Program
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Cuba-USSR and the post-Soviet Experience
Co-organizers: Jacqueline Loss and José Manuel Prieto
Monday, 2/5/2007
Doris and Simon Konover Auditorium:
Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut, Storrs
8:30-9:00 Welcome
9:00-11:00 Panel 1: Nostalgias and Disinheritance
Carlos Alberto Aguilera Writer, Dresden, Germany
Reina María Rodríguez Writer, Havana, Cuba***
Rolando Sánchez Mejías Writer, Barcelona, Spain
Aurora Jácome Blogger/Architect, Madrid, Spain
Polina Martínez Shvietsova Writer, Santa Cruz del Norte, Cuba***
Moderator: Odette Casamayor-Cisneros
Modern and Classical Languages, University of Connecticut
11:00-11:15 Morning Break
11:15-1:15 Panel 2: Culture and Economy in Post-Soviet Space
Nadya Bakuradze DOM PROM Company, Moscow, Russia
Suki John Modern and Classical Languages, University of Connecticut
Mervyn Bain Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen
Omar Godínez Lazo Visual Artist, Moscow, Russia
Juan Carlos Betancourt Curator, Humboldt University-Berlin
Moderator: Esther Whitfield
Comparative Literature, Brown University
1:15-2:15: Lunch Break
2:15-4:15 Panel 3: Hybrid Identities and Encounters
Anna Lidia Vega Serova Writer, Havana, Cuba*
Jorge Ferrer Writer, Barcelona, Spain
Jacqueline Loss Modern and Classical Languages, University of Connecticut
Veronica Pérez Konina (Veronica Proskurnina) Writer, Moscow, Russia
Gertrudis Rivalta Visual Artist, Valencia, Spain
Isabel Álvarez-Borland Modern Languages, College of the Holy Cross
Moderator: Guillermo Irizarry
Modern and Classical Languages/Institute of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies, University of Connecticut
4:15-4:45 Afternoon Break
5:00-6:00 Keynote: Luis B. Eyzaguirre Memorial Lecture
Professor José Quiroga
Spanish and Latin American Studies, Emory University
“The Eyzaguirre Lecture was established by Luis Eyzaguirre’s family, colleagues, students and friends through the Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies after his death in 1999, following a long career as a professor of Latin American literature at the University of Connecticut. An outstanding teacher and scholar, Luis inspired students and colleagues alike with his immense knowledge and generous spirit.”
Cosponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Department of Modern and Classical Languages at UConn
6:00 Reception
*Visa pending
*** Visa denied. Texts of some of these participants will be read in absentia.
Tuesday, 2/6/2007
Doris and Simon Konover Auditorium: Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
8:30-10:30 Panel 4: Utopias
Ernesto Menéndez-Conde Romance Languages, Duke University
Yoss Writer Havana, Cuba***
Juan Carlos Toledano Hispanic Studies, Lewis and Clark College
Raúl Aguiar Writer, Havana, Cuba***
Tonel Visual, Artist, University of British Columbia
Alejandro Aguilar Writer/Instructor, Temple University
Moderator: Robin Greeley
Art History, University of Connecticut
10:30-10:45 Morning Break
10:45-12:45 Panel 5: Cartographies of Citizenship
Victor Fowler Calzada International School of Film and Television, Havana, Cuba**
Anke Finger Modern and Classical Languages, University of Connecticut
Ariana Hernández Reguant Media Studies, University of California-San Diego
Daphne Berdahl Anthropology and Global Studies, University of Minnesota
Rafael Rojas Historian, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (Mexico City) and Princeton University
Dmitri Prieto Samsónov Constitutional Law, Center for Juridical Investigations, Havana, Cuba*
Moderator: Melina Pappademos
History, University of Connecticut
12:45-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:30 Panel 6: Politics of Translation
Nikola Petkovic Writer, Cultural Studies, University of Rijeka
Desiderio Navarro Translator/Editor, Criterios magazine, Havana, Cuba***
Jorge Miralles Writer/Translator, Havana, Cuba***
José Manuel Prieto Writer, Director of Joseph A. Unanue Institute, Seton Hall University
Vladimir Alexander Smith Mesa Spanish and Latin American Studies, University College London
Christopher Larkosh Modern and Classical Languages, University of Connecticut
Moderator: Esther Allen
Translator, Modern Languages, Seton Hall University
3:30-4:00 Afternoon Break
5:00-7:00
Literary Reading/ Video Screening
Puerto Rican Latin American Cultural Center
(4th Floor, University of Connecticut Student Union)
Literary Reading
Introduction: Anke Birkenmaier, Columbia University
Writers: Reina Maria Rodríguez,*** Carlos Alberto Aguilera, Polina Martínez Shvietsova,*** Alejandro Aguilar, Rolando Sánchez Mejías
Video Screening: 9550 (short on the Soviet inheritance in Cuba, dir. Ernesto René Rodríguez* y Jorge B. Betancourt)
9:00 Performance: “La Rusa Roxana Rojo”
(Pedro González Reinoso***)CANCELLED
Cosponsored by the Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Center and the Institute for Puerto Rican and Latino Studies
