History course: The Shaping of Modern Cuba
Study Cuban History at LondonMet
OPEN TO ALL
The Shaping of Modern Cuba
HC2007N
11 two-hour sessions
Monday 1-3pm
2 February - 27 April
(with 2-week Easter break)
This 2nd year undergraduate module is led by Professor Jean Stubbs who has the assistance of IISC staff members, Dr Stephen Wilkinson and Emily Morris as guest lecturers.
The course is taught in 12 two-hour sessions over 12 weeks and covers the whole of Cuban history from colonial times to the present day with an emphasis on analysing the currents and influences that shape modern day Cuba.
The module explores contemporary Cuba through the prism of its history, the antecedents to and aftermath of the 1959 Revolution, present-day politics and economics, society and culture, and what the future may hold.
A critical examination of texts and audiovisual representations provides a general grounding in Cuba, as well as the opportunity to further specialist interests in a wide range of topics, from race, class, gender, and religion, through music and dance, to science, health, nutrition and the environment.
The Shaping of Modern Cuba may be taken as a short course and may also be taken for credit by students at other universities.
You can access further information and enrol online via the following link:
/depts/hale/shortcourses/hal-short-courses/caribbean-studies.cfm
Alternatively, you may phone the Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Languages and Education Short Course Coordinator Johanna McKinney on 44 (0) 7133 4398 or 2437
You may also email Professor Jean Stubbs: j.stubbs@londonmet.ac.uk
Core texts:
Chomsky, Aviva, Barry Carr, & Pamela Maria Smorkaloff (2004) The Cuba Reader: History, Culture, Politics, Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press
Gott, Richard (2004) Cuba: A New History, New Haven & London: Yale University Press
