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1. SNAPSHOTS12th World Congress of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES) Havana 2004 A Memoir Preparations pre-congress
Almost 1,000 participants from 68 countries
Educational visits
Academic networking - 14 thematic groups discussing Education & Social Justice
The World Council and its work
Closing ceremonies
Enjoying Havana
Dance, music, partying
2. Planning the 12th WCCES Congress, Havana February 2004. Cuban Minister of Education, Dr. Luis Gomez Gutierrez (2nd left) promises WCCES President, Dr. Anne Hickling-Hudson (2nd right), the support of Cubas Ministries of Education and Culture for the 12th Congress.
3. Asociacion de Pedagos de Cuba (APC)Headquarters of the Association of Cuban Educators, Havana Chief site of preparations for 12th World Congress, WCCES March 2004.
4. Congress Planning Meeting, Ministry of Education. WCCES President 2001- 4, Anne Hickling-Hudson (centre) with Cuban Minister of Education Dr. Luis Gomez Gutierrez (2nd right) and other officials: March 2004
5. Key Organizers of 12th WCCES World Congress WCCES Officers: President, 2 Vice-Presidents, Secretary General and Treasurer
APC - Asociacion de Pedagos de Cuba Comparative Education Section
Cuban Ministry of Education, with the assistance of the Ministry of Higher Education and the Ministry of Culture
Cuban Congress Committee
WCCES Congress Committee
Palacio de Convenciones (Palace of Conventions), Havana
WCCES Research Committee coordinated the program of 14 Thematic Groups, each with 2 convenors
WCCES Finance and Fund-Raising Committee raised funds for assisting needy scholars to travel to the Congress
6. Congress Planning March 2004 taking a break[From Left: Lidia Turner Marti Chair, Cuban Congress Committee; Rosemary Preston Chair, WCCES Congress Committee; Zosima Lopez Conventions Director, PALCO; Anne Hickling-Hudson WCCES President; Jorge Corona Gonzalez -Director, Congress Finances; Nidia Gonzalez President, Association of Cuban Educators]
7. Pre-Congress Seminars in each of Cubas 14 provinces, organised by the Asociacion de Pedagos de Cuba
8. Professors at the Pedagogical University, Pinar del Rio.They hosted one of 14 Pre-Congress Seminars in provincial Cuba on Education and Social Justice, March 2004.
10. Havanatur Representative Caridad Roman in charge of bookings & travel for the 12th Congress
11. 12th World Congress of Comparative Education Societies, Havana Opening Ceremony, 25 October 2004, at the Palace of Conventions..
12. Opening Ceremony: Cuban school students of Dance performing for 12th World Congress of Comparative Education
13. Cuban school students dancing at 12th World Congress, watched by WCCES Secretary General, Mark Bray (R)
14. Cultural Gala Wednesday night Cuban School students, aged 6 to 18, entertained Congress delegates with a magnificent 2 hour concert of music (vocal and instrumental) and dance.
Performances showed multicultural Cuba, ranging through classical, Spanish-influenced, Cuban Creole and Afro-Cuban dance and music.
The concert was a showcase of the excellent Fine Arts education in Cuban schools.
