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Co-Director of UA’s Center for Cuba Collaboration and Scholarship Retires

From the May 2017 Desktop News | Of his 32 years at The University of Alabama, retiring Spanish professor Dr. Michael Schnepf says that his last 10 have been the best. Since 2007, he has been at the forefront of UA’s ties to Cuba, serving as the director of UA’s Cuban study abroad program and the co-director of the Center for Cuba Collaboration and Scholarship. In the process, he has been to Cuba 35 times. “You don’t ever have to ask if I […]

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Center for Cuba Collaboration and Scholarship Calls for Project Proposals

The University of Alabama Center for Cuba Collaboration and Scholarship is calling for faculty members to submit research project proposals to partner with colleagues in Cuba. Project proposals are due by November 1st, and both faculty members who have visited Cuba before and those new to working in Cuba are allowed to apply. The Center will take up to 12 professors on the trip February 28- March 5, 2016. These proposals should include a brief description of the project’s aims, […]

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Cuba Center Dedication Oct. 15

From the October 2015 Desktop News | A dedication ceremony for The University of Alabama’s new Center for Cuba Collaboration and Scholarship will be held Thursday, Oct. 15 at 1:30 p.m. at Capital Hall on UA’s Bryce campus. In conjunction with the dedication, special guest Dr. Peter Kornbluh, a senior analyst for the National Security Archive, will present “The Secret Story of How Washington and Havana Normalized Diplomatic Relations” at 3:30 p.m. in room 1004 of Shelby Hall on the […]

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Vatican Partners With UA Artist

From the June 2015 Desktop News | UA faculty member and artist-in-residence Chip Cooper was invited to Rome for an exhibit of photographs by him and Cuban photographer Julio Ángel Larramendi Joa as part of the celebration of the 80th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the Vatican. The exhibit, “Campesinos,” is on display at the Massimiliano Massimo Institute in Rome through June. After the exhibit in Rome, the photographs will travel to other Italian cities including Naples, Turin […]

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UA Establishes Cuba Research Center

From the February 2015 Desktop News | The University of Alabama Board of Trustees has approved the establishment of the Center for Cuba Collaboration and Scholarship at UA. The new research center will build on the activities of the Alabama-Cuba Initiative, a 13-year effort to establish educational opportunities in Cuba for UA students and faculty. Both the center and the initiative efforts have been led by UA’s College of Arts and Sciences. UA and Cuban educators and academic institutions have […]

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