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The Boatlift Unfolds: Perspectives from Both Sides of the Florida Straits*

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Aug 13

The Boatlift Unfolds: Perspectives from Both Sides of the Florida Straits*

Join us for the second in our webinar series addressing the antecedents, unfolding, and aftermath of the 1980 Mariel Boatlift.

By University of Miami Libraries

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Date and time

Thu, August 13, 2020, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT

Location

Online

About this event

In this program, panelists will offer unique perspectives on the unfolding of the Mariel crisis itself—from its beginnings at the Peruvian embassy in Havana, to the arrival and detention of many Mariel migrants on far flung military bases across the United States. We will also hear detailed accounts of the mass rallies and “acts of repudiation” carried out in Cuba to denounce those choosing to depart, and we will explore how race and racism fed into these practices of internal stigmatization. Ironically, the denigration of Mariel migrants in Cuba would mirror the ways some would see and treat them in the United States.

Co-hosted by Harvard University’s Cuba Studies Program
Co-sponsored by HistoryMiami Museum
Please note that registration will close on August 13th at 9 a.m. (EST). This event will also be streamed via Facebook live.

Panelists

Ambassador Ernesto Pinto Bazurco Rittler

Writer, lawyer in International Politics, and former Head of the Diplomatic Mission at the Peruvian Embassy in Cuba

Abel Sierra Madero, Ph.D.

Independent Scholar

Omar Granados, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

Neri Torres, MFA

Visiting Professor, The University of Texas at El Paso, and Artistic Director of Miami-based IFE-ILE Afro-Cuban Dance Company

Michael Bustamante, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of History at Florida International University

Introductory remarks by Elizabeth Cerejido, Ph.D., Chair, Cuban Heritage Collection and Alejandro de la Fuente, Ph.D., Chair, Cuba Studies Program, DRCLAS, Harvard University.
*A portion of this webinar will be presented in Spanish.

Didn’t make it to our previous event?

Watch the recording of Antecedents to the Mariel Boatlift in Cuba and Cuban-America.

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