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 Ada FerrerAda Ferrer is Professor of History, Latin American and Caribbean Studies
at NYU and the author of Insurgent Cuba: Race,
Nation, And Revolution, 1868-1898. "In the late nineteenth century, in an age of ascendant racism and
imperial
expansion, there emerged in Cuba a movement that unified black, mulatto, and
white men in an attack on Europe's oldest empire, with the goal of creating
a nation explicitly defined as antiracist. This book tells the story of the
thirty-year unfolding and undoing of that movement. Her current research centers on the intellectual, political, and social impact of the Haitian Revolution (1791-1803) in Cuba and the Atlantic World. She has written Freedom's Mirror: Cuba and Haiti in the Age of Revolution (2014) and co-authored El rumor de Haití en Cuba: Temor, Raza y Rebeldía (2004). |
Acontecimiento de trascendencia internacional expo “Aponte visionario…” 11/6/2019 Sierra
Maestra: "Como notable acontecimiento artístico, y social, de trascendencia
internacional fue calificada la exposición “Aponte visionario: arte y libertad
negra” inaugurada ayer martes en Santiago de Cuba. Los integrantes del Comité
Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba (PCC), Lázaro Expósito Canto, primer
secretario del PCC en esta provincia, y Beatriz Johnson Urrutia, miembro del
Consejo de Estado y presidenta de la Asamblea del Poder Popular en el
territorio, asistieron a la inauguración de la muestra. La galería Arte Soy, en
la calle Trinidad, frente a la Ciudad Escolar 26 de Julio, acoge la muestra que
estará abierta al público hasta el venidero 22 de noviembre cuando retorne a los
Estados Unidos."
Vindicación artística de Aponte 9/23/2019 Granma: "Que 20 artistas de
Estados Unidos, el Caribe y Cuba hayan interpretado lo que pudo ser el famoso
Libro de Pinturas, de José Antonio Aponte, al parecer definitivamente perdido,
no es solo un gesto poético, sino sobre todo un acto vindicatorio que honra la
memoria de un cubano precursor de nuestras luchas por la independencia y la
abolición del infame régimen esclavista, en fecha tan temprana como 1812. La
idea partió de la historiadora cubana Ada Ferrer, catedrática de la Universidad
de Nueva York."
La Habana acogerá exposición Aponte Visionario: arte y libertad negra 9/11/2019 Radio
Havana Cuba: "Basada en el desaparecido libro de pinturas de Jose Antonio
Aponte, surgió de una colaboración entre el artista y curador haitiano, Edouard
Duval, y la historiadora cubanoamericana, Ada Ferrer, de la New York University.
La conferencia Santiago Aponte. Hombre negro libre,artesano y soldado, que
antecede la apertura de la muestra fue impartida por el periodista Pedro de La
Hoz, y el pintor Ernesto Ramirez, en el centro CREAR, perteneciente al
Ministerio de Cultura de Cuba."
“Visionary Aponte: Art and Black Freedom” at the King Juan Carlos I of Spain
Center—Feb. 23-May 4 2/1/2018 NYU: "The artists include: José Bedia
(Miami), Leonardo Benzant (New York), Juan Roberto Diago (Havana), Édouard
Duval-Carrié (Miami), Alexis Esquivel (Havana), Teresita Fernández (New York),
Emilio Martínez (Miami), Nina Angela Mercer (New York), Clara Morera (North
Carolina), Glexis Novoa (Miami), Vicki Pierre (Miami), Marielle Plaisir (Miami),
Asser Saint-Val (Miami), JeanMarcel Saint-Jacques (New Orleans), and Renée Stout
(Washington, D.C.)."
These Artists Re-Imagined The Artwork of an Afro-Cuban Revolutionary 12/7/2017 OkayAfrica: "To
date, the court testimony of José Antonio Aponte, a free black man thought to be
of Yoruba origin and eponym of the doomed 1812 anti-slavery rebellion in Cuba
that bears his name, is the only evidence of an unusual historical artifact, a
so-called libro de pinturas or "book of paintings," found hidden in his home by
colonial authorities. Though the book remains lost, the 72 images that Aponte
describes, many of which depict an evocative vision of black history, continue
to exist in the imagination of scholars and artists alike. Now, more than two
centuries later, a group of artists have attempted to recreate Aponte's
revolutionary "book of paintings," as part of a new exhibition entitled,
"Visionary Aponte: Art and Black Freedom."
