Carlos Eire
Encyclopedia
Carlos M. N. Eire is the T. Lawrason Riggs Professor of History
and Religious Studies
at Yale University
. He is a historian of late medieval and early modern Europe
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, and spent two years at the Institute for Advanced Study
in Princeton
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He is the author of War Against the Idols (Cambridge, 1986), From Madrid to Purgatory (Cambridge, 1995), A Very Brief History of Eternity (forthcoming, Princeton, 2009), and Reformations: Early Modern Europe 1450-1700 (forthcoming, Yale, 2010). He is also co-author of Jews, Christians, Muslims: An Introduction to Monotheistic Religions (Prentice Hall, 1997). His memoir of the Cuban Revolution
, Waiting for Snow in Havana
(Free Press, 2003), which won the National Book Award
in nonfiction for 2003, has been translated into many languages, but is banned in Cuba. A second memoir, "Learning to Die in Miami," was published in November 2010. It focuses on the early years of his exile in the United States.
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History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
and Religious Studies
Religious studies
Religious studies is the academic field of multi-disciplinary, secular study of religious beliefs, behaviors, and institutions. It describes, compares, interprets, and explains religion, emphasizing systematic, historically based, and cross-cultural perspectives.While theology attempts to...
at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
. He is a historian of late medieval and early modern Europe
Early modern Europe
Early modern Europe is the term used by historians to refer to a period in the history of Europe which spanned the centuries between the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, roughly the late 15th century to the late 18th century...
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Career
Before joining the Yale faculty in 1996, he taught at St. John’s University in Minnesota and the University of VirginiaUniversity of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
, and spent two years at the Institute for Advanced Study
Institute for Advanced Study
The Institute for Advanced Study, located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States, is an independent postgraduate center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. It was founded in 1930 by Abraham Flexner...
in Princeton
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
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He is the author of War Against the Idols (Cambridge, 1986), From Madrid to Purgatory (Cambridge, 1995), A Very Brief History of Eternity (forthcoming, Princeton, 2009), and Reformations: Early Modern Europe 1450-1700 (forthcoming, Yale, 2010). He is also co-author of Jews, Christians, Muslims: An Introduction to Monotheistic Religions (Prentice Hall, 1997). His memoir of the Cuban Revolution
Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement against the regime of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista between 1953 and 1959. Batista was finally ousted on 1 January 1959, and was replaced by a revolutionary government led by Castro...
, Waiting for Snow in Havana
Waiting for Snow in Havana
Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy is a 2003 book by Carlos Eire and winner of the National Book Award. The book is autobiographical,about the author's experiences as part of Operation Peter Pan.-Author:...
(Free Press, 2003), which won the National Book Award
National Book Award
The National Book Awards are a set of American literary awards. Started in 1950, the Awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the current year. In 1989 the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization which now oversees and manages the National Book...
in nonfiction for 2003, has been translated into many languages, but is banned in Cuba. A second memoir, "Learning to Die in Miami," was published in November 2010. It focuses on the early years of his exile in the United States.
Personal Life
Carlos Eire was born in Havana, Cuba, on 23 November 1950. At the age of eleven he fled to the United States without his parents, as one of 14,000 unaccompanied Cuban children airlifted by Operation Peter PanOperation Peter Pan
Operation Peter Pan , was an operation coordinated by the United States government , the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami, and certain Cubans. Between 1960 and 1962, over 14,000 children were sent from Cuba to Miami by their parents...
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External links
- Carlos Eire at Yale Department of History
- PBS Online Newshour interview with Carlos Eire, 25 November 2003
- Write TV Public Television Interview with Carlos Eire
- Interview at Barnes and Noble 2004
- Interview Diane Rehm Show NPR 2004
- Carlos Eire speaking at National Book Festival 2004
- Carlos Eire interview Bomb Magazine 2005
- Carlos Eire lectures at Princeton University: “A Brusque History of Eternity” November 2007
- Radio interview January 2008
- BBC radio interview December 2009
- NPR Fresh Air interview with Terry Gross November 2010
- Spanish language interview with AARP November 2010
- C-SPAN Book TV Miami Book Fair panel November 2010
- NPR interview with Bob Edwards, December 2010