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Public Scholarship for/about a Changing Cuba. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive updates on new @CubaCPoints editions https://teapawt.net/t.co/K3pYPERDQV

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Extreme weather + internet issues in Miami and Mexico means Cuba Counterpoints is temporarily offline. Bear with us, we'll be back soon.
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Ted Henken@ElYuma26 May 2018
And we are off... “Cuba 2.0: How the Digital Revolution is Remaking the Cuban Revolution” (Part I)
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Cuba Dreams@cubasuenos10 May 2018
"Counterpoint is the act, and art, of dialogue through contradiction and opposition; of controversial and creative confrontation among ideas, people, things, and the environment. It is intrinsic to social and cultural change." @CubaCPoints #Cuba #culture #History
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Next week in Barcelona is the largest annual international gathering of academic experts on Latin America. CRI Director Dr. Jorge Duany will participate in a workshop on the study of recent emigration from Cuba and Cuban communities @LASACONGRESS #LASA2018 lasa.international.pitt.edu/…
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Cine+Mas SF@sfcine1 Feb 2018
CONVOCATORIA: ¡Te invitamos a celebrar nuestro décimo aniversario! ¡Envíanos tu película! Este festival de la comunidad nos conecta con una visión más amplia del mundo. bit.ly/10thcallforentries
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CLACS at NYU@CLACS_NYU7 Apr 2018
Congratulations to professor, author and #twitterstorian, @Adita_Ferrer on winning a Guggenheim!
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My thoughts on the news of the day, for @washingtonpost's Made By History column: washingtonpost.com/news/made…

Perspective | Cuba after the Castros

Raúl Castro is stepping down. But he's leaving behind a complicated legacy and an unclear future.

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#Caribbean #film and #visual #culture #conference 29 & 30 May: modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/ev…
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New blog: "From the Castros to Cuba's new president Miguel Díaz-Canel: continuity or change?" by Emily J. Kirk (@Dalnews) and @isaskazka (@CLASUoN @UniofNottingham) blogs.lse.ac.uk/latamcaribbe…
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Smart review from @PatrickIber: "In the Cuban Sphere" thenation.com/article/in-the…
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Now available: Latin American Cultural Studies: A Reader routledge.com/Latin-American… Featuring 25 essential essays from some of the key names in the field.
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Periodistas y críticos vinieron a ver lo nuevo del #audiovisual hecho por #jóvenes en #Cuba. #17MuestraJoven #SienteElPulso – at Cuba
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Don't miss these two upcoming events with Alan West-Durán on Cuba's cultural history. A poet, translator, critic, and essayist, Dr. West-Durán writes eloquently about Cuba's literature, film, music, Afro-Cuban religions, painting, and performance. @BooksandBooks @CubaCPoints
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Emma González, part of a new gen of #Latinx youth with potential to be major #political players through their ability to mold a coherent message for change. Fascinating José Martí parallels, by @ADopicodelValle wapo.st/2F43KOf?tid=ss_tw&ut…
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2 recent films; 1 paradoxical brand - selling the idea of an island that refuses to 'sell out'. Read my analysis of Cuba's 'brand' of authenticity, resistance, & heroic victimhood tinyurl.com/LatAmBrand #HabanaBlues #LapeliculadeAna @benitozambrano @CubaCPoints @SML_Newcastle
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"Youth in Front of the Mirror," a film screening and discussion with young independent Cuban filmmakers at the Spanish Cultural Center in Miami. @ccemiami
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@EmbaCubaUS14 Feb 2018
#CubaUS Both parties gave updates on the advances made, experiences gained and the challenges they face in the prevention of and combat against the trafficking in persons and in their work to protect victims misiones.minrex.gob.cu/en/ar… teapawt.net/EmbaCubaUS/status/9635…
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@EmbaCubaUS14 Feb 2018
On February 13, 2018, the Fifth Exchange on the Trafficking in Persons was held in Washington D.C. between multi-sectoral delegations from Cuba and the United States #CubaUS misiones.minrex.gob.cu/en/ar…
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Some news: An edited volume that @catedracuba and I have been working on for some time is entering into production w @DukePress. Final title still TBD. But, coming your way in 2019!
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On March 15, CRI will present Alan West-Durán's new work, which invites readers to enter Cuban history from the perspective of the island's creative cultural forms, especially in literature, music, and film. bit.ly/2BEuCP6 @BooksandBooks @UChicagoPress @CubaCPoints
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Norway's soft #diplomacy: a lesson for new US appointment? #cuba #politics goo.gl/NpjCq7 teapawt.net/caribbeannewsuk/status…
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#WASHINGTON: President Trump is expected to name career diplomat, Philip Goldberg, once expelled from Bolivia for allegedly stirring up social unrest as the U.S. envoy to #Cuba, according to a report.
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Age of Revolutions@AgeofRevs1 Dec 2017
"In Fidel’s Shadow: Cuban History (and Futures), One Year On" by @MJ_Busta & @catedracuba #Cuba ageofrevolutions.com/2017/12…
In Fidel’s Shadow: Cuban History (and Futures), One Year On

In Fidel’s Shadow: Cuban History (and Futures), One Year On

By Michael Bustamante and Jennifer Lambe It feels like a century, but last weekend marked just a year since Fidel Castro passed away. Twelve months ago, Castro’s death seemed the logical bookend to…

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