15. Celebrating the opening of the 12th World Congress of Comparative Education, Havana[From Left Jorge Corona Gonzalez, Anne Hickling-Hudson (WCCES President), Dr. Louis Gomez (Cuban Minister of Education) and his wife]
16. Celebrating the 12th World Congress [Right to left: WCCES President- Anne Hickling-Hudson; WCCES Research Committee Chair - Heidi Ross; WCCES Congress Committee Chair - Rosemary Preston]
17. 12th World Congress- WCCES President Anne (centre)with Professors and Postgraduate Students from Central Africa
18. Great bands, great salsa celebrating the 12th World Congress of Comparative Education, Havana
19. 12th World Congress 570 delegates went on visits to schools like this secondary school (below) and other educational institutions
21. Congress delegates visited the University of Havana
22. Preparing for Meetings of the WCCES Executive Committee [From left: Mark Bray - WCCES Secretary General; Rosemary Preston - Chair, WCCES Congress Committee;, Jorge Corona Gonzalez Finance Director, Cuban Congress Committee]
23. The 2001 - 2004 WCCES Executive Committee and Officers, 12th World Congress, Havana - gathered for Council meeting
24. 5 of the 34 members of WCCES Executive Committee, at meeting, 12th Congress, Havana
26. WCCES President (centre) with media coordinators at 12th World Congress. Cuban Information Technology Specialists (Ministry of Education) Olga Santiesteban (L) and Lazaro Viera (R)
27. 12th Congress Theme: Education and Social Justice explored in:
Academic panels and papers of 14 Thematic Groups
Opening session address by Dr. Luis Gomez Gutierrez, Cuban Minister of Education: Cuba: The Profound Educational Revolution
Papers of Keynote Speakers
Madeleine Arnot (UK), Sallim Vally (South Africa)
Presidential Address: Cultural complexity, postcolonial perspectives and challenges for comparative educators Anne Hickling-Hudson
28. Delegates gathering for Presidential Address.Simultaneous Translation Facilities for Congress delegates Spanish, English, French. Cuban team of 77 interpreters attended sessions.
29. WCCES Presidential Address by Anne Hickling-Hudson, 28 October 2004:Cultural complexity, postcolonial perspectives and challenges for comparative educators
30. Delegates taking their seats for the closing ceremony, Friday 29 October 2004.Mark Bray is elected new President, to lead the WCCES for the next 3 years.
31. Closing ceremony (29 October). Outgoing WCCES President, Anne Hickling-Hudson, shows letter from President Fidel Castro celebrating the 12th Congress and the Importance of educators.
32. Anne Hickling-Hudson and UNESCO representative Cecilia Braslavsky (L) with Fidels letter
34. Gift of Cuban abstract painting presented to the APC in recognition of their excellent hosting of the 12th congress.
Given by the WCCES and the USA Seminario delegates, organized by
Sheryl Lutjens
36. Post-Congress party (Tuesday 2 Nov 04) at the Asociacion de Pedagos de Cuba (APC) afternoon drinks and snacks to thank team who worked in the Congress
37. APC afternoon party: Nidia Gonzalez (APC President) thanks team of Congress workers
38. APC afternoon party Lidia Turner (Leader of Congress Committee in Cuba) gives an amusing history of preparing for the Congress
39. APC afternoon party, 2 Nov. - Anne Hickling-Hudson thanks team of Congress workers.
40. Party at the home of Lidia Turner (Chair, Cuban Congress Committee). Congress organisers celebrate its success.(Rosemary had gone to the beach she came later.)
41. Partying! Alejandro Torres (Congress Executive Secretary) dances with his former professor, Lidia Turner
42. Emelina Perez (Professor of English at the Pedagogical University, Havana) with Anne Hickling-Hudson and Rosemary Preston in Havana. She assisted with interpretation and translation at the Congress.
43. Congress participants stayed in many hotels in Havana. This is the view from one of them.
45. Old Havana Spanish-style interiors
46. Sightseeing in Vinales, provincial Cuba
47. Old Havana street entertainers
48. Old Havana Street entertainers stilts and drums
49. Old Havana residents stroll around on Saturday afternoon (30 October 04). Their apartments are in the background.
50. Old Havana flower seller,Saturday afternoon (30 October 04). He is selling sweet-smelling mariposas Cubas national flower.
51. Old Havana, Saturday afternoon, 30 October. Cubans buying snacks.
52. Cuban children in a Havana Street. They are crowding round a visitor to see their images on a digital camera.
53. Old Havana art market.
54. Old Havana street booksellers
55. Congress Planning Lidia Turner & Zosima Lopez, Havana, March 2004. Post-Congress work, 2005, continues in many countries under new WCCES President, Mark Bray.