60 years after the Cuban revolution: a critical look from its utopias
Seminar 1955
Chair: CLACSO Coordination: Luis Suárez Salazar (ISRI, Cuba) Home: 05 / 09 / 2019 | Registration: 04/02/2019 al 02/09/2019
Tuition scholarships – Free seminar
To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, CLACSO and the Higher Institute of International Relations (ISRI) will award 200 scholarships to students from CLACSO Centers to attend the seminar. The scholarships cover 100% of the tuition fees.
Applications will be submitted through the CLACSO website.
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The available scholarships (200) will be assigned to students from CLACSO Centers taking into account gender equity and regional balance.
The application period will be open until August 25, 2019.
Course presentation:
On January 1, 2019, the Cuban Revolution began commemorating the 60th anniversary of its principal defining moments and achievements. These anniversaries coincide with the continuation of efforts undertaken since 2011 to "update" the economic, social, and political model that had guided the Cuban socialist transition. To achieve a better understanding of its successes and shortcomings, the course will adopt a logical-historical, multidisciplinary, and critical approach to the origins and different stages of what the teaching team has termed the "five utopias of the Cuban Revolution": the undertaking of a development project that places human beings, without discrimination of any kind and in harmonious relationship with nature, as its protagonists and beneficiaries; the institutionalization of a participatory and socially representative democracy distinct from the prevailing liberal democracies worldwide; and the construction of a socialism different from the Eurasian experiences. the promotion of a democratic, fair and multipolar international system of states, as well as the economic and political integration of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Contents:
The Cuban Revolution: a look at its historical roots.
The founding utopias of the “first free territory of America” (1959-1965).
The external projection of the “first Socialist State of the Western Hemisphere” (1966-1976).
The achievements and “tactical errors” of the Cuban socialist transition: an analysis from its founding utopias (1977-1991).
The Cuban Revolution in the post-Cold War world: End of its utopias? (1992-2002).
The Cuban Revolution during the “terrorist war against terrorism” (2001-2008).
The “updating” of Cuban socialism: a critical-utopian view (2009-2019).
The third decade of the 21st century: possibilities and challenges for the Cuban socialist transition.
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A course consists of twelve classes, each accompanied by required readings, supplementary readings, discussion forums, and learning activities proposed by the teaching team, as well as partial submissions and a final project. The course is delivered online and asynchronously. Some instructors may propose synchronous activities. In these cases, the time and date will be agreed upon in advance between the teaching team and the students to ensure everyone's participation. To pass the seminar, students must participate in at least 80% of the discussion forums and activities proposed by the instructors, complete all scheduled partial submissions, and pass the final project.
