University of Havana
June 24-28, 2013

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2103 Cuba Seminar Schedule
SEMINAR: “SOCIALIST RENOVATION AND CAPITALIST CRISIS”:
A North-American – Cuban Exchange
Academic Program for June 24th, 2013

9.00: Opening speech (Palabras de Apertura)

Dra.Sc. Thalía Fung Riverón: Keynote speech (Conferencia Magistral): La revolución de los ex-colonizados en marcha (The On-going Revolution of the Excolonized)

10.30: Coffee

11.00: Film “Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up” (Que el verdadero terrorista se ponga de pie)

12.30 - 1.30: Snack (Merienda)

Session I (24, Monday, 1.30-4.00) Democracy, Capitalism and Socialism (La democracia, el capitalismo y el socialismo)

Coordinators: Cliff DuRand y Zoila Fajardo

Rapporteur: Erelis Marrero

Arnold August – Is Cuban Democracy Representative or Participatory? A Valid Juxtaposition? (¿Es la democracia cubana representativa o participatoria? Una yuxtaposición válida?)

Olga FernándezRenovación del consenso político y la hegemonía socialista en el contexto cubano actual (Renovation of Political Consensus and Socialist Hegemony in the Present-day Cuban Context)

Emilio Duharte DíazSocialismo, democracia y elecciones: posibles tendencias en Cuba (Socialism, democracy and elections: possible trends in Cuba)

Cliff DuRand – Various Democracies (Varias democracias)

Zoila FajardoCuba o La Ciudad del sol. Apuntes sobre la democracia. (Cuba or the Sun City: Notes on Democracy)

Source: Center for Global Justice www.globaljusticecenter.org

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University of Havana: Emblematic Entrance
Faculty of Philosophy and History
Dra Thalía Fung Riverón, University of Havana
Dra Concepción Nieves Ayús, Institute of Philosophy, Cuba
Graciela Ramírez, International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban Five, Cuba
Dra Olga Fernández Ríos, Institute of Philosophy and Cliff DuRand, Morgan State University, Baltimore, USA
Zoila Fajardo, Professor, Faculty of Philosophy and History, University of Havana
Arnold August
Dr. Emilio Duharte Díaz, Professor of Political Science, University of Havana
Cliff DuRand
Dra Olga Fernández Ríos
Cliff DuRand
Arnold August

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