Professor Ignacio Uría presents his book 'Church and Revolution in Cuba' in the U.S.
The historian received the III International Jovellanos de research Historical award for this work.
University of Navarra professor Ignacio Uría presented the book "Church and Revolution in Cuba. Georgetown University (Washington, DC) the book "Church and Revolution in Cuba. Enrique Pérez Serantes (1883-1968), the bishop who saved Fidel Castro". award The work, published by Ediciones meeting and about to print its second edition, was awarded the III International Jovellanos de research Spanish and Hispano-American Historical , with a prize of 18,000 euros.
During the event, organized by the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) of Georgetown University, the Full Professor Eusebio Mujal-León, from the department de Gobierno, presented the research of Professor Uría. As he said in his speech, this work "clarifies one of the most controversial episodes in Cuba's recent history and does so combining historical rigor with a fast-paced style".
Days later, another presentation of the book was held at the University of Miami. In this case, at the Institute for Cuban and Cuban American Studies(ICCAS), a center that has just appointed Ignacio Uría as senior research associate. Wenski, bishop of Miami, highlighted the importance of work: "Professor Uría has recovered a figure core topic of the Church of Cuba in the 20th century, Enrique Pérez Serantes, who seemed to have disappeared from history. I encourage this researcher to continue with his contributions, undoubtedly very necessary at this time of change".
Three years of work documentation
"The book investigates the decisive participation of Cuban Catholics in Fidel Castro's revolution," explained Ignacio Uría, who belongs to the Cuba 21 Project of Georgetown University, where he made a research stay in 2009 and 2010.
For the realization of this work he has carried out an intense documentation work. Over the course of three years, he has researched in the U.S. National Archives; the file General Administration (Madrid) and in the archbishopric archives of Havana and Santiago de Cuba; as well as in different newspaper archives in Cuba, Spain and the U.S.