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Nicole Ludwig, Tsos, Nicole Ludwig

TSOS Interview Gallery

In September 2016, Nicole Ludwig led a group of her neighbors in Germany to assist newly-arrived Syrian and Afghani refugees. The volunteers collected clothing and toys, organized activities and field trips for the refugee children, and taught them German. Later, the volunteers offered homework support and led library reading groups. For the adult refugees, the volunteers provided cultural assimilation instruction and cooking classes. While there were occasional challenges to working together, the volunteers and refugees fostered a collaborative system and even hosted a Christmas party, during which one elderly Syrian man said, “This is one of the best memories I …

Layla, Layla, Tsos

TSOS Interview Gallery

Layla left Ethiopia 10 years ago to look for work opportunities. She left behind a father and three brothers. She went to Syria on a three-year work contract. She worked in a house and learned Arabic. She then went to Turkey by boat and then went on to Greece for 5 years. She worked and learned the Greek language. When she became pregnant she had to stop working. She travelled to Serbia to Macedonia to Austria all on foot. Then the Red Cross moved Layla and her daughter to Giessen, Germany where a roommate periodically beat her baby. Seeking safety …

Katja, Ketevahi 'Katje', Tsos

TSOS Interview Gallery

Ketevahi “Katja” is from Georgia. She’s in her late 40’s. She grew up on a farm in the country and became the financial support for her family after her mother died and her father became “emaciated.” When Putin came to power, diplomatic ties deteriorated between Georgia and Russia, which eventually led to war. She fled her country using forged documents and first worked in Turkey but has now lived in Naples for nine years and regularly sends money home to her brother, who cares for their father.

Katja expresses her feelings about war, government, liberty, and what it means to …

Fadel, Tsos, Fadel

TSOS Interview Gallery

Fadel's family was originally from Palestine. However, for reasons he couldn’t recall, they moved to Libya, where Fadel was born, and he grew up there. He recalled that life inLibya used to be good, but that it became dangerous. Fadel came to Italy alone. His parents died and left him nothing seven years ago. His siblings died as well. He came to Italy 6 months ago seeking asylum by way of Tripoli to Sabratha, and then to Sardinia and Calabria. He has been living on the streets, and because he couldn’t provide an address, he was denied asylum

Felix, Tsos, Felix

TSOS Interview Gallery

Felix is originally from Nigeria and has now been inItaly under a year. He came from a family with a polygamous father who “married” multiple wives illegally. After returning home from a service mission for his church, which his father supported, Felix began to study engineering. At some point conflict arose within the family that causedFelix to have to flee.He was smuggled through Niger to Libya, losing several friends along the way.There he was held for ransom, before taking a treacherous voyage across the sea in an overfilled boat, where he witnessed several drown. Now he lives in a camp …

Momo, Momo, Tsos

TSOS Interview Gallery

When Momo was only nine years old, he returned home to find his parents and his six sisters and four brothers had been killed in their own home. Sometime after that, he and his uncle left Somalia together to live in Yemen. He stayed in Yemen until he was sixteen, but when things became unsafe there, he moved to Libya. He had hoped to get on a boat in Libya to go somewhere for a new life, but he was thrown in prison instead. He was harassed and told to ask his family to send money so that he could …

La Voz Fall 2017, El Instituto: Institute Of Latina/O, Caribbean, And Latin American Studies

La Voz

In this issue:

• Mark Overmyer-Velazquez
• Feria Internacioinal de Libros
• Racismo y Lenguaje
• Pre-doctoral research funding
• Tinker Field Research
• Latino Fraternities
• Latino Sororities
• Daisy Reyes
• DACA
• Hurricane Study
• La Comunidad Intelectual
• Maria del Mar Olmedo-Malagon

Rethinking The Afropolitan (Library Resources), Holy Cross Libraries

Library Resources for Campus Events

A bibliography of resources available through the Holy Cross Libraries which provide additional information related to "Rethinking the Afropolitan," a conference organized by History Department professors Rosa E. Carasquillo and Lorelle Semley at the College of the Holy Cross. The conference is sponsored by the Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J. Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture and was held at the College of the Holy Cross on October 19-21 2, 2017.

