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Wednesday, May 18 -- Lecture and Dialogue, "Eyes on Cuba: Reflections of a Photographer and an Anthropologist," with Alex Harris. Getty Center, Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, 7pm.
Wednesday May 25-Friday May 27 -- Invited speaker, "Identity and Migration," Conference on Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Guanajuato, Mexico.
June
Sunday June 12 -- Speaker, "Jewish Cuba: Memory, Community, Emigration," Latin American Jewish Studies Association XV International Research Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.
July
Sunday July 24-Sunday July 31 -- Macondo Writers Workshop, San Antonio, Texas.
August
Monday, August 15- Thursday, August 18 -- Invited Speaker, Aboagora 2011, "Rethinking Enlightenment" Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History at Abo Akademi, Turku, Finland.
2010
May
Friday, May 7-Sunday, April 9, Participant in symposium, "Creative Academic Writing," Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Wednesday, May 26-Friday, May 28, Keynote Speaker, "Qualitative Research and Interpretation," Third International Qualitative Research Conference, Universidad de Guanajuato, División de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Departamento de Lenguas, Guanajuato, Mexico.
July
Tuesday, July 13-Friday, July 16, Invited Speaker, International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Los Angeles, California.
Saturday, July 24-Saturday, July 31, Macondo Writers Workshop, San Antonio, Texas.
September
Friday, September 24, Invited Lecture, Temple Israel, New York, New York
October
Thursday, October 7, Invited Lecture and Film Screening, "Adio Kerida," University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
November
Friday, November 19--Saturday, November 20, American Anthropological Association Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
2009
January
Wednesday, January 21, noon -- WILL Radio (NPR affiliate, Urbana, Illinois). For further information, contact Harriet Williamson (hwillmsn@ad.uiuc.edu).
Sunday, January 25, 6:30pm – International Council of Jewish Women and National Council of Jewish Women Greater Miami Section, dinner and lecture at Sazón Cuban Cuisine, 7305 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida. For further information, contact Alissa Pardo Stein (ARS36@aol.com) or ncjwgms@aol.com or call (305) 538-4744.
Thursday, January 29, 5pm –- University of Florida, Tampa. Public lecture, “Still Searching for the Jews of Cuba: On the Island, in Israel, in Miami.” For further information, contact Dr. Mark I. Greenberg (mgreenbe@lib.usf.edu).
Friday, January 30 – Sunday, February 1 -- Congregation Kol Ami, Tampa, Florida, January 30-February 1 -- Scholar-in-Residence, several lectures and presentations during the weekend. For further information, contact Sharon Cross (sscross2go@yahoo.com).
February
Sunday, February 1, 8pm – Miami Airport Hotel, lecture to Congregation Shirat Hayam, North Shore, Massachusetts, mission traveling to Cuba. For further information, contact Jill Goodman (mj-goodman@comcast.net).
Tuesday, February 3 – Thursday, February 5 – Peace College, Raleigh, North Carolina. Several lectures and talks on campus as the Goodmon Scholar. For further information, contact Professor Mercedes Guijarro-Crouch (MCrouch@peace.edu) or Professor Kenny Gannon (KGannon@peace.edu).
Tuesday, February 10, 5pm – University of Miami, Department of Anthropology, Coral Gables, Florida, public lecture. For further information, contact Professor Bryan Page (bryan.page@miami.edu).
Friday, February 20, 5pm – University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School for Communication, Anthropology, and Cinema Studies, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Screening of Adio Kerida and public lecture. For further information, contact Professor John L. Jackson Jr. (jackson5@asc.upenn.edu) or Debra Williams (dwilliams@asc.upenn@edu).
Thursday, February 26, 8pm – Books and Books, Coral Gables, Florida. Presentation of The Portable Island: Cubans At Home in the World. For further information, contact the bookstore at (305) 442-4408.
March
Tuesday, March 3-Wednesday, March 4 – Boca Raton. HBI (Hadassah-Brandeis Institute) Conversations Program. For further information, contact Sarah Twichell (sarahtwi@brandeis.edu).
Tuesday, March 24 – Wednesday, March 25 – University of North Carolina, Asheville. Screening of Adio Kerida and public lecture. For further information, contact Professor Rick Chess (rchess@unca.edu).
Thursday, March 26, 7pm – University of Miami, Center for Latin American Studies, Distinguished Speakers Series, Wesley Center, Coral Gables, Florida. Public lecture, "The Portable Island: How to Be Cuban in an Age When the Soul is Global and Everything Cuban is Chic.” For further information, contact Professor Steve Stein (srafael@miami.edu).
