The International Journal of Cuban Studies
(Online) ISSN 1756-347X
Issue 1
Editorials
Why Cuba? Why now?
Editor-in-chief Patrick Pietroni outlines the vision and scope of our new online journal within the context of currrent change in Cuba.
Intriguing parallels
Co-editor Jean Stubbs uncovers some unexpected connections between Cuba, the UK, Churchill and Castro as she provides an overview of the content of the first issue and the rationale for choosing our first classic paper.
Classic paper
My early life in Cuba
When Winston Churchill visited Cuba as a young soldier in 1895, he found it "was a place where real things were going on."
Articles
Walking without crutches: culture, politics and critical thought
Rafael Hernández discusses 50 years of culture, politics and critical thought in Cuba
South-south development cooperation
Margaret Blunden examines the strengths and weaknesses of Cuba's contribution to international development through the promotion of preventive holistic medicine in South Africa.
Integrating health and human security into foreign policy
Robert Huish and Jerry Spiegel see Cuba's approach of providing assistance to individuals as a practical means of combatting structural violence.
US Cuba policy after Bush: succession or transition?
Stephen Wilkinson reviews the possible outcomes of the US presidential elections and the implications for changing relationships with Cuba.
Science and society
Gender, science and technology 2008
Mavis Dora Álvarez highlights Cuban women's contribution in a cross-disciplinary approach to equality and sustainable development
Cuban flora as a source of bioactive compounds
Oriela Pino Pérez and her team report on new experiments with tropical flora and suggest that Cuba has untapped sources for commercial products.
Combating smoking in Cuba
Risbahb Singh argues that, while tobacco is one of Cuba's biggest exports, stringently enforced policies are needed to discourage its use at home.
Policy and practice in higher education
Pyramids of knowledge creation
Luís Montero Cabrera proposes key lessons for other emerging countries wishing to integrate scientific research into national plans for social and human development.
Open access and sustainable social development
Jorgé Nuñez and Aurora Fernández, with colleagues from the Ministry of Education, describe Cuba's universalisation process and their vision for the future.
Viewpoint
Peak oil and its impact on health care
Stuart Jeffery compares public health systems in Cuba and the UK and the influence of different ideological models for the future.
Films
A long journey towards the light
We reprint Julio Espinosa García's eloquent essay about the development of post-revolutionary film industry in Cuba and the meaning of cinema itself.
Contemporary Cuban cinema
Ann Cross recommends we go on our own personal journey to experience the rich cultural experience of Cuban film.
Good health!
Graham Kirkwood is impressed by a film on Cuba's health system.
Cuba's accidental revolution
Mike Carter recommends a recent film on sustainable agriculture in Cuba which raises some useful questions and offers possible solutions for students of international development.
Books
Family ties in Cuban slave societyCamillia Cowling looks at a microhistory of slaves in Cuba and how it sheds light on a little studied world.
A man for four seasons
John Kirk applauds the portrayal of the disillusioned detective in the latest translation from Leonardo Padura's crime series, which chronicles the early part of Cuba's Special Period.
Reinventing the revolution?
George Lambie recommends a new multi-disciplinary collection of essays but questions the assumption that Cuba's future lies in accommodation with globalisation and the new world order.
