Eckstein Presents at Havana Conference
Susan Eckstein, Professor of International Relations and Sociology at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, presented a paper at a conference in Havana, Cuba.
The conference took place in Dec. 2015 and was hosted by the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Relations. The topic was U.S.-Cuban relations in the aftermath of the historic Dec. 17, 2014 agreement reached between Raul Castro and Barack Obama to bring the two nations closer together.
Papers focused on ways relations had and had not changed, and how relations might improve in the future. Eckstein’s presentation focused on U.S. Cuban immigration policy and how the U.S., as well as Cuba, have lost control over Cuban immigration. Since agreeing to normalize relations, tens of thousands of Cubans have been pursuing circuitous routes to enter the U.S. without authorization.
Eckstein has been on the forefront of examining the U. S. immigration policy’s many loopholes for Cubans, and was one of the hosts of a symposium on the topic held at the Pardee School in fall 2015.
Eckstein’s main focus is on Latin America. She has written most extensively on Mexico, Cuba, and Bolivia. Currently, she is working on immigration and its impact across borders. She recently published a sole-authored book on Cuban Americans and a co-edited book that focuses on homeland impacts of immigrants from different countries and regions of the world. Learn more about her here.