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The Cuban Repub­lic and José Martí: 1902 – 2002

December 6, 2001 - 12:00 AM

The Cuban Repub­lic was born in the first years of the twen­ti­eth cen­tury with for­mi­da­ble tasks ahead. Sev­eral his­tor­i­cal lega­cies among the new repub­li­can lead­ers and insti­tu­tions vied for artic­u­lat­ing Cuban iden­tity, the state, and civil soci­ety. One legacy in par­tic­u­lar, the nation­al­ist and polit­i­cal ideas of José Martí, took a cen­tral stage among the fol­low­ers of the Cuban sep­a­ratist mar­tyr and “apos­tle.” Today few would doubt the cen­tral­ity of Martí’s legacy for the Cuban sense of iden­tity and nation­al­ity. The approach­ing cen­ten­nial of the ori­gin of the Cuban Repub­lic pro­vides an oppor­tu­nity to eval­u­ate the sym­bio­sis and coun­ter­points between Cuban repub­li­can tra­di­tions and Martí’s legacy.

This inter­na­tional sym­po­sium brings together over twenty spe­cial­ists from Brazil, Cuba, France, Ger­many, Mex­ico, United States to assess the evolv­ing inter­ac­tions between views of the Cuban repub­lic and read­ings of Martí’s ideas and influence.

The Bild­ner Cen­ter acknowl­edges the sup­port from the Ford Foun­da­tion, the Christo­pher Reynolds Foun­da­tion, and The Grad­u­ate Cen­ter, City Uni­ver­sity of New York.

Ses­sion I

Thurs­day, Dec. 6: Sky­light Con­fer­ence Room (9100)

  • 5:00 p.m. Registration
  • 5:30 p.m. Open­ing Remarks
  • 6:00–7:30 p.m. MARTÍ AND REPUBLICAN TRADITIONS
    Mod­er­a­tor:
    Mar­garet Cra­han, Hunter Col­lege & Grad­u­ate Cen­ter – CUNY
    Build­ing the Lit­er­ary Image of José Martí in the United States
    Ivan A. Schul­man,Uni­ver­sity of Illi­nois
    Los primeros repub­li­canos. Notas sobre la tradi­ción repub­li­cana en Cuba
    Rafael Rojas, Cole­gio de Mex­ico
    Ree­scri­bi­endo a José Martí: Fina Gar­cía Mar­ruz
    Luisa Cam­puzano, Casa de las Américas
  • 7:30 p.m. Recep­tion (By invitation)

Ses­sion II

Fri­day, Dec. 7, 2001: Room 9206

  • 8:30–9:00 a.m. Registration
  • 9:00–11:00 a.m. NATION-BULDING AND CULTO MARTIANO
    Mod­er­a­tor:
    Alfonso Quiroz, Baruch Col­lege & Grad­u­ate Cen­ter – CUNY
    The “Apos­tle” in Stone: Nation­al­ism and Mon­u­ments in Honor of Martí
    João Felipe Gonçalves, Johns Hop­kins Uni­ver­sity
    Redefin­ing Martí and “Cuba Libre” in the 1920s
    Lil­lian Guerra, Bates Col­lege
    Martí en el Cine Cubano
    Roge­lio París, ICAIC

Ses­sion III

  • 11:15–1:15 a.m. THE REPUBLIC AND THE UNITED STATES
    Mod­er­a­tor:
    Mauri­cio Font, Queens Col­lege & Grad­u­ate Cen­ter – CUNY
    The Long and Wind­ing Road that Dead-Ended: U.S. Cuban Rela­tions (1898–1961)
    Mar­ifeli Pérez-Stable, Florida Inter­na­tional Uni­ver­sity
    José Martí and the Amer­i­cas: Class, Race and the Lim­its of National Rep­re­sen­ta­tion
    Laura Lomas, Penn­syl­va­nia State Uni­ver­sity
    Cuban Dis­place­ment, Amer­i­can Transna­tional Form: Martí’s Esce­nas Norteam­er­i­canas
    Anto­nio López, Rut­gers Uni­ver­sity
    Racism in the Repub­lic: Marti and the Legacy of the U.S. Civil War
    Oscar Mon­tero, Lehman Col­lege & Grad­u­ate Cen­ter – CUNY
  • 1:15–2:30 p.m. Lunch

Ses­sion IV

  • 2:45–5:00 p.m. THE RADICAL & REVOLUTIONARY LEGACY
    Mod­er­a­tor:
    Oscar Mon­tero, CUNY
    José Martí, Pilar de la Rev­olu­ción Cubana
    Paul Estrade, Uni­ver­sity of Paris VIII
    “Rights Are Not Pleaded, They are Wrested by Force of Arms.” Martí and the Cult of the Resource to Vio­lence in Cuba, 1902–2002
    Rafael Tar­ragó, Uni­ver­sity of Min­nesota
    Martí and the Schools of the Repub­lic
    Alfonso Quiroz, Baruch Col­lege & The Grad­u­ate Center-CUNY
    El Uso del Legado Mar­tiano por los Inde­pe­di­entes de Color
    Tomas Fer­nan­dez Robaina, Bib­lioteca Nacional Jose Marti

Ses­sion V

Sat­ur­day, Dec. 8, 2001: Room 9206

  • 10:00 a.m. –12:00 p.m. CUBAN HISTORIOGRAPHY AND MARTÍ
    Mod­er­a­tor:
    Samuel Far­ber, Brook­lyn Col­lege – CUNY
    Pres­en­cia mar­tiana en los tex­tos de his­to­ria de Cuba (1902–1958)
    Car­men Almod­ó­var, Uni­ver­si­dad de La Habana
    José Martí en la obra de Fer­nando Ortiz
    José A. Matos, Insti­tuto de Filosofía y Fun­dación Fer­nando Ortiz
    Edi­ciones y pop­u­lar­ización de la obra mar­tiana desde 1902
    Pedro Pablo Rodríguez,Cen­tro de Estu­dios Mar­tianos
    A Dream Trans­formed: Martí, U.S. Inter­ven­tion and the Cuban Repub­lic
    Stephen Sokol, Fund for Rec­on­cil­i­a­tion and Development
  • 12:00–1:15 p.m. Lunch

Ses­sion VI

  • 1:30–3:30 p.m. NATIONAL AND GROUP IDENTITIES: IMMIGRANTS, RACE, AND GENDER
    Mod­er­a­tor:
    Michael Turner, Hunter Col­lege – CUNY
    Immi­gración española e imag­i­nario nacional en Cuba
    Con­suelo Naranjo Orovio, Con­sejo Supe­rior de Inves­ti­ga­ciones Cien­tí­fi­cas, Madrid
    Martí y la emi­gración cubana de Yucatán frente al nacimiento de la
    República
    Car­los Bojórquez Urzaiz, Uni­ver­si­dad Autónoma de Yucatán
    Race and the Repub­lic in Lydia Cabr­era
    Licia Fiol-Matta, Barnard Col­lege
    Gen­der Trou­ble: José Martí and Juana Bor­rero
    Ottmar Ette, Uni­ver­sität Potsdam
  • 4 p.m. Clos­ing Comments