Olivia Miranda Francisco

Senior Researcher at the Institute of Philosophy. She has been interested in Cuban thought, the articulation of Marxism with national revolutionary traditions, and Latin American Marxism. She has to her credit a recognized and important body of work on the history of ideas in Cuba.

Graduated as a teacher from La Escuela Normal de La Habana in 1959. Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature from the Faculty of Arts and Letters at the University of La Habana in 1974. Doctor of Philosophical Sciences (PhD) in 1986.

Upon the triumph of the Revolution, she became a professional cadre of the youth movement and participated in the founding of the Asociación de Jóvenes Rebeldes, the Unión de Pioneros Rebeldes, and the Unión de Jóvenes Comunistas. She is founder and first director of Revista Pionero.

In 1964 she began working at ICR as a journalist in newscasts and informational programs and later as director and scriptwriter of dramatic programs. Between 1971 and 1973 she held the position of press and culture attaché at the Embassy of Cuba in Tanzania.

In 1968 she entered the School of Arts and Letters at the University of La Habana and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature in 1974. Between 1974 and 1980 she served as professor of Overview of Cuban Culture at the Faculty of Arts and Letters at the University of La Habana.

Between 1979 and 1983, she worked as an associate researcher at the Institute of Literature and Linguistics at ACC. From 1983 to the present, she has worked as an auxiliary and senior researcher at the Institute of Philosophy. In 1986 she defended her doctoral thesis (PhD).

She has taught lectures and postgraduate courses at numerous national institutions including University of La Habana, Instituto Superior Pedagógico Enrique José Varona, ISPE in Manzanillo, Ciego de Ávila, Camagüey, Marxism Department of MINED, Center for the Advancement of MININT Leaders, ITM, Ministry of Culture and also at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Lima.

She has participated in the development of programs for postgraduate courses and master's degrees at higher education centers in the country. She has served as advisor for diploma projects and opponent of several doctoral theses.

She has participated in nearly forty national and international scientific events as a speaker or served as a jury member, moderator, and rapporteur.

Awards
Throughout her career as a researcher, she has received various recognitions for her research results. In 1997 she received the Order "Carlos J. Finlay" for the entirety of her scientific work.

Research
She has participated in numerous investigations on the topics of: History of Cuban thought, History of Latin American thought, History of Cuban literature, Marxism in Latin America, especially in Peru, Testimonial literature in Cuba from 1959 onwards, The articulation of Marxism and national and continental revolutionary traditions.

Publications
She is the author of numerous articles and essays published in specialized journals, popular publications, and several books.

