Travel grants for scholars, artists and activists from the Global South to attend the January 2026 conference at the University of Havana: '60 Years of the Tricontinental Conference: Context, Impact, Legacy, and Future'.

I am writing to ask you to contribute to a 3-day international conference in Havana that the Centre for Research on Cuba/University of Havana are organising for January 2026.

The date marks the 60th anniversary of a pivotal event held in Havana: the 1966 Tricontinental Conference, which brought together more than 500 active participants from over 80 countries and colonies in the Third World (now called the Global South), including well-known leaders such as Salvador Allende, Amílcar Cabral, and Cheddi Jagan. At the time, the event was understood as a significant moment for the Cuban Revolution to pioneer a new "Third Worldism," one that openly supported anti-colonial movements and struggles around the world and offered the post-colonial world a different version of socialism distinct from the hegemonic socialisms emanating from both Western Europe and the Socialist Bloc. The event ultimately followed the approach championed by Cuba, most eloquently summarised in Che Guevara's famous "Message to the Tricontinental," with its infamous call for "two, three, many Vietnams."

This international conference in January 2026, to be held in Havana to celebrate the original event and prioritize contributions from the Global South, aims to commemorate the anniversary in several ways and, especially, to stimulate important debates about the original event and its relevance to anti-colonialism, anti-imperialism, and decolonization. Therefore, it will bring together a wide range of disciplines, studies, and academic approaches. We are especially keen to invite as many Global South scholars as possible, by creating travel grants which will be allocated through a needs-based process of application.

We would be delighted if you would help us financially with this important initiative. Thank you in advance.

Professor Par Kumaraswami, Director of the Centre for Research on Cuba/Cuba Research Forum, University of Nottingham, UK

Becas de viaje para académicos, artistas y activistas del Sur Global para asistir a la conferencia de enero de 2026 en la Universidad de La Habana: '60 años de la Conferencia Tricontinental: contexto, impacto, legado y futuro'.

Estimad@ colega

Le escribo para solicitarle su contribución a una conferencia internacional de tres días en La Habana que estamos organizando con el Centre for Research on Cuba en enero de 2026. Esta fecha conmemora el 60 aniversario de un evento crucial celebrado en La Habana: la Conferencia Tricontinental de 1966, que reunió a más de 500 participantes activos de más de 80 países y colonias del Tercer Mundo (ahora llamado Sur Global), incluyendo a líderes reconocidos como Salvador Allende, Amílcar Cabral y Cheddi Jagan. En su momento, el evento se interpretó como un momento clave para que la Revolución Cubana impulsara un nuevo "tercermundismo", que apoyara abiertamente los movimientos y luchas anticoloniales en todo el mundo y ofreciera al mundo poscolonial una versión diferente del socialismo, distinta de los socialismos hegemónicos provenientes tanto de Europa Occidental como del Bloque Socialista. El evento finalmente siguió el enfoque defendido por Cuba, resumido elocuentemente en el famoso "Mensaje a la Tricontinental" del Che Guevara, con su infame llamado a "dos, tres, muchos Vietnam".

Este congreso internacional, que se celebrará en La Habana en enero de 2026 para celebrar el evento original y priorizar las contribuciones del Sur Global, busca conmemorar el aniversario de diversas maneras y, especialmente, estimular importantes debates sobre el evento original y su relevancia para el anticolonialismo, el antiimperialismo y la descolonización. Por lo tanto, reunirá una amplia gama de disciplinas, estudios y enfoques académicos. Nos interesa especialmente invitar al mayor número posible de académicos del Sur Global mediante la creación de becas de viaje que se asignarán siguiendo un proceso de solicitud basado en las necesidades de cada individuo.

Nos encantaría poder contar con su apoyo financiero con esta importante iniciativa. Gracias de antemano.

Professor Par Kumaraswami, Directora del Centre for Research on Cuba/Cuba Research Forum, University of Nottingham, RU

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