Walker on Ferrer, 'Freedom's Mirror: Cuba and Haiti in the Age of Revolution' 11/1/2016 H
Net: "In Freedom’s Mirror, Ada Ferrer explores the tensions that underlay two
overlapping revolutions on neighboring Caribbean islands at the turn of the
nineteenth century: one, a struggle against slavery that culminated in the
foundation of the independent nation of Haiti, the other, a “sugar revolution”
that entrenched enslavement in Cuba. Ferrer traces the encounters between these
two societies on seemingly opposite paths."
Expertos analizan el futuro de Cuba en conferencia de FIU 2/27/2015 Nuevo
Herald: "En la sesión plenaria del evento, organizado por el Instituto de
Estudios Cubanos, se presentaron investigaciones sobre distintos aspectos del
tema racial en Cuba, eje central del evento. La historiadora de la Universidad
de Nueva York, Ada Ferrer, ofreció una relectura de la figura de José Antonio
Aponte –condenado a la horca por encabezar una rebelión abolicionista en los
inicios del siglo 19–, mientras el también historiador Alejandro de la Fuente,
profesor de la Universidad de Harvard, analizó los aportes del Grupo Antillano y
su posterior olvido en la historia cultural del país. Andrea Queeley y Danielle
Clealand, ambas profesoras de FIU, presentaron algunas conclusiones sobre sus
trabajos de investigación en Cuba acerca del prejuicio racial y la conciencia de
la negritud, respectivamente. Otros paneles que discutieron el tema abordaron la
problemática racial desde el movimiento de los derechos civiles en Cuba, la
integración social, la identidad nacional, la literatura, el cine y la rumba,
entre otros."
FIU conference focuses on race in Cuba 2/27/2015 Miami Herald: "Ada Ferrer,
Historian at the University of New York, proposed a rereading of Jose Antonio
Aponte - a man condemned to be hung for leading an abolitionist rebellion at the
start of the 19th century. At the same time, Alejandro de la Fuente, a professor
at Harvard University, analyzed the contributions of the Antillano Group and
delved into how forgotten it is in Cuba's cultural history. Andrea Queely and
Danielle Clealand, both professors at FIU, presented some conclusions about
their investigative efforts in Cuba about racial prejudice and negro
consciousness respectively. Other panels involving similar topics included the
development of the racial problem since the time of civil rights movement in
Cuba, social integration, national identity, literature, cinema and dance, among
others."
An
Interview with Ada Ferrer 2/23/2015 Cambridge Academic Books, YouTube: "Ada
Ferrer, the author of FREEDOM'S MIRROR, explains the relationship between Haiti
and Cuba at the dawn of revolution."
CHC Recommends: Freedom’s Mirror by Ada Ferrer on March 2nd 2/17/2015 University
of Miami: "Freedom’s Mirror follows the reverberations of the Haitian Revolution
in Cuba, where the violent entrenchment of slavery occurred at the very moment
that the Haitian Revolution provided a powerful and proximate example of slaves
destroying slavery. By creatively linking two stories – the story of the Haitian
Revolution and that of the rise of Cuban slave society – that are usually told
separately, Ada Ferrer sheds fresh light on both of these crucial moments in
Caribbean and Atlantic history."
Dark Specters and
Black Kingdoms: An interview with historian Ada Ferrer 2/6/2015 Public
Archive: "What we had not appreciated in the past is the extent to which the
Spanish army on the Saint-Domingue border was actually composed of troops and
officers from Cuba. So, in effect, you have men from Cuba dealing with Toussaint
Louverture, Jean François, Georges Biassou, and other leaders of the black
rebellion. One of the Cuban officers, the Marques de Casa Calvo, who would later
be the last Spanish governor of Louisiana, and who owned two sugar plantations
and an unknown number of slaves in Havana, actually started a business with the
rebels—buying sugar equipment from them and then sending it to Havana. He became
the godfather of Jean-François and even flirted and danced with his wife."
Dark Specters and
Black Kingdoms: An interview with historian Ada Ferrer 2/6/2015 The Public
Archive: interview with Ada Ferrer, NYU
Cuba insurgente Raza, nación y revolución 1868-1898, de Ada Ferrer: una
contribución a la escritura de una historia afrocubana. 2/2/2014 Afromodernidades
American Historical Review: Haiti and antislavery; empire and the law 3/6/2012 Indiana
University: "Historians have tended to argue that early leaders of the Haitian
Republic did little to promote antislavery elsewhere in the region. Ada Ferrer
presents evidence to the contrary in the latest issue of the American Historical
Review. In "Haiti, Free Soil, and Antislavery in the Revolutionary Atlantic,"
Ferrer explores the ways in which notions of freedom among slaves were shaped
not only by the example of the Haitian Revolution but also by the actions of the
Haitian state after independence. She argues that a little-known 1817 case
reveals how the government of Haitian President Alexandre Pétion did in fact
project its antislavery influence abroad, thus participating in the
international debates on both slavery and freedom."
