Cuba Studies

Latin America is an extremely diverse region, but there are some commonalities across countries in terms of socio-economic and other inequalities that deeply impact social determinants of health. Most countries have fragmented health systems that further...

To understand the deeper sources of international behavior of the Cuban regime, it is necessary to examine not only the ideological convictions that animate it, but also the pragmatic calculations that have enabled a state with severe economic and...

You're invited to join Abby Córdova, Associate Professor of Global Affairs in the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame, for a Global Challenges to Democracy Seminar. This event is part of Ash Center for Democratic Governance and...

This online event will explore the current context in Cuba and how entrepreneurs on the island are experiencing and navigating it. The conversation will highlight the perspectives of Cuban entrepreneurs and the challenges and opportunities shaping the...

Join us for an evening with Cuban artist Tania Bruguera. Learn about the work she is currently developing in her Harvard studio and how these new commissions connect to—and extend—her expansive body of work. Tania Bruguera will be joined in a conversation...

DRCLAS-USMEX Seminar Join us for a panel discussion featuring Roberta Lajous , Former Mexican Ambassador to Cuba; Rafael Rojas of El Colegio de México; Melissa Ford of the America First Policy Institute; and Alejandro de la Fuente of Harvard University...

Lea Geler es doctora en historia (Universidad de Barcelona) y licenciada en antropología sociocultural (Universidad de Buenos Aires). Se desempeña como investigadora del Conicet y del Instituto de Historia Argentina y Americana “Dr. Emilio Ravignani”...

The Object of the Atlantic: Concrete Aesthetics in Cuba, Brazil and Spain 1868-1968 (Northwestern University Press, 2014) tracks a shift away from concerns with sovereignty to an interest in things in Iberian Atlantic literature and art. The book reveals...

In CHRONICLES OF ORI, Rosales retells the African myths she grew up with, crafting an epic that extends from the birth of the universe to the modern world of colonialism and resistance. She writes about the powerful, temperamental deities called the...

In 1494 the two kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula, Spain and Portugal, signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which divided the New World between them with the eventual blessing of Pope Julius Il's bull Ea quae pro bono pacis. These events paved the way for...