Visiting Scholars from Cuba
(Fall 1998 – Fall 2012)
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HARVARD UNIVERSITY
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Program of Scientific and Scholarly Collaboration and Exchange between Harvard University and Cuba
Visiting scholars from Cuba
(fall 1998-Fall 2012)
Visiting Scholar / Research Topic or Project / Institution / Harvard Host / DatesFall 1998
Pedro Monreal González / Cuba's Insertion into the World Economy: The Limits of 'Upgrading' / Center for the Studies of the International Economy, University of Havana / John Coatsworth
History Department / October 1998
Haroldo Dilla / Cuba Today: Civil Society, Political Economy, and International Relations; The United States, Latin America, and Europe: Analysis of the New Agenda / Institute of Philosophy,
University of Havana / John Coatsworth
History Department / October 1998
Mauricio de Miranda / Reform and Reinsertion of the Cuban Economy in the 90's / Department of Economics, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Cali / John Coatsworth
History Department / October 1998
Rafael M. Hernández / Cuba Today: Civil Society, Political Economy, and International Relations / Juan Marinello Center for Research and Development of Cuban Culture (CMJ) / Jorge I. Domínguez
Government Department / October 1998
Spring/Fall 1999
Roberto F. Fernández / Certification Procedures for BL-3
Facility / Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine / Melvi nFirst
Harvard School of Public Health / April - May 1999
Araceli García Carranza / Organization of "Escoto Collection" in Houghton Library / José Martí National Library / William P Stoneman
The Houghton Library / May - June 1999
Luís René Fernández Tabio / The Miami Enclave and a Potential Economic Relation with Cuba / Center for the Study of the United States (CESEU), University of Havana / Jorge I. Domínguez
Government Department / November -December
1999
Spring 2000
Soraya Castro Marino / The US Policy-Making Process Towards Cuba After the Cold War / Center for the Study of the United States (CESEU) / Jorge I. Domínguez
Government Department / February - March
2000
Rafael M. Hernández / Cuba: New Transitions and Civil Society / Juan Marinello Center for Research and Development of Cuban Culture (CMJ) / John Coatsworth
History Department / March 2000
Rosendo Díaz / Comparative Study of Science and Technology Policy in Latin America / Center for the Study of the Cuban Economy
(CEEC), University of Havana / Otto Solbrig
Harvard University Herbaria / March 2000
Anselmo Otero González / Optimization of Protein and Nucleotide Adjuvants with Immunoestimulatory Properties / Department of Biochemistry
University of Havana / John David
Harvard School of Public Health / March - April
2000
Jorge Mario Sánchez / U.S. Cuba Commercial Relations—Effects over the Exchange Rate / Center for the Study of the United States (CESEU), University of Havana / Dwight Perkins
Harvard Institute for International Development / March – April 2000
Ricardo Herrera / Taxonomy of Glomeromycota Fungi / Botanical Garden, Havana / Otto Solbrig
Harvard University Herbaria / May 2000
Summer 2000
Gustavo Kourí / Cuba’s Healthcare System
AIDS Research & Treatment / Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine / Paul Farmer
Harvard Medical School / June 2000
Jorge Pérez Avila / Cuba’s Healthcare System
AIDS Research & Treatment / Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine / Paul Farmer
Harvard Medical School / June 2000
Guadalupe Guzmán / Cuba’s Healthcare System
AIDS Research & Treatment / Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine / Paul Farmer
Harvard Medical School / June 2000
Heidi Torres Garcia / Research in Orchidology / Cienfuegos Botanical Garden / Gustavo Romero
Harvard University
Herbaria / June 2000
Marta Aleida Díaz &
Arabel Cuesta Molina / Research in Orchidology / Cienfuegos Botanical Garden / Gustavo Romero
Harvard University
Herbaria / June – July 2000
Fall 2000
Mayra Mune Jiménez / Dengue Virus Vaccine w/
DNA Immunization / Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine / Donald Harn
Harvard School of Public Health
Gisela Arandia Covarrubias / Comparative Study of Race in Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico / UNEAC (Union de Artistas y Escritores) / Randy Matory
Department of Anthropology / October 2000
Isabel Jaramillo Edwards / U.S. Foreign Policy Towards Latin America / Center for the Study of the Americas (CEA) / Jorge I. Domínguez
Government Department / October 2000
Victor Fowler Calzada / The Way Writers in the U.S. Imagine Havana / University of Havana Department of Literature & Biblioteca Nacional José Martí / Doris Sommer, Department of Romance Languages / November 2000
Orlando García / The Sugar Trade between Cienfuegos and Boston / Archivo Provincial Cienfuegos & UNEAC / John Coatsworth
History Department / November 2000
Spring/Summer 2001
