Credit for banner image above: The 2012 Classically Cuban concert was devoted to "Music for Martí." Photo by Wenceslao Cruz Blanco, Flickr, 2012.
The Cuban Research Institute (CRI) of Florida International University sponsors various programs, including a lecture series, book presentations, film screenings, the Conference on Cuban and Cuban American Studies, the Díaz-Ayala Library Travel Grants, and the Eliana Rivero Research Scholarship.
CRI Lecture Series
The institute invites leading scholars to address themes relevant to the study of Cuba and Cuban America. These lectures offer an opportunity for students and faculty as well as members of the Greater Miami community to engage with prominent and emerging Cubanists. +More Info
Book Presentations
CRI regularly brings to Miami some of the best authors writing about Cuban and Cuban American topics. +More Info
Film Screenings
The institute sponsors the presentation and discussion of films dealing with Cuba and its diaspora. +More Info
Conference on Cuban and Cuban American Studies
Every two years, CRI convenes scholars and other persons interested in the study of Cuba and Cuban Americans. Held since 1997, this meeting has become the largest international gathering of scholars specializing in Cuba and its diaspora. +More Info
Díaz-Ayala Library Travel Grants
CRI, the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, and the Libraries at Florida International University offer the Díaz-Ayala Library Travel Grants to study the special collections related to Cuba and Cuban Americans. These grants provide scholars and graduate students the opportunity to visit the collections at the FIU Green Library, thereby enhancing their value as a national resource. +More Info
Eliana Rivero Research Scholarship
Thanks to the generosity of Dr. Eliana S. Rivero, professor emerita in Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Arizona, CRI offers a scholarship to FIU faculty and graduate students to present their work at academic conferences related to Cuban and Cuban American studies. +More Info
José Antonio Echeverría Scholarship
Every year, the José Antonio Echeverría Foundation awards a scholarship to an undergraduate or graduate FIU student in honor of the slain Cuban student leader. +More Info
Classically Cuban Concert
Since 1994, CRI has sponsored a concert series to celebrate the diverse musical traditions of Cuba and its diaspora, bringing a broad spectrum of the Greater Miami community to FIU. Each concert focuses on a different theme and includes works by Cuban and other composers. +More Info