Dr. Michael Bustamante joined Steven to discuss his book Cuban Memory Wars: Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile. Michael J. Bustamante is Associate Professor of History and the Emilio Bacardí Moreau Chair in Cuban and Cuban-American Studies.
Today Dustin welcomes Dr. Elizabeth Schwall to the podcast to talk about the relationship between dance and politics in Cuba. An interdisciplinary scholar of Latin American history and dance, Schwall is the author of Dancing with the Revolution: Power, Politics, and Privilege in Cuba (University of North Carolina Press, 2021). Read more…
Dustin spoke with Drs. Tanya Harmer and Tiffany Sippial about their new biographies on Beatriz Allende and Celia Sánchez Manduley. They discussed the significance of gender and the ways in which their subjects’ stories add to our collective understanding of politics and revolution during the mid-twentieth century. They also consider Read more…
Sara Kozameh has won the 2020 Edward H. Moseley Student Paper Award for her paper entitled “Labor, Sovereignty, and Revolution in Cuba’s Agrarian Reform, 1958-1970”. Kozameh presented this paper at the 2019 meeting in Oaxaca, Mexico. The Edward H. Moseley Student Paper Award is presented annually to the graduate student Read more…
Dr. Marysol Quevedo and Dr. Elizabeth Schwall joined Steven to discuss the cultural projects of the Cuban Revolution, arguably its most successful initiative. In this wide ranging discussion, Marysol and Elizabeth detail the evolution of these art forms from the 1930s through first decades of revolutionary Cuba, highlighting the efforts Read more…
Dr. Jennifer Lambe and Dr. Michael Bustamante joined Renata Keller to discuss the Cuban Revolution, an increasing appreciation for the plural experiences of revolution, and the continued politicization of writing on it. In this lively conversation, Jenny and Mike also talk about archives and methods and why the Cuban Revolution Read more…
Historias is back in two weeks with new conversations with Alan McPherson, Casey Lurtz, Sarah West, Sarah Williams, Javier Pabon, Suzanne Litrel, and many more. In the meantime, enjoy this state of the field summer repeat episode on the Cuban Revolution with Michelle Chase and Devin Spence Benson.
In this ‘State of the Field’ edition, Dr. Michelle Chase and Dr. Devyn Spence Benson spoke with Dustin and Steven about the historiography and current status of scholarship on the Cuban Revolution. The conversation explores the evolution of the scholarship of Cuban Revolution 60 years on and how many scholars Read more…
Steven Hyland speaks with Jonathan Brown, professor of history at the University of Texas, about his recent book on the Cuban Revolution and the research behind it. They also discuss intellectual itinerancy and the state and direction of Latin American history.