Mybarrio: Emigdio Vasquez And Chicana/O Identity In Orange County, Natalie Lawler, Denise Johnson, Marcus Herse, Jessica Bocinski, Manon Wogahn

Exhibition Catalogs

"Emigdio Vasquez created artwork that challenged Orange County’s more prominent narrative of wealthy beachside neighborhoods. He painted the brown bodies and brown histories that defined our earliest communities and economy... Vasquez produced much of the local art history that Orange County should be known for and should protect. It is with this perspective that Chapman University is proud to present the exhibition, My Barrio: Emigdio Vasquez and Chicana/o Identity in Orange County, in conjunction with the Getty Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA initiative. We hope to initiate discourse not only about Vasquez’s prolific career, but also about the larger political …

Catalyst Asia Issue 05, Institute For Societal Leadership

Catalyst Asia

STORIES FROM THE GROUND

Grow A Forest In Your Mind

The Volunteer Bank A Labour of Love

The Art of Helping Others

It Takes A Village

Fit For Life

The People's Doctor Planting Big Trees in Everybody's Hearts

Organic Rice Revolution

Lighting Up Lives

INSIGHTS FROM THE INSIDE

A Lifesaving Journey

A Pen For The Blind

Battling the Transport System

The Mentor and Inspirer of Social Change

Caring For Migrants

Road Safety Advocates

Consumer Protection in the Digital Age

The Rescue Squad

The Hero and Sidekick

A Hybrid Profile of Social Entrepreneurship

Miguel Failde... Más Allá Del Danzón, Jessica Clemente

Cuban Research Institute Events

Viernes de Musicalia es auspiciado por La Colección de Música Diaz-Ayala y el Instituto de Investigaciones Cubanas (CRI)

Miguel Failde ha sido reconocido por la historiografía musical cubana como el creador del danzón, baile Nacional de Cuba. Fue aquel 1 de enero de 1879 cuando se dio a conocer "Las alturas de Simpson" ante la alta sociedad Matancera. Pero ¿qué hay detrás de este género denominado danzón?, ¿quién fue Miguel Failde?, ¿cómo se desempeñó su quehacer musical en las postrimerías del siglo XIX y los primeros 20 años del siglo XX? En esta ocasión, la musicóloga, cantante y percusionista Jessica …

La Mulata In The Spanish Caribbean From Stage To Films Lecture By Yesenia Fernández Selier, Yesenia Fernandez Selier

Cuban Research Institute Events

In the last decades, several scholars have analyzed the semiotics of La Mulata's ubiquitous presence in Cuban popular culture. Those visual and literary analyses have centered on the Island's national production, leaving aside transnational renditions. Yet the icon of La Mulata traveled with the exile of Cuban minstrel theater after 1869 to Mexico and Puerto Rico, among other circum-Caribbean nations, adopting local themes and slang. La Mulata was already recognizable in Latin American popular culture by the 1920s and gained new levels of dissemination with the development of Latin American cinema. This lecture will partially map out the itinerary of …

The Bearers Of Sacred Sound Ritual Musicians Of Miami, Vicky Jassey

Cuban Research Institute Events

The making of the first set of consecrated bata drums, central to the Cuban religion of Regia de Ocha, in the United States happened in Miami in 1975. Prior to this, the fledgling religious community honored their orichas (deities) using guiros (beaded gourds), a campana (a metal hoe blade), and a conga. At the time only a handful of Cuban exiles knew the sacred rhythms, chants, and ceremonial protocols of a musical tradition that spans centuries and continents. Since the 1980 Mariel boatlift, the number of ritual drummers has continued to grow, as many arrive with the knowledge while others …

Caribbean Children's Music Rhythms, Melodies, And Lyrics Lecture By Marta Hernández Candelas, Marta Hernandez Candelas

Cuban Research Institute Events

Children's songs are a natural way to play and communicate with children around the world. A child can understand his or her world better and share emotions while singing with friends and caretakers.The purpose of this presentation is to share the findings of the author's research at the Dfaz-Ayala Music Collection at FIU about Caribbean children's songs. The talk wil emphasize songs for preschoolers and their possibilities of being adapted for instrumental playing as well as for family-based music education programs. Finding Cuban children's songs has not been an easy task. They should be shared in the same manner as …

Carlos Ripoll's José Marti Lecture By Enrico Mario Santi, Enrico Mario Santi

Cuban Research Institute Events

Carlos Ripoll (1922-2011) was a Cuban scholar who lived in the U.S. for close to half a century, during which he carried out outstanding research on several Cuban historical, literary, and political topics. Chief among them was Ripoll's life-long interest in the life and work of José Marti. Based on personal acquaintance with Ripoll, reading of his works, and a survey of Martiana donated by Ripoll himself to the FIU library upon his death, Dr. Santi will explore Ripoll's reading of Marti, his legacy and, in particular, what Ripoll called repeatedly "the falsification of José Marti in present-day Cuba."

Dr. …

Foro “Presente Y Futuro De Nuestras Sociedades Civiles”, Gonzalo Aguerrevere

Cuban Research Institute Events

Agenda:

9:30 a 10:00 Registro de asistentes.

