Samuel Farber, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Brooklyn College, City University of New York (CUNY)

Towards an Understanding of the Cuban Revolution

Cuba 1959: Roads Chosen and Not Chosen

Tuesday, October 19, 4 pm, 206 Ingraham Hall

Cuba Today: Current Trends and Future Developments

Wednesday, October 20, 4 pm, 8417 Social Science

Open Seminar for Students, Faculty, and the Public

Thursday, October 21, 12:20 pm, 8108 Social Science

This visit is part of an eight-part series titled “RENEWING SOCIALISM FOR THE 21st CENTURY: ALTERNATIVES TO CAPITALISM AND HOW TO GET THERE”.

Co-sponsored by Global Studies and the Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program

SAMUEL FARBER was born and raised in Cuba and received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1969. He has written numerous books and articles on Cuba including Revolution and Reaction in Cuba, 1933-1960, and most recently, The Origins of the Cuban Revolution Reconsidered published by the University of North Carolina Press in 2006. He is currently working on a book on Cuba since the 1959 Revolution for Haymarket Press. He is an Emeritus Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (CUNY.)