International Institute for the Study of Cuba

Department Member, Executive

Chairman International Institute for the Study of Cuba

Thesis Title: Detective Fiction in Cuban Society and Culture

About

Stephen Wilkinson first visited Cuba in 1986 and has been traveling to and writing about the island ever since.

Now the Chairman of the International Institute for the Study of Cuba based in the UK, Stephen has a PhD on the subject of Cuban literature.

He has written numerous articles on such questions as the history of European and US - Cuba relations, Cuban attitudes and policy towards homosexuals and the nature of the Cuban state.

Among his other commitments, Stephen is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Cuban Studies, a contributor to Jane's Sentinel Reports on Cuba and has consulted on a number of documentaries about the island, including the recent Channel 4 documentary 638 Ways to Kill Castro.

Stephen's book: Detective Fiction in Cuban Society and Culture was published in 2006 by Peter Lang.

He frequently comments on Cuba issues on The Guardian newspaper's Comment is Free website:

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/stephen_wilkinson/


CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Stephen is working on the novel 'El Hombre que amaba a los perros', by Leonardo Padura.

His most recently published article, co-written with Dr Simon Western, on the leadership of Fidel Castro was published in the International Journal of Cuban Studies.

http://cubanstudies.plutojournals.org

In addition Stephen recently published a chapter on Cuban art in the book: 'Cultura y letras cubanas en el siglo XXI' edited by Araceli Tinajero.

In 2009 he completed research on the UK and European policy towards Cuba for an article published in the journal Diplomacy and Statecraft in June 2009.

An article on US Cuba Policy and the prospects for change after the next US presidential elections was published in the first edition of the International Journal of Cuban Studies.

An article by Stephen on the social and economic effects of tourism in Cuba was published in the July, 2008 edition of Third World Quarterly.

Stephen has researched Cuban revolutionary ideology and the power structure within the Cuban state and presented the results of his work at a conference at CUNY, New York in March 2008.

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