10:00 a 10:15. Palabras de bienvenida. Roberto Ruiz-Casas. Presidente del Foro de Promoción Democrática Continental, Director de Democracia Participativa, y Director de Cultivamos una Rosa Blanca.

Moderador: Gonzalo Aguerrevere, Director de la Familia Ignaciana, Director del Foro de Promocion Democratica Continental, y Director de VenAmérica.

10:15 a 10:35 Padre Luis Ugalde SJ. Caso Venezuela.

Sacerdote Jesuita vasco-venezolano. Licenciado en Filosofía y Letras, en Sociología y en Teología. Maestría en Historia Económica y Social de Venezuela. Doctorado en Historia. En universidades de Venezuela, Colombia y Alemania. Superior Provincial SJ de Venezuela (1979-85). Presidente de …

The Feminization Of Aging And Migration In Cuba: Prospects And Challenges Of A "Silent Revolution" Lecture By Elaine Acosta González, Elaine Acosta Gonzalez

Cuban Research Institute Events

Cuba is facing another crisis, a more invisible and yet unacknowledged one. The "crisis of care" is already present in Cuban society and one of its main causes is the "silent revolution" based on the problems associated with the aging of the population. Two traits of contemporary Cuban migration are closely tied to this sociodemographic process: the high migration rate of young Cubans and the growing participation of women in the migrant flow. This lecture will address several issues related to the feminization of migration and its impact on the social organization of care for older adults in Cuba.

Dr. …

Living And Eating Comida Criolla In New York City, Melissa Fuster

Cuban Research Institute Events

Based on interviews with Cubans, Puerto Ricans, and Dominicans living in New York City, this talk reviews differences in how traditional Hispanic Caribbean cuisines (comidas criollas) are defined and experienced by these communities. These experiences are linked to the contrasting migratory experiences and relationships with communities back"home"in the Caribbean.

Dr. Melissa Fuster is an Assistant Professor in Public Health Nutrition at CUNY Brooklyn College and a Faculty Fellow at the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute. Dr. Fuster has over ten years of experience in community-based research, focused on minority and immigrant populations in the United States and, internationally, in Central …

Spanish Legacies The Coming Of Age Of The Second Generation A Panel Discussion With Author Alejandro Portes, Alejandro Portes, Lorenz Cachon Rodriquez, Richard Tardancio

Cuban Research Institute Events

Much like the United States, the countries of Western Europe have experienced massive immigration in the last three decades. Spain, in particular, has been transformed from an immigrant-exporting country to one receiving hundreds of thousands of new immigrants. Today, almost 13 percent of the country's population is foreign-born. Spanish Legacies, written by internationally known experts on immigration, explores how the children of immigrants—the second generation—are coping with the challenges of adaptation to Spanish society, comparing their experiences with those of their peers in the United States.

This panel discussion will feature the following speakers:

• Dr. Alejandro Portes, Howard Harrison …

Vestido De Novia Film Screening And Conversation With The Filmmakers, Marilyn Solaya, Lisandra Chaveco Valdes, Jesus E. Munoz Machin

Cuban Research Institute Events

Join the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs for the Miami premiere of the film Vestido de Novia, followed by a conversation with the filmmakers at the Coral Gables Museum (across from Coral Gables Art Cinema).

Set in Havana in 1994, the film explores transgender culture in Cuba. Rosa Elena - a 40-year-old assistant nurse, caretaker for her sick father and recently married to Ernesto, the chief engineer of a construction brigade - is unhappy with the life she is living and returns to sing in the all-male choir where she worked before meeting her husband. As …

Severo Secreto Film Screening And Panel Discussion With Co-Directors Oneyda González And Gustavo Pérez Moderated By Catalina Quesada Gómez, Oneyda Gonzalez

Cuban Research Institute Events

Severo Secreto is an extended visual essay on the life of the prominent Cuban exile writer Severo Sarduy (1937-1993), the creator of the concept of the Neo-Baroque in literature. The film focuses on Sarduy's formative years in Cuba, his interest in black culture, performance, ritual, and experimental poetry in the early years of the Cuban Revolution. The documentary is based on extensive interviews with the writer's friends, classmates, and fellow members of literary groups, including François Wahl, who shares his archives and offers testimony of Sarduy's working method and private universe.

Oneyda González, born in Camagüey, Cuba, holds a Master's …

Memory, Conflict And Reconciliation A Half-Day Conference, John F. Stack Jr., Martin Palour, Henrik Syse, Glenn Hughes, Aurora Morcillo, Michael Zantovsky, Marifeli Perez-Stable, Liliana Trevizan, Carlos Gonzales, Marie Janouskova, Michal Smid, Orlando Gutierrez-Boronat

Cuban Research Institute Events

Join the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs and the Vaclav Havel Program for Human Rights and Diplomacy for a half-day conference exploring the role of memory in conflict and reconciliation. A distinguished group of scholars and practitioners will articulate diverse perspectives on the nature of memory, its role in public discourse, and the ways it can both feed conflict and promote reconciliation.

