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