*Visa pending
**U.S. Interests Section has not yet interviewed this participant.
*** Visa denied. Texts of some of these participants will be read in absentia.
Cuba-USSR in New York
Wednesday 2/7/2007
6:00 pm Cervantes Institute Discussion
Instituto Cervantes at Amster Yard
211-215 east 49th Street
New York, NY 10017
Lexington Ave-53rd St, 6 to 51st St.
tel: 212-308-7720
Roundtable: Jorge Ferrer, Rolando Sanchez Mejias, Carlos Alberto Aguilera, Nikola Petkovic, Nadya Bakuradze. Moderators: Jacqueline Loss and José Manuel Prieto
Friday, 2/9/07
7:00 pm: McNally Robinson Booksellers
52 Prince Street, between Lafayette and Mulberry, New York, NY tel: 212-274-1160
Literary Reading:
Rolando Sánchez Mejías, Carlos Alberto Aguilera, Alejandro Aguilar, Veronica Pérez Konina (Veronica Proskurnina), Reina María Rodríguez,*** Armando Suárez Cobián
Related Events
February 2, 2007: 4:00 pm
"Política, poder y literatura cubana." A talk by Rolando Sánchez Mejías
Brown University, Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street
February 7, 2007 4:15 pm
“Mujeres Culturales: encuentros interculturales con el viejo mundo. Espacios por definir.” A talk by Gertrudis Rivalta
Trinity College, Room TBA
February 8, 2007 2:30 pm
Roundtable “Thinking about the Cuban Diaspora Again”
Seton Hall University, Room TBA
February 9, 2007 1:00 pm
“Repensar la diáspora." A panel on Cuba
Carlos A. Aguilera, Jorge Ferrer, Rolando Sánchez Mejías, Coco Fusco. Introductory remarks: Anke Birkenmaier. Respondent: Rafael Rojas.
Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Columbia University,Casa Hispánica Library, Room 206, 612 W. 116th Street
Sponsors
UConn Sponsors: Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Office of the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Office of the Vice-Provost for Multicultural and International Affairs, Humanities Institute, Research Foundation, Institute of African American Studies, Institute of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, MELUS (Society for Multi-ethnic Literature of the U.S.), Department of Art and Art History, History Department, Office of International Affairs, Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Center, Human Rights Institute, Spanish Section (MCL), Rainbow Center, Department of Political Science, Department of Anthropology
External Sponsors: Trust for Mutual Understanding, Instituto Cervantes in New York City, The Joseph A. Unanue Latino Institute at Seton Hall University, Brown University Center for Latin American Studies, Hispanic Studies at Trinity College, Lewis and Clark College, University of Aberdeen (UK), Latin American Studies Concentration at College of the Holy Cross, Le Père Pinard Restaurant (NYC)
Thanks
The organizers would like to thank all those who have contributed to the realization of this conference with their time and effort. Especially we would like to thank everybody in Modern and Classical Languages.
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