1:15 PM-1:30 PM I OPENING REMARKS

John F. Stack, Jr., Founding Dean, Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs

Martin Palous, Director, Vaclav Havel Program for Human Rights and Diplomacy

1:30 PM-3:30 …

La Voz Spring 2017, El Instituto: Institute Of Latina/O, Caribbean, And Latin American Studies

La Voz

In this issue:

• Contested Citizenship Conference
• John N. Plank Cuban Lecture Series
• Borderlands Symposium
• York County PA Detention Center

Sac Outreach Bulletin 2017, South Asia Center

Newsletters from the South Asia Center

No abstract provided.

Berita Spring 2017, Eric C. Thompson

Berita

Table of Contents

Chair’s Address ... 2

Editor’s Foreword ... 3

John A. Lent Prize Commendation ... 4

Ronald Provencher Travel Grant Commendation ... 5

Announcements ... 5

“Democracy and Development at Risk” – A Panel Report (J. Saravanamuttu) ... 7

Field Report: Kebun Culture (E.C. Thompson) ... 11

Remembering J. Norman Palmer (C.A. Lockard) ... 16

Member Notes ... 17

Madhouse Psychiatry And Politics In Cuban History, Jennifer L. Lambe

Cuban Research Institute Events

On the outskirts of Havana lies Mazorra, an asylum known to—and at times feared by—ordinary Cubans for over a century. Since its founding in 1857, the island's first psychiatric hospital has been an object of persistent political attention. Drawing on hospital documents and government records, as well as the popular press, photographs, and oral histories, Dr. Jennifer L. Lambe charts the connections between the inner workings of this notorious institution and the highest echelons of Cuban politics. Across the sweep of modern Cuban history, she finds, Mazorra has served as both laboratory and microcosm of the Cuban state: the asylum …

Memory Adn/Memoria Dna Experimental Flamenco With Niurca Márquez, Niurca Marquez, Jose Manuel Dominquez, Jose Lius De La Paz

Cuban Research Institute Events

Memory ADN/Memoria DNA is an exploration of cultural memory and how it is passed down from one generation to the next. It is a voyage through the sayings, customs and stereotypes, at times filled with humor, at times nostalgic, that explores the idea of what is"Spanish"from the perspective of a particular group of Latino immigrants, namely Caribbean and coastal. It is a work of experimental flamenco that combines dance, theater and film and deconstructs the forms of flamenco music and dance. Join us for this compelling performance and fascinating experience.

Niurca Márquez is an artist/researcher with a wide range as …

Mental Health Care In Cuba And The Diaspora A Panel Discussion, Jennifer L. Lambe, Eugenio Rothe, Hector R. Castillo Matos

Cuban Research Institute Events

This panel takes as its cue the recent publication of Jennifer L. Lambe's book, Madhouse: Psychiatry and Politics in Cuban History, focusing on Mazorra, the island's first psychiatric hospital. The book examines how, from its birth, Cuban psychiatry was politically inflected, drawing partisan contention while sparking debates over race, religion, gender, and sexuality. Psychiatric notions were even invested with revolutionary significance after 1959, as the new government undertook ambitious schemes for social reeducation. Debates about the treatment of mental health issues continued among exiles in South Florida. In particular, the 1980 Mariel boatlift turned into a psychiatric problem both for …

Craving Cuba Film Screening And Discussion With Director Zuzelin Martin Lynch, Zuzelin Martin Lynch

Cuban Research Institute Events

Craving Cuba is a documentary film about the Cuban-American experience and its complicated relationship with Cuba. It explores identity and what it means to be and become American in a time when the whole world is obsessed with Cuba.This is a story about identity, family, exile, and hope. Follow the journey of a Cuban-American woman who has never been to Cuba. Although she has always felt very American, there was always a strong pull to the other half of her identity. Like most in the exiled community, she grew up not being able to go to Cuba. After the December …

Life Around The Hyphen: Inherited Legacies And Their Impact On How We Teach, Write And Talk About Exile/Immigrant Experiences, Rebecca Friedman, Heather Russell, Boris Fishman, Jorge Duany, Ana Luszczynska

Cuban Research Institute Events

The Exile Studies Program

In Collaboration with:

The Betsy-South Beach Hotel

The Department of English

The College of Arts, Sciences & Education

Panel Discussion