domenech Hernández, Ph.D., Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico)
  “Los intelectuales en su laberinto: las relaciones con el poder político cubano (1959-1971)”
  Discussant: Lillian Guerra, Ph.D., University of Florida
• MARCH 8 (Paper pre-circulated February 23)
  William Kelly, Ph.D., independent scholar
  “‘Every Cuban Has the Right to a Decent Home’: Housing Policy, Poverty, and Pathologization in Cuba, 1959-1962”
  Discussant: Brodwyn Fischer, Ph.D., University of Chicago
• MAY 3 (Paper pre-circulated April 19)
  Katie Coldiron, Ph.D. candidate, Florida International University
  “Bridging Divides: Working with Individuals and Institutions in Cuba After 1959 from Miami’s Two Major Research Universities.”
  Discussant: María de los Ángeles Torres, Ph.D., University of Illinois Chicago
• JUNE 21 (Paper pre-circulated June 7)
  Tara Phillips, Ph.D. candidate, University of California-Berkeley
  “Revising Cuba’s Past, Revisiting Its Future: El mito del cafetal in Emilio Bacardí Moreau’s Vía Crucis”
  Discussant: Roseli Rojo, Ph.D., SUNY-Oswego
  Discussant: Olga Portuondo, Ph.D., Universidad de Oriente (Cuba)