About Rozzmery Palenzuela Vicente

I am a PhD candidate in Atlantic History at Florida International University where I specialize in modern Cuban history. I completed fields in Modern Latin America and the Spanish Caribbean, Gender and Family in Colonial Latin America, as well as Comparative Communist Cultures. I received my B.A. and M.A. at the University of South Florida where I concentrated my research on Russian and Soviet History. While my dissertation analyzes the intellectual and cultural politics of black motherhood in 20th century Cuba, my research and teaching interests lie more broadly in the fields of gender, race, and culture in socialist societies. I'm also interested in the Global Left and African diaspora histories.
ABD at FIU. Scholar of race, gender, and family in 20th c. Cuba.

NBN Episodes hosted by Rozzmery:

Tessa Bridal, "The Dark Side of Memory: Uruguay's Disappeared Children and the Families Who Never Stopped Searching" (Invisible Ink, 2021)

November 24, 2021

The Dark Side of Memory

Tessa Bridal

I sat down with award winning author Tessa Bridal to talk about her latest book, The Dark Side of Memory: Uruguay's Disappeared Children and the Famil…

Jennifer L. Lambe, "Madhouse: Psychiatry and Politics in Cuban History" (UNC Press, 2017)

August 31, 2021

Madhouse

Jennifer L. Lambe

"On the outskirts of Havana lies Mazorra, an asylum known to--and at times feared by--ordinary Cubans for over a century. Since its founding in 1857, …

Rebecca Friedman, "Modernity, Domesticity and Temporality in Russia" (Bloomsbury, 2020)

August 19, 2021

Modernity, Domesticity and Temporality in Russia

Rebecca Friedman

From the nostalgic landed estate with its backward gaze to the present-focused and efficient urban apartment to the utopian communal dreams of a Sovie…

Michael J. Bustamante, "Cuban Memory Wars: Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile" (UNC Press, 2021)

August 18, 2021

Cuban Memory Wars

Michael J. Bustamante

I had the pleasure of interviewing my mentor, Dr. Michael J. Bustamante on his first monograph, Cuban Memory Wars: Retrospective Politics in Revolutio…

Tiffany A. Sippial, "Celia Sánchez Manduley: The Life and Legacy of a Cuban Revolutionary" (UNC Press, 2020)

August 6, 2021

Celia Sánchez Manduley

Tiffany A. Sippial

I sat down with Dr. Tiffany Sippial to talk about her latest book, Celia Sanchez Manduley: The Life and Legacy of a Cuban Revolutionary (University of…

Rachel Hynson, "Laboring for the State : Women, Family, and Work in Revolutionary Cuba, 1959-1971" (Cambridge UP, 2020)

June 17, 2021

Laboring for the State

Rachel Hynson

Contrary to claims that socialism opposed the family unit, in Laboring for the State: Women, Family, and Work in Revolutionary Cuba, 1959-1971 (Cambri…