II International Postgraduate School
Critical Paradigms of Emancipation in the Caribbean and Latin America

Topic: 
Critical paradigms of emancipation in the Caribbean and Latin America – The relevance of Marx's critical thought 200 years after his birth

The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), the CLACSO Working Groups: “Caribbean Critical and Decolonizing Thought” and “Crisis, Responses and Alternatives in the Greater Caribbean”, the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation-Mexico (RLS), the Center for Caribbean Studies of Casa de las Américas, the Institute of Philosophy, the “Franz Hinkelammert” Chair of Critical Thought of the Institute of Philosophy, the Juan Bosch Foundation of the Dominican Republic and the UNESCO Chair “For the Intercultural Dialogue of Our America”, invite advanced master's and doctoral students, researchers and scholars of critical thought and paradigms of emancipation in the Caribbean and Latin America, and social actors committed to the study of forms of thought and transformation in Our America to submit their applications to participate in the II International Postgraduate School: Critical Paradigms of Emancipation in the Caribbean and Latin America. The relevance of Marx's critical thinking 200 years after his birth , to be held in Havana from June 25 to 29, 2018.

This second edition of the School “Critical Paradigms of Emancipation in the Caribbean and Latin America” will take place on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx, which determines the main theme of the analyses: Marxist critical thought and its validity for emancipation in the Caribbean and Latin America, which means valuing the usefulness of Marx's work to understand the present and build a history for the future.

In turn, special attention will be given to the theme of revolution in Caribbean and Latin American Marxist critical thought, and to the analysis of the experiences initiated in Haiti at the end of the 18th century, in Cuba, Grenada, Nicaragua and Venezuela, on the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban revolution and its impact on the Global South.

Organizing institutions: 

• Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO)
• CLACSO Working Groups “Caribbean Critical and Decolonizing Thought” and “Crisis, Responses and Alternatives in the Greater Caribbean”
• Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
• Center for Caribbean Studies (CEC) of Casa de las Américas (Havana, Cuba)
• Institute of Philosophy (Havana, Cuba)

Collaborating institutions: 

• Franz Hinkelammert Chair of Critical Thinking at the Institute of Philosophy (Havana, Cuba)
• Juan Bosch Foundation (Dominican Republic)
• UNESCO Chair for Intercultural Dialogue in Our America, Casa de las Américas (Havana, Cuba)

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REGISTRATION CLOSES: MAY 27, 2018