Jorge Ibarra Cuesta, one of the most influential and lucid researchers in the field of Cuban history has died at the age of 85. He was the author of a large body of work that is essential to understanding the process of construction of the Cuban nation.

In 1996 he was was honoured by the Ministry of Culture with the National Prize for Social Sciences and in 2008 he was awarded the national History Prize by the Cuban National Union of Historians, in both cases for his life’s work.… read on...

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3rd Annual Postgraduate Conference of the Society for Caribbean Studies

22nd May 2017; Venue: Room 137a, Richard Hoggart Building, Goldsmiths,

University of London

The programme may be downloaded here…… read on...

Recipient of Bridget Jones Travel Award Jean Philippe Moiseau

The recipient of the 2017 Bridget Jones Travel Award is Jean Philippe Moiseau from the Dominican Republic. He will be coming to the 41st Annual Conference for the Society for Caribbean Studies at the University of Essex to make his presentation on “Grann Brijit: Unmasking Haitian Vodou.”… read on...

You can download this year’s conference poster here…… read on...