The second seminar in the IISC public series features Phil Peters of the Lexington Institute in Washington DC. He is to speak on the US-Cuba relationship on Wednesday 14th November. Click here for full details
Phil, a former staffer in the Reagan and Bush Snr. State Departments is a leading critic of the current US-Cuba policy. You can read his daily blog here.
Following the success of the Ignacio Ramonet lecture, this event is proving very popular.
If you intend to come, please email us to reserve a seat.
Click here  for a downloadable poster for the whole series.

Cuba: The view from Washington
Leading US think-tank expert
to speak on November 14th
IISC is launched with a huge meeting

The Cuba Studies Trust

Cuba Studies Trust has been established to help fund the educational work of the IISC and scholarships for students. . Please email us for an information pack.

IISC in the news

Ignacio Ramonet featured in The Guardian on October 10. His article is available here
Ignacio was also interviewed by BBC world service Radio. Details here

The IISC was the focus of a Page one article in the October Issue of CubaNews a monthly newsletter published out of Washington DC. To read this and a sample of CubaNews click here

On Octobr 8th IISC Assistant director Dr Stephen Wilkinson appeared on More 4 News to discuss the anniversary of the death of Che Guevara.

International Journal
of Cuban Studies

The first edition of our new online journal will be published early in 2008. The journal will be inter-disciplinary. Proposals for publication from scholars in all fields, including science and medicine, are now being accepted. Please visit the relevant page on our website

for updates on progress and please send suggestions for articles in the first instance to admin@cubanstudies.org marked ‘Journal.’
Cuba Report
Issue 2
November 2007

The IISC’s launch event on October 10th was a huge success. The lecture by Ignacio Ramonet, the author of a groundbreaking new biography of Fidel and the director of Le Monde Dioplomatique spoke to an audience of more than 130 people.

Full details of event is to be found here and downloadable Spanish and English versions of his lecture are here

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