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.

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

February

Thurs, Feb. 7 -- Books and Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, Florida 8pm

Sun, Feb 10 – Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, Pomegranate Tea, 4pm

Tues, Feb 12 – Barnes and Nobles, Encino, CA, 7:30pm

Wed, Feb. 13 -- Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles. Joint presentation with Rosa Lowinger, author of TROPICANA NIGHTS, 7:30 pm

Fri, Feb. 15 – University of California-Santa Cruz, Gold Lecture, 4pm

Thurs, Feb. 28 -- B'nai Torah Congregation, 6261 SW 18th Street, Boca Raton, Florida, 7:30 p.m.* Call (561) 392-8566 for more information.

March

Thurs, March 6 – “Why Identity Still Matters,” Distinguished Lecture, University of Miami, 7pm

Thurs, March 13-Sat, March 15 – Symposium, “A Changing Cuba in a Changing World,” CUNY Graduate Center, NY

Wed, March 19 – Barnes and Nobles, Kendall, Miami, 7pm

Tues, March 25 – Exhibition Opening, “A Journey to Jewish Cuba: Stories and Photographs,” University of Miami, Coral Gables, 7pm

April

Wed, April 9 -- Southern New Jersey Region of Hadassah, "The Many Faces of Judaism," Forsgate Country Club, Monroe Township, NJ, 1:30pm

Wed, April 9 – Westchester Jewish Center, Mamaroneck, New York, 7pm

Thurs, April 10 -- Barnard College, "Impossible Homecomings: Women Ethnographers and the Places They Left Behind," 5:30pm. Location: Elliott Parlor, Elliott Hall, First floor, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027. For more information: 212-854-2067, bcrw@barnard.edu, www.barnard.edu/bcrw

May

Sun, May 4 -- National Yiddish Book Center, Melinda Rosenblatt Lecture, 2:00pm. Location: 1021 West Street, Amherst, MA 01002. For more
information: 413-256-4900.

Mon, May 19 – Jewish Community Center of the Greater Five Towns, Cedarhurst, New York, 8pm

June

Fri, June 6 – Keynote lecture, “The Haunted Life of the Professional Listener,” Institute for Clinical Social Work, graduation ceremony, Chicago, 7 pm

July

Thurs, July 3 – Keynote lecture, “Globalization and its Discontents: A Tale of Two Sisters,” LOVA International Conference, Netherlands Association for Gender and Feminist Anthropology, Ethnographies of Gender and Globalization,  Amsterdam, 4:15 pm

September

Thurs, September 25 – University of Kansas, Lawrence

October

Thursday, October 2 – Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Sunday, October 19 – Monday, October 20 – Wesleyan University, speaker at Homecoming/Family Weekend and at Monday noon lecture series, Middletown, Connecticut

Thursday, October 23 – Keynote lecture, American Folklore Society, Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky

November

Thursday, November 13 – Friday, November 14 – Center for Jewish Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

Saturday, November 15 – Sunday, November 16 – Miami Book Fair, presentation of The Portable Island: Cubans At Home in the World

Wednesday, November 19 – Sunday, November 23 – American Anthropological Association Meeting, San Francisco, California

2007

October

Thurs, Oct. 4-7 -- "Macarturos," Latina/Latino MacArthur Fellows. Ruth is featured at various venues during the "Latino Genius: Locos, Dreams and Visionaries" event in San Antonio Texas. Please see Sandra Cisneros's website for more info on MacArturos & the MacArthur Foundation.

Mon, Oct. 15 -- Bureau of Jewish Education, San Francisco, 7:30pm*

Thurs, Oct. 18 -- The Jewish Museum, “Books in Focus” series, New York City, 6:30pm

Fri, Oct. 19 -- American Jewish Committee, WolfBlock Conference Room, Philadelphia, 12pm

November

Thurs, Nov. 1 – CUNY Graduate Center, New York City, 4pm

Fri, Nov. 2 -- 92nd Street Y, “A Cuban Shabbat with Ruth Behar,” New York City, 8pm

Sat, Nov. 3 -- JCC Community Center in Manhattan (334 Amsterdam Avenue at 76th Street). Book presentation featuring salsa dancing and tropical treats, New York City, 2-5pm

Sun, Nov. 4 -- Center for Jewish History/Yeshiva University Museum, 15 West 16th Street, New York City. After Ruth's presentation there will be a Cuban-style reception with a performance by Irving Fields of "Bagels and Bongos" fame. Free and open to the public, 7pm

Wed, Nov. 7 -- Jewish Federation Library, Omaha, NE, noon*

Thurs, Nov. 8 -- Jewish Community Center, Cherry Hill, NJ, noon*

Sat, Nov. 10 -- Miami International Book Fair, Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus, 300 NE Second Avenue, Prometeo, Room 1101, noon

Tues, Nov. 13 -- Shaman Drum Bookstore, Ann Arbor, MI, 7pm

Wed, Nov. 14 -- Jewish Community Center, Ann Arbor, MI, noon*

Thurs, Nov. 15 -- Harvard Hillel, Cambridge, 7pm

Fri, Nov. 16 -- Wellesley College, Founders 120, Wellesley, MA, 12:30-2pm

December

Wed, Dec. 5 -- Alliance Francaise de Chicago, Chicago, 7pm.**

Thurs, Dec. 6 -- Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, 7pm**

Fri, Dec. 7 -- Congregation B'nai Torah, Olympia, WA, 6pm

Wed, Dec 12 – Detroit JCC Book Club, Detroit, 1pm