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From: Jennifer Humphries [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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Subject: FOCAL Speaker Series: The Social Sciences and the Cuban State
(July 4)


FOCAL PRESENTS A FOCAL RESEARCH FORUM ON CUBA
SPEAKER SERIES EVENT

Topic: The Social Sciences and the Cuban State

Speakers:
Alberto Alvarez, Department of Political Science, Universite de Montreal
Gerardo Gonzalez Nunez, Department of Economics, Universidad Interamericana,
Puerto Rico

Description of Event:
This event will examine the complex and turbulent relationship between
social scientists and the Cuban state since the Revolution. The
presentations are based on the recently-released book, ?Intelectuales vs.
Revolucion? El Caso del Centro de Estudios Sobre America (CEA), co-authored
by the speakers. Both speakers were researchers at CEA, the Havana-based
research centre, until the mid-1990s.

Date / Time:
Wednesday, July 4, 2001
10:00 a.m. - noon

Location:
1 Nicholas Street, Suite 202 (Second floor)

Registration:
To register, please e-mail or fax FOCAL with your name, first come first
served, contact information and the name of the event at:
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
fax: (613) 562-2525

About FOCAL's Research Forum on Cuba (RFC):
FOCAL's Research Forum on Cuba is a program designed to foster informed
policy discussion on the immediate and longer-term issues facing Cuba and
Canadian policy towards the island. More information on the program is
available on the RFC's website at: www.cubasource.org.