E. Kirk, S. Rein, Cynthia Wright, Karen Dubinsky, Zaira Zarza
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Canada and Cuba have a long historical relationship, in governmental and non-governmental realms alike. While hundreds of Canadian students take part in educational exchanges from a variety of Canadian universities, Canadian/Cuban scholarly ties are not as strong as they are in the US or even the UK. There are a handful of internationally recognized Cuba scholars who have been working in Canada for some decades, among them John M. Kirk, Hal Klepak and Keith Ellis. Cuban scholarship in Canada is still notably scant and it cannot really be classified in generational terms. However it is clear that the work of these senior scholars is bearing fruit, as other scholars located in Canada are increasingly working in Cuban Studies, in both teaching and research.
A few of these scholars came together recently to discuss their experiences. This isn’t an exhaustive or representative group. The participants in this roundtable conversation include those trained as Cubanists, trained in other fields but with more recent research and/or teaching ties to Cuba, and a Cuban educated in Canada. We came together to discuss what we see as the state of the field in Cuban/Canadian studies today and in the future.
加拿大和古巴在政府和非政府领域都有着悠久的历史关系。虽然数百名加拿大学生参加了来自加拿大各大学的教育交流,但加拿大与古巴的学术关系并不像在美国甚至英国那样牢固。有几位国际公认的古巴学者在加拿大工作了几十年,其中包括约翰·m·柯克(John M. Kirk)、哈尔·克莱帕克(Hal Klepak)和基思·埃利斯(Keith Ellis)。加拿大对古巴的研究仍然非常少,而且不能真正按代际来分类。然而,这些资深学者的工作显然正在取得成果,因为在加拿大的其他学者越来越多地从事古巴研究的教学和研究工作。其中一些学者最近聚在一起讨论了他们的经历。这不是一个详尽的或具有代表性的群体。参加这次圆桌会议的人包括受过古巴人培训的人、受过其他领域培训但与古巴有最近的研究和/或教学联系的人,以及在加拿大接受教育的古巴人。我们聚在一起讨论我们所看到的古巴/加拿大研究领域的现状和未来。