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IISC News

Newsletter No 34.  August 2021



Autumn seminar series at the University of Buckingham

The autumn brings the possibility of hosting live events on campus and the IISC has organised two seminars with leading experts for October and November. They will be recorded and posted on our Youtube channel afterwards. To attend the events please email cubastudies@gmail.com


What we can learn from the Cuban economy

Wednesday 13 October 5pm, Vinson Building (Room tbc)   

Dr Emily Morris
Senior Research Associate
Institute for the Study of the Americas
University College London

 

Understanding Raúl Castro is to understand the whole Cuban Revolution

Wednesday 10 November 5pm, Vinson Building (Room tbc)

Antoni Kapcia
Emeritus Professor, Centre for Research on Cuba
University of Nottingham

 

  • Full details, abstracts and biographies of the speakers are available here: IISC seminars
  • How to get to the University of Buckingham here: How to find us
  • Call the IISC office if you need any further guidance or information: +44 (0)1280 820181


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Cuba research forum annual conference


Professor Antoni Kapcia and the IISC's Professor Al Campbell are among the participants in the Centre for Research on Cuba annual conference taking place from the 7th -10th September.
Also among the participants are 11 Cuban academics and experts from Florida, Spain, Brazil and Britain. They will be presenting papers discussing a variety of themes including Cuban history, politics, sociology, the youth, race relations, popular culture and the media.
This year, the conference is a live streamed event using the conferencing platform Jitsi (owing to the embargo Zoom and Teams cannot be used in Cuba) and places are limited. 
For the full programme and to attend please contact Professor Parvathi Kumaraswami:
HERE

In the news


The IISC featured on the BBC World News on July 11 when its director Dr Stephen Wilkinson was invited to talk about the disturbances in Cuba. You can watch his exchange on the IISC Youtube cannel HERE 
Articles by Dr Wilkinson and Marcel Kunzmann on the recent events in Cuba can be found on our website HERE
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