Activities Taking Place During the Centenary Celebration of the Birth of Juan Bosch, June 8-12

Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) have organized a series of activities to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Juan Bosch. The program will begin on Monday, June 8 at 7:00 pm with a round table discussion
during which individuals with links to Professor Bosch will discuss his life and work. After the discussion, to be held in the FUNGLODE Auditorium, there will be a short cocktail which will officially inaugurate the week-long celebration dedicated to this honored Dominican thinker, writer and politician.

The program of events for Tuesday and Wednesday will consist of morning workshops from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and round table discussions in the evening beginning at 7:00 pm
in the auditorium. On Thursday, in the Remedios Chapel, the Cuban musical group Ars Longa will perform, beginning at 8:00 pm for a period of two hours. On Friday the week’s activities will come to a close with a colloquium, cocktail and conference featuring a presentation by Honorary President of GFDD and FUNGLODE and President of the Dominican Republic, Dr. Leonel Fernández.

During the course of the week, presentations will be given by the following
renowned international scholars, writers and politicians:

José Rafael Lantigua, Secretary of Education and Director of the GFDD/FUNGLODE Center for Cultural Studies (Dominican Republic)

Bernard Diedrich, International Reporter (United States)

José Luis Corripio Estrada, Intellectual and Business Owner (Dominican
Republic)

Marcio Veloz Magiolo, Cultural Advisor to the President (Dominican Republic)

Frank Moya Pons, Historian and Former Secretary of Environment (Dominican Republic)

Milagros Ortíz Bosch, Former Vice President (Dominican Republic)

Doris Sommer, Professor of Romance Languages and
Literature and Director of the Graduate Program in Spanish at Harvard University (United States)

Guillermo Piña Contreras, Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Argentina (Dominican Republic)

Coronada Pichardo, Professor of Hispanic Literature at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain)

Mabel Caballero, Professor of Philosophy,
Universidad de Oriente (Cuba)

Ángel Pérez Herrero, Professor of Literature, Universidad de Habana (Cuba)

Nuria Gregory Tejada, Director, Instituto de Literatura y Lingüística (Cuba)

Cesar Piña Toribio, Political Scientist (Dominican Republic)

Adalberto
Santana, Director, Centro de Investigación para América Latina y El Caribe (CIALC), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (Mexico)

José del Castillo, Sociologist (Dominican Republic)

See program