{"id":1,"date":"2024-01-23T16:31:51","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T16:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/?p=1"},"modified":"2024-01-23T12:28:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T17:28:51","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/2024\/01\/23\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This traveling seminar will use the Cuban experience as a backdrop for experiential learning, along with discussions with professionals in that particular field of study, and writing assignments designed to allow students to reflect upon their experience studying and living in Cuba. Students will gain a multi-disciplinary overview of Cuban contemporary culture and further understanding from a cultural, socio-political and historical context.<\/p>\n<p>You can also read blogs from previous trips to Cuba listed below or from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/\">other destinations across the globe UMass Lowell students travel to<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2020: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2020\/\">Special Topics In Honors: Cultural Immersion In Havana, Cuba<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2019:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2019\/\">Special Topics In Honors: Cultural Immersion In Havana, Cuba<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2019:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/gc-cuba-winter-2019\/\">Havana Cuba: Global Correspondent<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2018:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2018\/\">Traveling Seminar: Cuba \u2013 Perceptions &amp; Realities<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2017:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-2017\/\">Havana, Cuba: Cultural Immersion<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2016:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/havana-winter-2016\/\">Havana, Cuba: Cultural Immersion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_7850-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Students stand before the bust of Ernest Hemingway in the town of Cojimar.\" class=\"wp-image-14\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_7850-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_7850-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_7850-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_7850-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_7850-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_7850-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Students stand before the bust of Ernest Hemingway in the town of Cojimar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_8028-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Students stand around a fountain in San Francisco Plaza in Old Havana.\" class=\"wp-image-16\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_8028-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_8028-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_8028-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_8028-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_8028-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_8028-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption> Students stand around a fountain in San Francisco Plaza in Old Havana.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_0344-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Students sit in a pink classic car on a Cuban street.\" class=\"wp-image-24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_0344-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_0344-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_0344-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_0344-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_0344-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_0344-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Students sit in a pink classic car on a Cuban street.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_7560-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Two students walk down a street in Central Havana.\" class=\"wp-image-22\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_7560-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_7560-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_7560-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_7560-2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_7560-2.jpg 1688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Two students walk down a street in Central Havana.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_7934-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Two students toast with cut-open coconuts.\" class=\"wp-image-23\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_7934-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_7934-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_7934-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_7934-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_7934.jpg 1688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Two students toast with cut-open coconuts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_8317-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A classic American car drives down the street along the Malecon.\" class=\"wp-image-19\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_8317-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_8317-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_8317-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_8317-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_8317-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cuba-winter-2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/01\/IMG_8317-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>A 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