Insurgent Cuba: Race, Nation, And Revolution, 1868-1898, 352 pgs,
9/29/99, University of North Carolina Press
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction. A Revolution the World Forgot
Part 1. War
Chapter 1 Slaves, Insurgents, and Citizens: The Early Ten Years' War, 1868-1870
Chapter 2 Region, Race, and Transformation in the Ten Years' War, 1870-1878
Chapter 3 Fear and Its Uses: The Little War, 1879-1880
Part 2. Peace
Chapter 4 A Fragile Peace: Colonialism, the State, and Rural Society, 1878-1895
Chapter 5 Writing the Nation: Race, War, and Redemption in the Prose of
Independence, 1886-1895
Part 3. War Again
Chapter 6 Insurgent Identities: Race and the Western Invasion, 1895-1896
Chapter 7 Race, Culture, and Contention: Political Leadership and the Onset of Peace
Epilogue and Prologue. Race, Nation, and Empire
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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"Esclavitud, ciudadania y los limites de la nacionalidad cubana: La Guerra de los Diez Anos, 1868-1878," Historia Social 21 (1995): 101-25.
"Fidel's History, History's Fidel: Recent Writings on Castro and the Cuban Revolution," Michigan Quarterly Review 33 (fall 1994).
"Social Aspects of Cuban Nationalism: Race, Slavery, and the Guerra Chiquita, 1879-1880," Cuban Studies 21 (1991): 37-56.
For other listings, see below in Curiculum Vitae
Ada Ferrer Present Employment Assistant Professor, Latin American and Caribbean History, Department of History, New York University, January 1995-present Education Ph.D., University of Michigan, History, May 1995 Awards and Fellowships Lewis Hanke Prize, Conference on Latin American History, 1997 Publications Book: Insurgent Cuba: Race, Nation, and Revolution, 1868-1898 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, forthcoming, 1999). Articles in Journals and Books: "Cuba, 1898: Rethinking Race, Nation, and Empire," Radical History Review, January 1999. "Rustic Men, Civilized Nation: Race, Culture and Contention on the Eve of Cuban Independence," forthcoming in Hispanic American Historical Review, November 1998. "The Silence of Patriots: Racial Discourse and Cuban Nationalism, 1868-1898," in José Martí’s Our America: From National to Hemispheric Cultural Studies (Durham: Duke University Press, forthcoming, 1998). "Esclavitud, ciudadanía, y los límites de la nacionalidad cubana: la guerra de los diez años, 1868-1878," Historia Social (Valencia), 22 (1995): 101-25. "Fidel’s History, History’s Fidel: Recent Writings on Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution," Michigan Quarterly Review, 33 (Fall 1994): 892-900. "Social Aspects of Cuban Nationalism: Race, Slavery, and the Guerra Chiquita, 1879-1880," Cuban Studies, 21 (1991): 37-56. Co-Author with Rebecca Scott, "Introduction" to Cuban section of Societies After Slavery, 1830-1930: An Annotated Research Bibliography, edited by Rebecca Scott, Leslie Rowland, et al., (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, forthcoming). Book Reviews: Robin Moore, Nationalizing Blackness: Afrocubanismo and Artistic Revolution in Havana, 1920-1940, forthcoming in Hispanic American Historical Review. Jay Kinsbruner, Not of Pure Blood: Free People of Color and Racial Prejudice in Nineteenth-Century Puerto Rico and Kimberly Hanger, Bounded Lives, Bounded Places: Free Black Society in Colonial New Orleans, 1769-1803, in Colonial Latin American Research Review, 7 (1998): 146-48. Joan Dayan, Haiti, History, and the Gods, in The Historian, 59 (1997): 873-74. Lorna Valerie Williams, The Representation of Slavery in Cuban Fiction, in Hispanic American Historical Review, 75 (1995): 673-74 Robert Paquette, Sugar is Made with Blood: The Conspiracy of La Escalera and the Conflict over Slavery in Cuba, in Ethnohistory, 39 (1992): 84-87. Robert Levine, Cuba in the 1850s, in Hispanic American Historical Review, 71 (1991) 898. Miscellaneous Publications: Contributor, Societies After Slavery, 1830-1930: An Annotated Research Bibliography, edited by Rebecca Scott, Leslie Rowland, et al., (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, forthcoming). Translator, Oscar Zanetti, "American History: A View from Cuba," Journal of American History, 79 (1992) 530-31.
