STUDY ABROAD IN CUBA – SUMMARY OF RESPONSES
We will have a 15-unit, 10-week program in Cuba this summer. We secured a Treasury
Department license which is not essential now. Apart from politics, Cuba is a warm and exciting
and affordable site for students. We are taking 15-18 students who will study Spanish, Cuban
history, and other cultural themes. Hosting the program will be the Casa de las Americas, the
organization which hosts most US college groups. Tufts, Brown, and Sarah Lawrence have had
similar semester-length programs, but shorter ones can now be arranged.
Let us know if we can provide further information.
Regards,
William
William H. Alexander
Professor of History
Director, International Programs
Norfolk State University
700 Park Avenue
Norfolk, VA 23504
www.nsu.edu/international
--€ Program dates: mid to late May or late May to early June /starting in 2012
€ Program duration: three (3) weeks
€ Program title: Experience Cuban Culture and its Arts
€ Host Institution: University of Havana
€ OHIO 'unit of record': Latin American Studies
€ OHIO personnel: two (2) faculty members and one GA = three (3)
€ Program Characteristics:
a.›Ten lectures in diverse fields such as: history, culture, and the arts
(music, dance, theater, literature). Other fields TBA.
b.›Practical Activities:
excursions ( Matanzas and Madruga),workshops (drumming, dance -both
folkloric and popular), singing
c. ›Room and Board: secured through privately owned hostel. Includes two (2)
meals: breakfast and dinner
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José Delgado-Costa, PhD
Director, Latin American Studies
Associate Professor, Spanish
Center for International Studies
Department of Modern Languages
201 Yamada International House
283 Gordy Hall
Ohio University
Ohio University
56 E. Union St.
Athens, OH 45701
Athens, OH 45701
P: 740.593.2765
P: 740.593.1835
F: 740.593.1837
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Princeton was one of the few universities with a term-time program in Cuba prior to the reg
reform. We already had an MOU w U Havana to serve as the host institution for our Woodrow
Wilson School semester-long program there. We had a specific license to operate the program
and we had a Princeton employee to lead the program. We expect to continue that program in its
current form. We also sent grad students there to conduct dissertation research and will continue
to do so. The only changes are that we will now consider sponsoring short-term (summer and
spring break) trips that are part of an on-campus Princeton course. We are also planning to apply
for a new specific license to allow our alumni association to sponsor a cultural trip, led by
Princeton faculty for PU alumni and their families. - Diana Davies, Vice Provost for Intl
Initiatives
--I have been to Cuba in the 90's and there where even full semester program let by my friend Dr.
Elizabeth Iglesias (cc on this message). We still have connections with Havana university faculty
they were always very accommodating and very helpful with the program, meeting students and
travel around. The Woman's Studies chair from Havana university is coming to visit Elizabeth
later this month if you'd like her to help you make a direct contact in Cuba write to:
eiglesias@edinboro.edu All the regulation are posted at travel agencies such as Marazul see at
http://marazul.com/cuba_travel_indgroup_eng.html They and a few other agencies are very
helpful with travel arrangements.
Last year at the LASA conference there were a few sessions on study abroad in Cuba. Dr.
NADINE T. FERNANDEZ SUNY Empire State College also has a lot of experience in Cuba.
Best,
Esther
Esther E. Gottlieb, Ph. D.
International Education Liaison
Office of International Affairs
330 Oxley Hall, 1712 Neil Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1219 USA
Direct: 614-292-6392; Cell 614 404-0929
--We are looking at Global Exchange's program in Cuba for next year for a
Latin American history class with Cuba as its focus. We have used them
before for other short trips in the region. http://globalexchange.org/
Judith Pennywell, Ed.D.
Executive Director of International Programs
Purdue University Calumet
2200 169th Street
Hammond, IN 46323-2094
219-989-1104 phone
219-989-8302 fax
judith.pennywell@purduecal.edu
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I had looked into the possibility of setting something up for Cuba last
year. I was in contact with the University of Miami but nothing has moved so
far. Are you sending your students to Cuba via Mexico or how are you working
this out?
Regards,
Anthony Shull
Global Programs, UCCS-COE
--Hi, Vincent, my wife and I have taken many groups to Cuba, but our license was yanked in 2005
so it's been just faculty under the gen'l license since then.
Now we're organizing a new faculty trip late May-early June in anticipation of a new license for
student groups later on.
Good initiative. Mike
Michael Conniff, Associate Dean, College of Social Sciences
Director, Silicon Valley Center for Global Innovation and Immigration
San José State University
San José CA 95192-0135
408-924-7196, fax -7203
Cell 408-761-1705
SVCGII.SJSU.EDU
--We are planning one for 2012. We use to have programs before the strict policy change was
implemented during the Bush era.
Dr. Jeet Joshee
Associate Vice President, International Education
California State University, Long Beach
6300 State University Drive, Suite 104
Long Beach, CA 90815
(562)985-8330 fax: (562)985-5842
www.ccpe.csulb.edu;