Oscar Zanetti / The State's Regulation of Cuba's Sugar Industry / Cuban Institute of History / John Coatsworth
History Department / April 2001
Lisette Pérez / HIV Load Viral Testing / Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine / Paul Farmer
Arachu Castro
Harvard Medical School / July – October 2001
Fall 2001
Julio César Pérez / Loeb Fellow at the GSD / University of Havana, Faculty of Architecture / Lee Cott
Graduate School of Design / Fall 2001-Spring 2002
Luis Rene Fernández Tabio / The Impact of Cuban Business Networks in Miami and San Juan on Bilateral Trade / Center for The Study of United States (CESEU), University of Havana / Xavier de Souza Briggs
JFK School of Government
Jorge I. Domínguez
Government Department / September – October 2001
Orlando Gutiérrez / Improving Public Administration Mechanisms at the Local Government Levels / CEEC & Catedra de Administración Pública, University of Havana / Xavier Briggs
JFK School of Government / September 2001
Antonio Iglesias Morrell / Comparative Public Administration Teaching Methodologies / Catedra de Administración Pública,
University of Havana / Xavier Briggs
JFK School of Government / September 2001
Orlando García / The Living Memory Project: Oral History and Archival Research / Archivo Provincial Cienfuegos / John Coatsworth
History Department / November 2001
Rafael M. Hernández / U.S.-Cuba Relations After Sept. 11th / Juan Marinello Center for Research and Development of Cuban Culture (CMJ) / John Coatsworth
History Department / November 2001
Spring/Summer 2002
Mario Coyula Cowley / Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professor of Latin American Studies (GSD) / Director of the Integrated Development of Group for the Havana / Lee Cott
Graduate School of Design / Spring Semester 2002
Carlos Alzugaray Treto / U.S. –Cuba Relations: Opportunities For Strengthening Relations / Instituto Superior de Relaciones Internacionales (ISRI), Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Jorge I. Domínguez
Government Department / March – April 2002
Marta Lesmes / Literary and Political figure Jorge Manach’s formative years in Cambridge / Institute for Literature and Linguistics / José Antonio Mazzotti
Department of Romance Language and Literature / April 2002
Beatriz Sierra / HLA Class I genes and Dengue in Cuba, 1981-1997 / Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine / Harvard School of Public Health / April-June 2002
Ana Margarita Mateo Palmer / Recent production of young Cuban novelists / Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana / Esther Whitfield
History and Literature Department / May – June 2002
Alfredo Prieto / U.S. Media Coverage of Cuba / Editor-in-Chief of Temas Magazine / Jorge I. Domínguez
Government Department / May 2002
Ricardo A. Herrera Peraza / Taxonomy of Glomeromycota Fungi / Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática / Don Pfister
Farlow Herbarium / May 2002
Giraldo Alayón García / Biodiversity and biogeography of
Spiders / Museum of Natural History / Gonzalo Giribet &
Brian Farell / May – June
2002
Fall 2002
Enrique Beldarraín Chaple / Historical Evolution of Epidemic Diseases in the Americas: 1492 – 2000 / Calixto Garcia Faculty of Medicine / Arachu Castro
Harvard Medical School / November – December 2002
Rosa Oliveras / Community Development: Municipal Strategic Planning / Grupo Para el Desarollo Integral de la Capital / Xavier de Souza Briggs, JFK School of Government / November 2003
Spring 2003
Omar Everleny Pèrez Villanueva / Foreign Direct Investment in Cuba and the Caribbean / University of Havana / Jorge I. Domínguez
Government Department / March – April 2003
Mayra Espina Prieto / Poverty and Social Policy in Cuba: Addressing the Challenges of Social and Economic Change / Centro de Investigaciones Psicológicas y Sociológicas / Xavier de Souza Briggs
JFK School of Government / March – April 2003
Angela Ferriol / Poverty and Social Policy in Cuba: Addressing the Challenges of Social and Economic Change / Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Económicas / Xavier de Souza Briggs
JFK School of Government / March – April 2003
Viviana Togores González / Poverty and Social Policy in Cuba: Addressing the Challenges of Social and Economic Change / Centro de Estudios de la Economía Cubana, University of Havana / Xavier de Souza Briggs
JFK School of Government / March – April 2003
Fall 2003
Vivian Kourí Cardella / Genotypes of Kshv in Cuba / Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine / Jae Jung
Harvard Medical School / Fall 2003
Danice Vázquez de Alvaré / Intellectual Property Law and its Relation to Industrial Property / University of Havana / William Fisher
Harvard Law School / Fall 2003
Spring 2004
Alicia Reyes Jiménez / HIV/AIDS Resource Allocation / Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine / Arachu Castro,
Harvard Medical School / Spring 2004
Fall 2004
Haroldo Dilla / Governability in the Caribbean / Flasco-Dominican Republic / Xavier de Souza Briggs,