April
Friday, April 3 -- Florida Atlantic University. "Feminist Ethnography in An Age When the Soul is Global" and "What Did You Lose in Cuba? Stories and Struggles of Cuban Jewish Women." Boca Raton, Florida. For further information, contact Professor Josephine Beoku-Betts (beokubet@fau.edu).
Sunday, April 5 – Tuesday, April 7 -- Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Conference/workshop on “Cultured Jews: The Art and Science of Jewish Ethnography.” Armchair conversation with Ruth on April 6th. For further information, contact Professor Marcy Brink-Danan (Marcy_Brink-Danan@brown.edu).
Saturday, April 11-- New York University. Invited speaker at the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the publication of Renato Rosaldo's "Culture and Truth: The Remaking of Social Analysis." For further information, contact Professor Josefina Saldaña (msp6@nyu.edu).
Sunday, April 19 -- Jewish Museum of Florida, Breaking the Glass Ceiling Award, Miami Beach, Florida, 6:30 P.M. For more information, call 305 672-5044, ext. 3175.
Wednesday, April 22, 7pm -- Jewish Genealogical Society of Broward, Alvin Sherman Library, Nova Southeastern University, Davie Florida. For further information, contact Marty Shames (MartShames@aol.com) or Rosa Pinsky (PINSKYR@ccf.org).
May
Thursday, May 14, Americas Society, Literature Section, Launch of Review 78, 680 Park Avenue, New York, New York. 7-9pm.
Thursday, May 28, "The Portable Island: Cuban Diaspora Views on Integration and U.S. Policy," Americas Society, Council of the Americas, World Policy Institute, 680 Park Avenue, New York, New York, 6:30-8PM. For more information, contact Danielle Renwick at drenwick@as-coa.org or 212 -277-8390.
Friday, May 29, 7pm -- McNally Jackson Books, 52 Prince Street, New York City (b/t Lafayette & Mulberry). Presentation of The Portable Island: Cubans At Home in the World. For further information, contact Javier Molea (javier.molea@gmail.com) or the bookstore at (212) 274-1160.
June
Sunday, June 1- Tuesday, June 3, Montreal, Canada. HBI (Hadassah-Brandeis Institute) Conversations Program. For further information, contact Jennifer Solomon (Jennifer.Solomon@jplmontreal.org)
Wednesday, June 11-Saturday, June 14. Latin American Studies Association Meeting, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
July
July 25 – August 1 – Macondo Writers Workshop. Co-teaching Famosa Workshop with Marjorie Agosin, San Antonio, Texas.
April
Thursday, April 8— Speaker on panel, “Sacred Art: Writing to Change the World,” Association of Writers and Writing Programs, Denver, Colorado.
Thursday, April 15- Friday, April 16— Invited Lectures, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
Wednesday, April 21— Invited Lecture, Latina/Latino Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
October
Wednesday, October 21 – Invited lecture and film screening, “Adio Kerida, Shalom Ruti,” Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Senate Hall, Beersheva, Israel, 4pm, followed by Q & A.
Saturday, October 31— Keynote lecture, “Latina and Latino Studies Silver Anniversary Symposium: Past, Present, and Future of the Discipline,” University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 3700 Haven Hall, 6pm.
November
Thursday, November 12 -- Invited speaker for panel, "Unlikely Neighbors? The Jewish Experience in the New World, Historic perspectives on Jewish life in Spain, New Mexico, Argentina and Cuba," in conjunction with University of New Mexico, Latin American and Iberian Institute, Student Union Building, 1-5pm. Register through http://laii.unm.edu/events/.
Thursday, November 12 – Screening of Adio Kerida, “¡Celébrate! The Jewish Experience in Spanish-Speaking Countries,” National Hispanic Cultural Center, Bank of America Theatre, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 7pm, followed by Q & A.
Wednesday, November 18-Thursday, November 19—Invited lectures, Northwestern University.
December
Thursday, December 3-Sunday, December 6 – American Anthropological Association Meetings, speaking in invited panels, “Exploring the Boundaries of Expressive Media in Anthropology” (12/3) and “Purposes, Challenges, and Futures of Ethnographic Research and Writing” (12/6), and reading at “Coming Close: Literary Readings in Ethnography” (12/5), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2008
January
Thurs, January 17 -- Mezes Hall, basement level, Auditorium # 0.306, University of Texas, Austin, 4pm. Sponsored by the
Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies
Tues, January 29 -- University of Florida, Gainesville, 4pm
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