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Cuba

Cuba: An Exploration of Class, Race, & Religion

Term To Study: Winter-Break 2015-2016
Application Deadline: Jun 12, 2015
Program Starts: Aug 31, 2015
Program Ends: Jan 11, 2016
Program Category: One-Country
Program Type: Faculty-led
Program Fee: $500
Program Locations: Havana, Santiago De Cuba, Trinidad
Contact Phone: 704-337-2304
Contact Name: Dr. Diane Mowrey
Contact Email: mowreyd@queens.edu
What is Included: Roundtrip Airfare
Accommodations/lodging
Program itinerary
Most breakfasts
Health insurance
Visa
What is not Included: Passport
Lunches & dinners
Personal expenses
Souvenirs
Estimated Costs: Supplement with JBIP fund: $500
Hayworth/Full-pay: $3,700
Deposit: $250
Passport: $135
Meals: $250-350 (varies based on preferences)
Immunizations: $140
Program Description

One’s identity emerges from a variety of factors: ethnicity, race, class, religious tradition, and geographic location. Cuba at this point in its history offers an ideal setting for exploring the questions of identity that emerge from the intersection of class, race, and religion. In addition, Cuba boasts an equally diverse religious population, and class plays a significant role in Cuba’s identity. Beginning with an exploration of student’s self-identity, this course will explore how Cubans, over the centuries, have defined themselves at the intersections of these dynamics.

During the fall semester, students will learn about personal aspects of social identity and how those aspects differ by history and location. In addition, students will develop an understanding of how racial, religious, and class structures have contributed to Cuba’s past, present, and future.

Traveling abroad in December 2015 and January 2016, faculty and students will have the opportunity to visit various sites that demonstrate the diversity of religions and classes that make up Cuban culture and identity. Church visits may include: the Baroque style Catedral de San Cristóbal de la Habana, the Gothic Igleasia del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, and the Jewish Gran Synagoga Bet Shalom synagogue. Students may also visit a tobacco factory and cultural performances.

This course may be most appropriate for students interested in psychology, religion, Cuban culture, self-identity, international studies, or political science.

The academic course associated with this program is REL 398/399 or PSY 398/399 for a total of 4 total credits. This course may also substitute for RELG 290.

This is an OPEN program.

Itinerary and planned activities subject to change.

**This course will meet in Fall 2015 on Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:40-3:55 pm, and will travel over Winter Break. Students must be able to fit this course into their fall schedule.**

Quick Facts

Population: 11075244
Capital: Havana
Per-capita GDP: $ 9900
Size: 110860 km2
Time Zone: (GMT - 05:00 hours) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

US State Department

Travel Warning: YES
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Queens University of Charlotte Myrta Pulliam Center for International Education