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Conference to Showcase
Cuban Music and Literature
MIAMI, Fla. (Feb. 19, 2002)
- Florida International University's Cuban Research Institute
will draw on the works of Cuban scholars from Australia to the
United Kingdom to shed light on issues related to Cubans during
its 4th CRI Conference on Cuban and Cuban American Studies.
The four-day conference will begin on Wednesday, March 6 with
a concert by Rene Touzet and will include a tribute to internationally
renowned poet Dulce Maria Loynaz.
As the year 2002 marks the centenary of the founding of the Cuban
Republic, several panels will analyze the period between 1902
and 2002. The conference will also highlight the works of Cuban
artists who have defined the Cuban culture.
The opening day of the conference will focus on the "Melodies
of the nation in the Cuban Republic." The day's events will
end with a concert entitled, "Cuban Composer Rene Touzet:
His Music and His Friends."
Touzet, the Cuban composer and pianist, was known for a "different
rumba." He was a master of tempo and was the leader of the
Cha Cha Rhythm Boys. Touzet will be accompanied on stage by several
friends who will pay tribute to him and to his music during the
FIU concert.
Joining Touzet at FIU's Wertheim Performing Arts Center at the
University Park campus at 8 p.m. will be pianists Olga Diaz, Gilbert
Macias, and Rodolfo Brito and Vocalist Armando Terron, among others.
The conference, which takes place every 18 months, convenes scholars,
experts and other individuals from throughout the world who are
committed to the study of the Cuban experience. More than 150
participants are expected to take part in 32 panels covering a
broad scope of topics including literature, cinema, art, social
and political issues, including a discussion on marginalized segments
of the population, i.e. transvestites, blacks and the mentally
ill. Specific panels will focus on:
- Armas, leyes and diplomacia (Arms, laws
and diplomacy)
- Evolving influences of relations between
religion, culture and political institutions in Cuba since 1902
- Race and gender: Constructing a national
body
- Tradiciones culturales (Cultural traditions)
- Intervention and migration
- National and international current issues
- Points of contact between Cuban and U.S.
art
- Social and religious issues in the republic
- History ignored: Documenting 43 years of
the Cuban resistance
- El periodismo como arma y la literature
come puente (Journalism as a weapon and literature as a bridge)
- Homenaje a Dulce Maria Loynaz (Tribute
to Dulce Maria Loynaz)
Registration fees for the conference is $75
at the door; one day fee, $25; non-FIU students, $15; FIU students,
faculty and staff participate free with FIU I.D. The conference
will take place in the Graham Center, located on FIU's
University Park, 122nd Ave and SW 8th Street.
Tickets for the Touzet concert are $15.
For more information on the conference or the concert call 305-348-1991.
For a full program visit http://lacc.fiu.edu/cri/events/4th_cri_conference.htm
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