JFK School of Government / Fall 2004
Raúl Díaz / Comparison of two PCR-based DNA fingerprinting methods for typing Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine / Eric Rubin
Harvard School of Public Health / Fall 2004
Jorge Maestre Mesa / Investigation of the function of virulence regulators of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using Genome-Wide Location Analysis. / Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine / Eric Rubin
Harvard School of Public Health / Fall 2004
Rayner Rodríguez / The of Cytotoxic T-lymphocytes in the Immune Response to Bacterial Infections such as Chlamydia / Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine / Michael Starnbach
Harvard Medical School / Fall 2004
Eduardo Luis Rodríguez Fernández / Cuba-U.S. Architectural Interchanges in the 20th Century / Independent Architect / Lee Cott
Harvard School of Design / Fall 2004
Spring 2005
Jorge Pérez Ávila / HIV/AIDS in Cuba / Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine / Arachu Castro,
Harvard Medical School / Spring 2005
Rafael M. Hernández / Two Cubas or More: Perceptions and Realities / Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de la Cultura Cubana “Juan Marinello” / John H. Coatsworth
DRCLAS / Spring 2005
Fall 2006
Rafael M. Hernández / Cuba: Culture and Society and
United States-Cuban Relations / Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de la Cultura Cubana “Juan Marinello” / Andrew Gordon
History Department / Fall 2006
Spring 2009
Jorge Pérez Ávila / HAART and Quality of Life of AIDS patients in Cuba / Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine / Arachu Castro,
Harvard Medical School / Spring 2009
Fall 2009
Ida González Nuñez / HAART and Quality of Life of AIDS patients in Cuba / Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine / Arachu Castro,
Harvard Medical School / Fall 2009
Carlos Aragonés / HAART and Quality of Life of AIDS patients in Cuba / Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine / Arachu Castro,
Harvard Medical School / Fall 2009
Raúl Rodríguez Rodríguez / A Triangular Comparative Analysis of U.S. and Canadian Cuba Policy 1959-1963 / University of Havana, Center for the Study of the Hemisphere and the United States / Kim Williams
JFK School of Government / Fall 2009
Lourdes Josefina Rodríguez Schettino* / Anolis Symposium- Presence of lizards of the genus Anolis in the protected areas of Cuba as a way for their conservation / Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática / Jonathan Losos,
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology / Fall 2009
Luis Manuel Díaz Beltrán* / Anolis Symposium-Cuba: an anole lizard’s paradise / Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Cuba / Jonathan Losos,
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology / Fall 2009
Orlando Garrido* / Anolis Symposium- Personal observations on the morphological variation of Anolis
allisoni and A. porcatus in Cuba / Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Cuba / Jonathan Losos,
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology / Fall 2009
Spring 2010
Marta Núñez Sarmiento / Proposals for a transition towards democracy in Cuba elaborated by U.S. scholarly institutions (2004-2009) / University of Havana, Centro de Estudios de Migraciones Internacionales / Jorge I. Domínguez
Government Department / Spring 2010
Armando Nova González / Cuba-USA Trade: The Agrarian Sector and Beyond / University of Havana, Centro de Estudios de la Economía Cubana / Jorge I. Domínguez
Government Department / Spring 2010
Omar Everleny Pérez Villanueva / Foreign Direct Investment in Cuba and the Caribbean: Risks or Benefits / University of Havana, Centro de Estudios de la Economía Cubana / Jorge I. Domínguez
Government Department / Spring 2010
Pavel Vidal Alejandro / Cuban Monetary Policy and the Global Financial Crisis / University of Havana, Centro de Estudios de la Economía Cubana / Jorge I. Domínguez
Government Department / Spring 2010
Gerardo Martínez Machin / The Pathogenisis of Histoplasmosis / Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine / Eric Rubin
Harvard School of Public Health
Michael Starnbach
Harvard Medical School / Spring 2010
Juan Antonio García Borrero* / El cine como historia, la historia como cine- “Sobre el icaicentrismo en la historia del cine cubano” / Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC) / Brad Epps,
Romance Languages and Literature / Spring 2010
Luciano Castillo / El cine como historia, la historia como cine- “Páginas de una historia olvidada: La Cuba Sono Film.” / Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (EICTV) / Brad Epps,
Romance Languages and Literature / Spring 2010
Soraya Castro Marino / Where is Cuba in U.S. Foreign Policy Today? / University of Havana, Centro de Estudios de los Estados Unidos / Jorge I. Domínguez
Government Department / Spring 2010
FALL 2010
