[NYTr] Center for Cuban Studies Trips to Cuba
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sent by Jane Franklin - Sept 13, 2004
CENTER FOR CUBAN STUDIES PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH TRIPS
The Bush administration severely restricted all travel to Cuba by the
end of 2003, thus eliminating all people-to-people educational trips and
even most academic trips by students. Those individuals traveling under the
general license for professional research may still travel to Cuba for
purposes of their own specific research. This is not a license category
that must be applied for; it is simply what it says, a general license to
travel BUT ONLY FOR those who qualify as research professionals; it is by
assertion, not by application.
For many years, the Center for Cuban Studies assisted researchers in
their travels and for several years, group trips for researchers were the
only kinds of trips we were able to do. Now, with the new restrictions,
these are once again the only trips we are doing.
Starting in November, we are arranging several research trips for small
numbers of professionals. Currently, these are the planned programs and the
dates for travel:
November 12-21: Architectural Research [limited to professional
architects, planners, designers and academics] in Havana, Santiago de Cuba,
Cienfuegos, Trinidad.
December 3-12: Architectural Research [same limitations], Havana and
Santiago de Cuba
December 5-12: Medical Research [limited to medical personnel and some
non-medical specialists, eg, gerontologists], Havana
December 26, 2004-January 2, 2005: Educational Research [limited to
high school teachers of social science and academics doing research in
politics and/or economics], Havana, Cienfuegos, Trinidad
January 16-23, 2005: Legal and Judicial Research [limited to attorneys,
judges, and academics], Havana and Matanzas
We are now accepting inquiries for all of the trips, but are accepting
actual applications only for the first architectural research trip. The
approximate cost is $3300 including round-trip air fare Miami-Havana, all
hotel accommodations and transportation inside Cuba, breakfast and several
special meals, museum fees, visa, departure tax from Miami, full-time leader
as well as bilingual translator. (It does not include the $25 departure tax
from Havana.) A working itinerary of the trip follows, but please note that
dates and itinerary are subject to change. For information or to receive an
application, write tr...@cubanartspace.net or call 212.242.0559 or
nro...@marazulcharters.com
ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH, November 12-21, led by Bob Mayers, Architect, who
has led several architectural tours to Cuba for CCS.)
Hotel Telegrafo in Havana; Hotel Union in Cienfuegos; Hotel Casa Granda in
Santiago
Day #1 Fri 11/12 Fly Havana via Miami
Participants arrange their own flights from home to Miami
AM group charter flight from Miami to Havana
Day #2: Sat 11/13 Old Havana
Walking tour of Old Havana with Cuban Architect. Free time for
individual research.
Day #3: Sun 11/14 Havana: Neighborhoods and Historic Sights
Visit large scale Model of Havana for an explanation of the citys history,
layout and construction. Bus tour of El Vedado and Miramar, Havana
neighborhoods from different historical periods. Walking tour of
Necropolis Cristsbal Colsn, Cubas most important cemetery, called the
largest sculpture park in the country. Free time for individual research.
Day #4 Mon 11/15 Trinidad / Cienfuegos
Charter flight to Trinidad, Cubas most famous colonial city, named a
UNESCO World Heritage Site. Walking tour of historic center. Afternoon
bus to Cienfuegos. Free time for research.
Day #5 Tue 11/16 Cienfuegos / Havana
Visit Cienfuegos artists studios, galleries. Free time for research.
Afternoon bus to Havana
Day #6 Wed 11/17 Havana: Cuban Modern Architecture
With Cuban Architect guide visit some of Cubas most outstanding
examples of Modernist Architecture from the 1950s-60s. Visit campus
of the National Schools of Art (ISA), a renowned, organically-designed
project of the early 1960s.
Day #7 Thur 11/18 Havana / Santiago de Cuba
Fly Havana to Santiago de Cuba, Cubas second largest city. Visit newly
opened Model of the City of Santiago de Cuba, museums and prefab
public housing projects. Free time for individual research.
Day #8 Fri 11/19 Santiago de Cuba
Visit citys historic core, recent modern architecture by Cuban architects.
Visit Cayo Granma, (formerly Smith Island) and its historic buildings.
Free time for individual research.
Day #9 Sat 11/20 Santiago de Cuba / Havana
AM flight to Havana. If time permits, visit prefab public housing projects,
at Havana del Este. Free time for individual research.
Day #10 Sun 11/21 Havana / Miami
PM flight from Havana to Miami, arrival approx. 5 pm
Participants arrange their own flights home from Miami
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