In celebration of the 125th anniversary of the Cuban Summer School, you are invited to join the Harvard University Archives in collaboration with the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, for a panel discussion honoring this landmark expedition when Harvard University welcomed more than 1,200 Cuban educators to a one-of-a-kind summer program.  

“Cuban Teachers at Harvard in the Era of Scientific Racism.” 
Alejandro de la Fuente 
Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics; Professor of African and African American Studies and of History; Director, Afro-Latin American Research Institute, Hutchins Center for African and African American Research  

“Cubanizing Americanization: The Harvard Summer School for Cuban Teacher in Context.” 
Lillian Guerra 
Professor of Cuban & Caribbean History, Department of History, University of Florida 

“The Visit of Cuban Teachers to Harvard in 1900 and the Development of Feminism and Suffragism in Cuba in the Early Decades of the 20th Century.” 
Marial Iglesias Utset 
Visiting Research Scholar, Afro-Latin American Research Institute, Hutchins Center for African and African American Research 

Moderated by Erin Goodman, Executive Director of the Weatherhead Center. 

Welcoming Remarks by Virginia Hunt, University Archivist, Harvard University Archives. 

Reception to follow in the Harvard University Archives' Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library. Light refreshments provided. 

Reservations are required as space is limited. The panel will also be available on Zoom for audience members unable to attend in person; Zoom link will be shared with registrants one week prior to the event.

Register for in-person panel and reception, as well as the hybrid panel, here.