Objectives

The symposium hopes to create a space to reflect on and discuss the codification processes of cultural expressions, based on their complex dynamics of mediation with Cuban society from its first forming and consolidating stages to the present. Cuban literature and visual arts, language or Cuban religious systems have recorded in peculiar ways the multiple oscillations between pre-Hispanic cultures, colonial society, the various republican formulations and the insertion in global scope models such as the one of the socialist camp. This heterogeneous cartography of relationships had a decisive impact on the design of our intellectual spheres, the configuration of models and discursive repertoires in dialogue with diverse cultural matrixes or the elaboration of nation and identity projects. The thematic lines of the symposium will highlight novel approaches to these connections between art, culture and society in Cuba.

Themes

• New looks at Cuban identity: perspectives from linguistics, literature and art
• Cuban urban spaces as communicative and artistic manifestation landscapes: case studies and theoretical reflection
• Studies on intermediality and social imaginaries in Cuban culture: inquiries from literature and art, cultural magazines and cinema
• Cultural magazines and intellectual networks
• The classical tradition in Cuban letters and art
• Decolonial thought and artistic practices in Latin America and the Caribbean: gender approaches, migration studies, review of epistemological paradigms for the History of Art and Literary Studies
• Cuban studies on editions of texts and publishing projects
• Cuban literature and art from intercultural perspectives
• Studies on cultural heritage: research and university management experiences
• Transatlantic Dialogues in Cuban Art and Culture: Africa-Asia-Europe-America
• Society and culture in Cuba: new approaches from artistic and literary studies

Organizing Committee

• President: PhD.  Astrid Santana Fernández de Castro  ORCID:  0000-0003-0283-1580
• President: PhD.  Claudia Felipe Torres  ORCID:  0000-0002-9834-3196
• Vice president: MSc.  Odette Bello
• Vice president: MSc.  Gretel Gutiérrez
• Executive Secretary: Lic.  Jorge Yacer Navas

Scientific Comittee

• President: PhD.  Leonardo Sarría Muzio  ORCID:  0000-0002-5716-3447
• PhD.  Elina Miranda  ORCID:  0000-0001-7634-6057
• PhD.  Mayerín Bello  ORCID:  0000-0002-8280-5464
• PhD.  Marlen Dominguez
• PhD.  Lázara Menéndez
• PhD.  Concepción Otero

Coordinate:  School of Arts and Letters, UH

Contact:  PhD. Astrid Santana Fernández de Castro    Email:  asfc.literatura@gmail.com    Faculty:  Faculty of Arts and Letters (UH)