The conference will take place in the Essex Business School at the University of Essex.

You can find an interactive map of the campus here…

The University website has a page Travelling to Colchester Campus…

For those of you travelling to the University via train/public transport, here are some recommendations. If you travel to Hythe station as opposed to Colchester town, you’ll arrive within about 10-15 minutes walking distance of the University (and we recommend checking out the route on google maps in advance).… read on ...

a few minor changes to the programme…

Jorge Ibarra Cuesta, one of the most influential and lucid researchers in the field of Cuban history has died at the age of 85. He was the author of a large body of work that is essential to understanding the process of construction of the Cuban nation.

In 1996 he was was honoured by the Ministry of Culture with the National Prize for Social Sciences and in 2008 he was awarded the national History Prize by the Cuban National Union of Historians, in both cases for his life’s work.… read on ...