LA HABANA EN SUS 500 AÑOS

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Esta es la verdadera historia, nunca antes contada, de las mujeres afroamericanas de la NASA expertas en matemáticas, que desempeñaron un papel crucial en el programa espacial de Estados Unidos, y cuyas contribuciones han permanecido anónimas… hasta ahora. La fenomenal historia de mujeres matemáticas afroamericanas de la NASA en la vanguardia del movimiento feminista y de derechos civiles, cuyos cálculos impulsaron uno de los mayores logros espaciales de Estados Unidos. Ahora una gran película protagonizada por Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, y Kevin...

El eje temático que atraviesa mis intereses investigativos se ha desplegado alrededor de dos asuntos que se encuentran entrelazados: por una parte, el diseño de una propuesta de historización del presente contemporáneo, y por la otra, el análisis del carácter global del mundo actual. O, para decirlo en palabras más simples, las preocupaciones por el presente y la globalidad representan dos facetas de una misma gran trama: el entendimiento y la explicación de las coordenadas fundamentales del presente contemporáneo a la luz del desarrollo histórico. Varios factores me han llevado a...

High in the Inyo Mountains, between Owens Valley and Death Valley National Park, lies the ghost town of Cerro Gordo. Discovered in 1865, this silver town boomed to a population of 3,000 people in the hands of savvy entrepreneurs during the 1870s. As the silver played out and the town faded, a few hung on to the dream. By the early 1900s, Louis D. Gordon wandered up the Yellow Grade Road where freight wagons once traversed with silver and supplies and took a closer look at the zinc ore that had been tossed aside by early miners. The Fat Hill lived again, primarily as a small company town. By...