Baseball in Cuba is the subject of a lecture at Vassar, March 2

"Baseball in Cuba: the American Past-Time in a Socialist Land" is the subject of a lecture by Roberto González Echevarría at Vassar College on Thursday, March 2, at 5:30 p.m. in Taylor Hall, room 203. The Latin American Studies Program sponsors the lecture, which is free and open to the public.

Echevarría is the Sterling Professor of Hispanic and Comparative Literature at Yale University. One of the foremost scholars of Latin American Studies in the United States, he is the author, among other books, of "The Pride ofHavana: A History of Cuban Baseball" (Oxford 1999), "Myth and Archive: A Theory of Latin American Narrative" (Duke 1998), "Alejo Carpentier: The Pilgrim at Home" (U Texas 1990), and "The Voice of the Masters: Writing and Authority in Modern Latin American Literature" (University of Texas, 1988), as well as the co-editor of the three-volume "Cambridge History of Latin American Literature." Echevarría is chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Yale.

For additional information, call the Latin American Studies Program at (845) 437-7140. Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Cathy Jennings at (845) 437-5370 as far in advance as possible to request appropriate and reasonable accommodations. Vassar College is a highly selective, coeducational, independent, residential liberal arts college founded in 1861.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations or information on accessibility should contact Campus Activities Office at (845) 437-5370. Without sufficient notice, appropriate space and/or assistance may not be available.

Vassar College is a highly selective, coeducational, independent, residential liberal arts college founded in 1861.

This article was posted on Thursday, March 2nd, 2000.