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Spring 2024 Newsletter
Learn more about the numerous public events we organized last semester, including lectures, panel discussions, book presentations, and film screenings, to promote Cuban and Cuban American Studies. We're also planning numerous activities for the upcoming months, including hosting four new Visiting Fellows for Threatened Cuban Scholars in the Humanities.
2024 Crossing Latinidades Fellowships Announced
Congratulations to FIU graduate students Noel Hernández (History) and Michele Mileusnich (Modern Languages) on being selected to attend the 2024 Summer Institute in Latino Humanities at the University of Illinois at Chicago! The institute brings together thirty-two second and third-year pre-dissertation doctoral students pursuing Ph.D.'s in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who plan to work on Latino Studies dissertations.
CRI Visiting Scholar Will Conduct Research on Spanish Music in Cuba and the United States
The Cuban Research Institute is pleased to host Susana de la Cruz Rodríguez between October and December 2024. A Ph.D. student in musicology at the University of Oviedo in Spain, Ms. de la Cruz Rodríguez will conduct archival research and interviews for her doctoral dissertation titled "Bagpipes and Asturian and Galician Music in Cuba: Cultural Spaces and Sound Transculturation."
Announcing the Results of the 2024 Competition for Threatened Cuban Scholars in the Humanities
CRI's fellowship program will help artists, artists, academics, and journalists displaced from the island to continue their work at FIU. It will substantially broaden and deepen current discussions about intellectual freedom—including freedom of thought and expression—in Cuba, the United States, and worldwide.
CRI Visiting Scholar Will Study Cuban Reception of Pasolini’s Work
Dr. Sarah Atkinson, who holds a Ph.D. in Italian Studies, will appraise the Cuban reception of the work of the Italian filmmaker and intellectual Pier Paolo Pasolini. Her project looks at Cuban interest in Pasolini’s legacy during two significant moments: the 30th anniversary of his death in 2005 and the centennial commemoration of his birth in 2022.
Announcing the Recipients of the 2024 Díaz-Ayala Library Travel Grants
The Cuban Research Institute, the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, and the FIU Libraries are pleased to announce the winners of this year's competition. The grant recipients will spend a week consulting FIU's extensive collections on Cuba and its diaspora, and give a lecture on their research topics.
CRI Announces 2024 Eliana Rivero Scholarships
We're pleased to announce the results of the 2024 competition for FIU faculty members and graduate students. The scholarships will support seven presentations at academic conferences related to Cuban and Cuban American studies.
Lecture on the Cuban and Puerto Rican Diasporas
Join the UCF Puerto Rico Research Hub for a discussion with Dr. Jorge Duany, Director of the Cuban Research Institute at FIU, on "The Cuban and Puerto Rican Diasporas in Florida." The presentation will examine the main demographic, socioeconomic, cultural, and political patterns of these two groups from the Hispanic Caribbean, highlighting their similarities and differences.
New Article | Is the Workforce Prepared to Provide Services for Latino Family Dementia Caregivers?
CRI Visiting Scholar Elaine Acosta González has coauthored a research article describing the caregiving process for Latino patients with Alzheimer's and related dementias from the perspective of caregivers and service providers to reveal service areas in need of improvement. Providers and caregivers were interviewed through the Miami-Dade County Aging Network.
Interview: The Intertwined Histories of Two Archipelagos
Dr. Jorge Duany, director of the Cuban Research Institute, discusses his latest coedited book, "Cuba and Puerto Rico: Transdisciplinary Approaches to History, Literature, and Culture," with Dr. Lillian Guerra.