Historical Profile of Cuban Letters, Editorial Letras Cubanas, La Habana, 1984. (co-author).
Félix Varela, His Political Thought and His Era. Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, La Habana, 1984.
Carlos Rafael Rodríguez, Tradition and Universality, Editora Política, La Habana, 1997.
Echoes of the French Revolution in Cuba, Editora Política, La Habana, 1989.
Rubén Martínez Villena. Political Ideology. Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País, 2003.
"Moral Politics and Religion in Félix Varela", in: Revista de la Biblioteca Nacional "José Martí". La Habana, 3rd series, XX, Year 69, No. 2, May-August 1978, pp. 71-88.
"Toward a Life of Santiago Pita", in: Revista de la Biblioteca Nacional "José Martí", La Habana, 3rd series, XXI, Year 70, No. 2, May-August 1979, pp. 139-143.
Speakers of Cuba, by Manuel Sanguily, selection and preface, Editorial Letras Cubanas, La Habana, 1981.
"Parallel between Varela and Martí: Anticlericalism" in: Revista de la Biblioteca Nacional "José Martí", La Habana, 3rd series, XXIII, Year 72, No. 3, September-December 1981, pp. 167-204.
"Literature of Testimony in Cuba from 1959 onwards", in: Realist Literature and the Revolutionary Movement in Latin American Countries, Moscow.
"A Young Woman Named Mirta Aguirre", in: El Caimán Barbudo, La Habana, 1981.
"Parallel between Varela and Martí: Anticlericalism", in: Ensayos Cubanos No. 6, Editorial Pueblo y Educación, La Habana, 1982.
"Some Aspects of the Philosophical Thought of Félix Varela", in: Universidad de La Habana, No. 217, May-August 1982, pp. 5-13.
"The Political and Social Thought of José Agustín Caballero", in: Universidad de La Habana, No. 218, September-December 1982, pp.
"Political Thought in Cuba in the First Third of the 19th Century: Arango and Varela", in: International Scientific Conference 30th Anniversary of the Moncada, Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, La Habana, 1986.
"Marxist Criticism and Moral Evaluation of Slavery", in: Marx and Contemporaneity, Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, La Habana, 1987, Vol. 2.
"Varela, Master of Philosophers and Revolutionaries" in: Granma, La Habana, February 28, 1987.
"Varela, Complete Patriot", in: Bohemia, La Habana, Vol. 79, No. 47, 1987, pp. 56-59.
"The Third Volume of Letra con filo by Carlos Rafael Rodríguez", in: Universidad de La Habana, No. 233, 1988, pp. 215-223.
"Coherence and Systematicity in Félix Varela", in: Universidad de La Habana.
"Bibliography on Varela", in: Revista de la Biblioteca Nacional "José Martí", 3rd series, Vol. 79, XXX, No. 1, January-April 1988, pp. 5-34.
"Félix Varela, A Timely Figure", in: Revista Cubana de Ciencias Sociales No. 14.
"The Philosophical and Social Ideology of Félix Varela and Cuban Society of His Era", in: Revista Cubana de Ciencias Sociales, La Habana, No. 15, September-December 1987, pp. 85-96.
"Raimundo de Farías Brito and the Current Ideological Struggle", in: Revista Cubana de Ciencias Sociales, No. 16, January-April 1988, pp. 71-88.
"Varela and Martí, Origin and Culmination of Cuban Revolutionary Thought of the 19th Century", in: Anuario del CEM, La Habana, No. 12, 1989, pp. 38-49.
"National Self-consciousness at Its Origins. Reflections on the 500th Anniversary", in: Revista Cubana de Ciencias Sociales, No. 27, January-June 1992, pp.
"Varela, Cuban Forge", in: Bohemia, La Habana, Vol. 84, No. 2, 1992, pp. 64-66.
"Discussing Martí", Round Table, in: Temas, La Habana, No. 2, April-June 1995.
"Marxism and the Emancipatory Ideal During the Neocolonial Republic", in: Temas, La Habana, No. 3, September 1995, pp. 44-57.
"Ideological Currents in Cuba", in: Cuba, History and Destiny, Workshop on Cuban Thought, Universidad Central de Las Villas, 1995, pp. 32-42.
Philosophy and Ideology of Cuba (19th Century), Panorama of Our America No. 9, CCyDEL, UNAM, Mexico D.F., 1994.
"Outline of Ideas in Cuba until the End of the 19th Century, pp. 11-72.
"Echoes of the French Revolution in the Cuban Press of the 19th Century", pp. 99-113.
"Man in the Revolutionary Theory of Félix Varela", pp. 115-175.
"History, Culture and Revolution in José Martí", in: Revista Cubana de Ciencias Sociales, La Habana, No. 30, 1995, pp. 126-136.
"Articulation of National Revolutionary Traditions and the Thought of Marx, Engels and Lenin", in: Cuba Socialista, La Habana, No. 3, 1996.
"Relevance of the October Revolution. Round Table", Contracorriente, Year 3, No. 7, January-February 1997.
"My Truth by V. Vorotnikov", in: Marx Ahora, La Habana, No. 1, 1997, pp.
"Mariátegui in the Current Thought of Our Era", in: Marx Ahora, No. 2, 1996.
José Antonio Saco and National Identity. Proceedings from the Workshop of the Fundación Fernando Ortiz.
Around the Relationship between Philosophy and Politics in Félix Varela, Proceedings of the International Event on Félix Varela, Ethics and Anticipation of Cuban Emancipatory Thought.