Symposium and Program in Cuba

SYMPOSIUM ON SOCIAL THOUGHT AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM IN CUBA 
(Second Call)


The Center for Development Studies (CDS) and la Facultad Latinoamericana
de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Programa Cuba, are sponsoring an
international symposium on "The State of Social and Economic Thought:
Marxist, Third World and Feminist Perspectives" in Havana, Cuba from June
7 to June 9, 2000.  

The international symposium seeks an interchange and reflection among
social scientists and historians from various countries on themes related
to the situation of global revolutionary movements in light of recent
developments in the world economy.  The symposium is calling for
presentations on the themes of the world economy, including new
imperialist strategies, and/or movements of social change from the
perspectives of the national and international movements of workers and
women as well as Third World national liberation movements.  Also, the
symposium will have interchanges among Cubans and scientists of various
countries focusing on the dominant currents in their particular
disciplines (economics, sociology, political science or history) in their
particular countries. The organizers solicit proposals related to these
themes.  The symposium will be bilingual and presentations can be made in
English or Spanish. 

The conference will be preceded by an educational program,
"Peripheralization and National Liberation in Cuba," that includes two
components.  (1) Prior to travel to Cuba, there will be an eight-week
program from March 19 to May 12 of reading and electronic discussion among
group participants, including reading on Cuban history and the Cuban
electoral and political system.   (2) Upon arrival in Cuba, there will be
a nine-day experiential program in Havana from May 27 to June 6 (or
participants may select an abbreviated educational program from June 3 to
June 6).  The experiential program includes activities such as visits to
an urban neighborhood, to the national office of the Federation of Cuban
Women, to scientific research centers, schools and hospitals and centers
of health as well as lectures by the faculty of FLACSO on the project of
the Cuban Revolution, women in Cuba, the political process, rural
development and the special period.  Many lectures are tied to an
experience.  For example, a visit to a popular council follows a
presentation at the university concerning the political process in Cuba.
There will be English and Spanish versions of the electronic discussion,
and the experiential program will be bilingual. 

For more information on the program, contact Charles McKelvey at
cemck@cs1.presby.edu.