[Netnews-action] 15 Sept: Social Research in Cuba

[Manchester Campaigns]

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Organised by Univ of Manchester (Club 1824) - at 2pm Thursday.  
Details below.

Subject:        	Social Research in Cuba
Date sent:      	Mon, 5 Sep 2005 07:05:34 +0100

Below are the details of Sonia Catasus' open meeting on Thursday 15th
September at 2pm in the Studio, Dover Street. She is here after the
Population Studies conference in Kent and at my invitation.
 
I would be very grateful if you could pass this notice on to all who may
be interested in Latin American studies generally - my contacts are not
extensive.
 
Note that there is also a meal with Sonia in the evening when you would
be welcome to join us.
 
Sonia will be in Manchester on 15th and 16th September. She will be
bringing the countersigned copy of a Memorandum of Agreement between
University of Havana and Manchester University's Faculty of Humanities.
She will be talking to Professor Luke Georgiou about the opportunities
and constraints on practical exchanges. It would be useful for me to be
aware of  any suggestions or interests you have regarding Cuba beyond
Sonia's own area of population studies. A separate Agreement has been
made with Havana's Juan Marinello Centre for Development and Research in
Cuban Cultural Studies, outside the University sector.
 
Do contact me if you want to discuss any other aspects of her visit.

Best wishes, Ludi
 ludi.simpson at manchester.ac.uk 
Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research, Crawford House, Oxford
Road, University of Manchester, M13 9PL, UK. +44 (0)161-275-4975 (Dept.
-4721). http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/staff/ss.htm  
 
Social research in Cuba
Sonia Catasus Cervera
Senior Professor, University of Havana, and President of the Cuban
Population Studies Society (SOCUESPO)
 
Thursday 15th September 2005, 2pm
The Studio, 2nd floor Dover Street building
 
Cuban social research takes place in University departments, independent
social research institutes, and government ministries. Investment in
education has provided Cuba with many specialised researchers working on
priorities of social and economic development. The historical, economic
and political events that occurred in Cuba during the course of the 20th
century have been decisive for the social development the country,
shaped also by an economic and political blockade led by the United
States government.
 
Professor Sonia Catasus Cervera will discuss the organisation of social
research in Cuba in general, and touch on her own research on the
development of demographic trends as affected by the economic and social
transformations of the past 50 years in Cuba. The University of
Manchester Humanities Faculty and the University of Havana have recently
signed a Memorandum of Agreement to encourage co-operation in research,
staff exchange and student progression. 
 
(If you would like to join Sonia for a meal at 6.30pm, please contact
Margaret.martin at manchester.ac.uk for details)