1st Biannual Conference of the Center for José Martí Studies Affiliate
Jan. 28-30, 2021
With the desire to remain true to the Center for José Martí Studies Affiliate’s mission during pandemic times, the Center organized the virtual conference, “Envisaging José Martí in 2021: History, Culture and Education,” to gather teacher-scholars from multiple disciplines who are currently engaged in new scholarly, creative or educational work.
The overall objective was to share established and ongoing scholarship, as well as creative and pedagogical projects related to the Center’s focus, and provide a platform and stimulate discussion regarding potential future projects and directions. The Center’s interests include, but are not limited to, the humanities, social sciences, creative arts, education, and digital approaches to these and other related disciplines.
Below you will find the full conference program, and some video resources that may be of use to you in your scholarship and/or teaching. Feel free to explore them at your leisure.
Sincerely yours,
Conference Organizers
Daniel Howell (Dartmouth University): “Reina por un día”: Diplomacy, Beauty Pageants, and (Dis-) Continuities of State.
María Duarte (Eastern New Mexico University): Reading José Martí and the Cuban Independence Movement from the U.S.-Mexico Border
Keith Clavin (Massachusetts Institute of Technology): Frontier Island: Cuban Independence and the American West in Dime Novels
Christopher Brown (Georgia Southern University): In the Same Pocket in Which I Carry 50 Rounds: Cicero’s Influence on Jose Marti’s Concept of La Patria
Tania Pérez Cano (University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth): José Martí in the Writings of Gabriela Mistral, Ofelia Rodríguez Acosta and Fina García Marruz
Susan Greenbaum (University of South Florida): Racism and Erasure: Afrocubans in and beyond Tampa’s Cuban Independence Struggle in Tampa
Kenya Dworkin (Carnegie Mellon University): Juntos Pero No Revueltos: José Martí, Cuba Libre, and the Legacy of Racism in Cuban Tampa
Lisa Nalbone (University of Central Florida)
Jenna Sciutto (Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts)
James López (University of Tampa)
Rosa Soto (William Paterson University)
Shannon Spencer (The University of Tampa): Resources from the MacDonald-Kelce Library
Rodney Kite-Powell (Tampa History Center): Resources from the Tampa History Center