Jorge Pérez Ávila / HAART and Quality of Life of AIDS patients in Cuba / Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine / Arachu Castro,
Harvard Medical School / Fall 2010
Natalia Bolívar Arostegui / Santeria in Cuba / Union of Writers and Artists / Jorge I. Domínguez
Government Department / Fall 2010
Lázaro Peña Castellanos / Cuba-USA Trade: The Agrarian Sector and Beyond / University of Havana, Centro de Estudios de la Economía Cubana / Jorge I. Domínguez
Government Department / Fall 2010
Jorge Mario Sánchez-Egozcue / Cuba’s International Insertion and Prospects for Cuba-U.S. Trade / University of Havana, Centro de Estudios de los Estados Unidos / Jorge I. Domínguez
Government Department / Fall 2010
Anicia Esther García Álvarez / Cuba-USA Trade: The Agrarian Sector and Beyond / University of Havana, Centro de Estudios de la Economía Cubana / Jorge I. Domínguez
Government Department / Fall 2010
spring 2011
Carlos Alzugaray Treto / Historical Sciences / University of Havana, Centro de Estudios de los Estados Unidos / Jorge I. Domínguez
Government Department / Spring 2011
Miguel Barnet* / Black in Latin America Conference / Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba / Henry Louis Gates, W.E.B. DuBois Institute / Spring 2011
Tomas Fernandez Robaina* / Black in Latin America Conference / Department of Arts and Humanities, University of Havana / Henry Louis Gates, W.E.B. DuBois Institute / Spring 2011
Olga Rosa Gonzalez Martin / Role of Media in U.S.-Cuba Relations / University of Havana, Centro de Estudios de los Estados Unidos / Jorge I. Domínguez
Government Department / Spring 2011
Gerardo Martinez Machín / Biology of Histoplasma capsulatum / Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri / Eric Rubin, HSPH
Michael Starnbach, HMS / Spring 2011
Anselmo Otero González / Marine Antimicrobial Peptides / Department of Biochemistry
University of Havana / Michael Starnbach
Harvard Medical School / Spring 2011
Marial Iglesia Utset* / Black in Latin America Conference / Department of History, University of Havana / Henry Louis Gates, W.E.B. DuBois Institute / Spring 2011
Fall 2011
Mario Coyula Cowley / Joseph Sert’s Plans for Havana / School of Architecture, CUJAE / Jorge I. Domínguez
Government Department / Fall 2011
Mareelén de la Caridad Diaz Tenorio / The Cuban Family, Regional Differences, and Social Heterogenization / Center for Psychological and Sociological Studies (CIPS) / Jorge I. Domínguez
Government Department / Fall 2011
Nora Gámez Torres* / Popular Music and Social Change in Contemporary Cuba / University College, London / Jorge I. Domínguez
Government Department / Fall 2011
Ana María Hernández Vázquez / Potential Application in Cancer Immunotherapy / Center for Molecular Immunology / Michael Starnbach
Harvard Medical School / Fall 2011
Lucy Martín Posada / Social Structures and Inequality and Agricultural Workers and Agrarian Transformation / Center for Psychological and Sociological Studies (CIPS) / Jorge I. Domínguez
Government Department / Fall 2011
Milagros Martínez Reinosa* / History of Academic Exchanges between Cuba and the United States / Oficina de la Vice-Rectora de Relaciones Internacionales, University of Havana / Jorge I. Domínguez
Government Department / Fall 2011
Ricardo Torres Pérez / The Impact of Structural Change on Economic Growth in Cuba / Center for the Study of the Cuban Economy, University of Havana / Jorge I. Domínguez
Government Department / Fall 2011
Spring 2012
Anselmo de Jesús Otero González / Marine Antimicrobial Peptides / Department of Biochemistry,
University of Havana / Michael Starnbach
Harvard Medical School / Spring 2012
Raúl Díaz Rodríguez / Diagnosis and Control of Tuberculosis / Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine / Michael Starnbach
Harvard Medical School / Spring 2012
Omar Everleny Pérez Villanueva* / Updating the Cuban Economy / Center for the Study of the Cuban Economy, University of Havana / Jorge I. Domínguez
Government
Department / Spring 2012
Marial Iglesias Utset* / A Creole Family and its Slaves in Saint-Domingue and Cuba: A Transatlantic Experience / Department of Philosophy and History,
University of Havana / Jorge I. Domínguez
Government
Department / Spring 2012
Gerardo Martínez Machín / Histoplasmosis / Department of Microbiology,
Higher Institute of Medical Sciences, Havana / Michael Starnbach
Harvard Medical School / Spring 2012
Fall 2012
Betsy Anaya Cruz / Productive chains and clusters in Cuban agricultural and food exports / Center for the Study of the Cuban Economy / Jorge Dominguez
Government Department / Fall 2012
Yailenis Mulet Concepción / The Combination of Production Policies on Territorial, Sectorial, and Global scales. / Center for the Study of the Cuban Economy / Jorge Dominguez
Government Department / Fall 2012
*= Shorter-term one-week visitor. In most cases, DRCLAS Cuban Studies Program was only a co-sponsor of the visit and another Harvard Department co-sponsored the visit.