"Writing the Nation," Latin American Colloquium Series, Dickinson College, April 1, 1999. Also presented at the Conference on States, Networks, and Culture," New School University, March 5, 1999. "Race, Empire, and the Politics of Civilization," Swarthmore College, March 4, 1999. Also presented at "Despues del 98: Identidad y Nación en España, Cuba, Puerto Rico y Filipinas," Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, November 1998. "Rethinking 1898: Race, Nation, Empire, and the Writing of History," Tufts University, History Department Colloquium, April 14, 1998; also presented in lecture series: "Circa 1898," King Juan Carlos Center, New York University, March 2, 1998. "Soldiers, Armies, Colonies, and Empires: Cuba 1898," Conference on Culture, Popular Participation, and the Spanish-American War, City University of New York, Graduate Center, March 27, 1998. "Reflections on Writing about Race in Cuba from the United States," Taller de Historia, Universidad de la Habana, March 11, 1998. "Rustic Men, Civilized Nation: Race, Culture, and Contention on the Eve of Cuban Independence," American Historical Association Meetings, Seattle, January, 1998; Taller de Historia, Archivo Provincial, Cienfuegos, Cuba, March 1998; and Seminar on Race and Ethnicity in Latin America, Department of History, University of Michigan, October, 1997. "Cuba Between Racism and Anti-Racism," First Annual Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University, October, 1997. "Race, War, and Nation: Cuban History in the Perspective of the Caribbean," Caribbean Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Conference on the Emergence of a Field," New York University, May 1997. "The Black Insurgent in the Prose of Independence, 1886-1895," Colloquia on Social History and Biography, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, March 6, 1997. "Race, Region, and Gender in Rebel Cuba: Quintín Bandera and the Question of Political Leadership in Cuba," Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, State University of New York at Stony Brook, November 20, 1996; and Workshop on Race and Politics in Turn of the Century Cuba," Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, New York University, April 12, 1996. "The Silence of Patriots: Racial and National Discourses in Cuba, 1868-1898," Our America and the Gilded Age: José Martí’s Chronicles of Imperial Critique, University of California, Irvine, January, 27-28, 1995. "Imposters and Patriots: Race, Identity and the Cuban War of Independence, 1895-1898," Latin American Studies Association, Atlanta, March 10-12, 1994. "The Black Insurgent and Cuban National Identity," Seminario de Historia de Cuba, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, March 25-26, 1993. "Estudios sobre sociedades esclavistas y postesclavistas: el caso del imperio español," with Christopher Schmidt-Nowara, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, February 2, 1993. "Education and Nationality: Cuban Public Schooling during U.S. Occupation," American Historical Association, Washington, D.C., December 28-30, 1992. "Slave Rebellion in Nineteenth-Century Cuba," Symposium on African Slave Revolts in the New World, Museum of African American History, Detroit, April 1991.
Faculty Member, "Caribbean Summer School Program," Centre de Recherche sur les Pouvoirs Locaux dans la Caraïbe, Universite des Antilles et de la Guyane, Martinique, July 13-29, 1898 Workshop on 1898, Social Science Research Council/American Council of Learned Societies, Cuba Working Group, Washington, D.C., August 2-8, 1998 Manuscript Reviewer, Comparative Studies in Society and History, Hispanic American Historical Review, Latin American Research Review, New West Indian Guide, Cuban Studies, and Ethnohistory. Program Committee, 11th Annual Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, 1997-present. Grant Reviewer, MacArthur Foundation, 1997 Advisory Board, Cuban Regional Archives Project, University of Michigan, 1997-present Co-organizer (with Karen Kupperman and Sinclair Thomson), Atlantic History Workshop, New York University, 1998-1999 Co-organizer (with James Fernández), "Circa 1898: Colonies, Nations, Empires" Lecture Series, King Juan Carlos Center, New York University, Spring 1998 Latin American Studies Association, Task Force on Scholarly Relations with Cuba, Cuban History Working Group, 1994-1997 Adviser, "Cuban Roots, Bronx Tales," (Documentary film), 1995-1997 Mentor, Leadership Alliance Summer Program, New York University, 1997, 1998 GSAS Opportunity Fellowship Selection Committee, New York University, Spring 1998 Latin American History Search Committee, New York University, History Department, Spring 1995, 1995-1996, 1997-1998 Admissions Committee, New York University, History Department, 1997-1998 Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee, New York University, History Department, 1995-1996, 1997-1998 Courses Taught History of Latin America and the Caribbean (undergraduate history survey)
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Office Address: King Juan Carlos Center, Room 410
Email: ada.ferrer@nyu.edu
Phone: 212.998.8680
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