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		Cuba Report	Issue 9	May 2008

After Fidel: Roundtable discussion

Tuesday 20 May, 2008. 6.30pm
Canning House
2 Belgrave Square,
SW1X 8PJ

An evening of expert discussion concentrating on the significance of Fidel Castro’s recent retirement from the Presidency and the prospects for change both internally and in Washington following the forthcoming Presidential elections.

Chair:
David Ridgway CMG OBE
British Ambassador to Cuba from 1998-2001

Participants:
Professor Elizabeth Dore, University of Southampton
Dr George Lambie, De Montfort University
Emily Morris, Institute for the Study of the Americas
Dr Stephen Wilkinson, International Institute for the Study of Cuba

To attend: Canning House members may register online
Non-member students and academics can attend free, but they must register with www.canninghouse.com and then contact corporate@canninghouse.com by email to request a complimentary booking.

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		140 attend Cuban author's book launch
		On 24 April, 2008, The IISC was host to the acclaimed Cuban author Leonardo Padura who presented his latest English language publication Havana Gold Over 140 people, academics, students and Cubans, including the Cuban Ambassador, His Excellency Rene Mujica Cantelar, gathered in the prestigious Graduate Centre on Holloway Road to hear Padura talk on his work and cultural life in Cuba today. For full story click here

First cohort King's students successfully complete research module

Picture shows Kings' College medical students on completion of their study module provided by the IISC. L-R: students Rishabh Sing and Oliver Johnson; IISC Director Professor Patrick Pietroni; Honorary Fellow and tutor Dr Judith Harvey and student Nadia Saad.

April 18: The first cohort of medical students from Kings' College who have been following a study/research module in Cuban medical care provided by the IISC successfully completed their course this week.
Rishabh Sing, Oliver Johnson and Nadia Saad all completed a written assignment into an aspect of Cuban medical care based on their own research. Kings' tutor, Dr Ann Wylie,who contracted the IISC to provide the course, says she is happy with the outcome and will continue the collaboration next year.

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		Medical Study Tour: New Dates Owing to unforeseen circumstances the first IISC study tour for Medical and primary health professionals has been postponed to November. The tour will now depart on Virgin Atlantic for Havana on November 30 for a programme that comprises a week of visits and seminars looking at all aspects of Cuban medical care, including the system, its ethos, treatment regimes, institutions, research and facilities. The tour will be led by IISC Director Professor Patrick Pietroni. Full details and the cost of participation in posted our website. For further information contact Dr Stephen Wilkinson London Met study tour departs December 6 Following the success of last year's London Metropolitan study tour to Cuba, the International Institute for the Study of Cuba has arranged another itinerary for 2008. This tour has been organised in conjunction with the tour company Old Havana Ltd and departs for a week on December 6. Full details are posted on our site here The tour has been arranged for students and staff at London Metropolitan University but participants from other institutions are welcome. It will be accompanied by Dr Stephen Wilkinson, Assistant Director of the IISC. To read what last year's group thought of the experience, click here Members of last year's group enjoying themselves in Cuba				Forthcoming Event Cuba's Engagement with China: Domestic and Regional Implications Dr. Adrian H. Hearn Institute for International Studies The University of Technology Sydney Wednesday 30th July, 2008. 6.30pm Henry Thomas Room, North campus, Holloway Road, London, N7 8DB This seminar examines how intensifying economic collaboration between Cuba and the People's Republic of China has impacted the island's domestic development strategies and the character of its relations with Latin America. In 2005 China became Cuba's second largest trading partner (after Venezuela) and Chinese industrial manufacturing firms have identified Cuba as a potential production platform for expanding their Latin American market. Dr. Adrian H. Hearn (pictured) is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute for International Studies, The University of Technology Sydney. Adrian has conducted research in Cuba (three years) and China (ten months), and is currently undertaking a study of Chinese engagement with Latin America. Entrance to this seminar is FREE but to attend please register by email: admin@cubastudies.org For more information click here


						IISC contributes to major US think-tank report on Cuba relations
						An article on UK-Cuba relations by Professor Margaret Blunden of the Policy Unit at the IISC forms part of a detailed new report on the future of relations with Cuba published in April by a leading Washington Think-Tank. Opting for engagament is published by the Washington Office on Latin America and argues that engagement with Cuba not only makes good sense domestically for the US but is also far more likely to benefit dialogue and human rights in Cuba than isolation. To download the full report click here

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