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Preliminary Program | Twelfth Conference on Cuban and Cuban-American Studies
More than 180 specialists in different disciplines will participate in our biennial meeting, scheduled for February 14-15, 2019, and focused on the main theme of "Cuba and Puerto Rico: Two Wings of One Bird?"
Program for the Classically Cuban Concert with the Alonso Brothers
This year's program is a two-piano extravaganza featuring a variety of Cuban popular musical styles such as mambo, cha cha, bolero, son, danzón, conga, and salsa, including composers like Ignacio Cervantes, Moisés Simons, Miguel Matamoros, Ernesto Lecuona, Dámaso Pérez Prado, and Tito Puente.
Humberto Calzada, another Cuban at the Smithsonian
Eliecer Jiménez interviews the Cuban-American artist, a member of the CRI Community Advisory Board, on the occasion of the acquisition of one of his paintings by the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.
The Role of University Presses to Be Discussed at the Miami Book Fair
The panel "#TurnItUP with University Presses: Little-Known Stories of Unheard Voices" will feature Lisa Bayer, Director of the University of Georgia Press; CRI Director Jorge Duany; FIU Professor Emerita Meri-Jane Rochelson; and Romi Gutiérrez, Associate Director of Sales and Marketing at the University Press of Florida.
Arellano Family Donates $1 Million to CasaCuba
Agustín R. Arellano, Sr., and his family have made a generous gift to help build CasaCuba, FIU's initiative to harness its extensive scholarly and cultural resources on Cuba.
CRI in the News | Social Policies toward the Aged in Cuba
"Diario de Cuba" interviews Dr. Elaine Acosta, a CRI Visiting Scholar, about the rapid aging of the Cuban population and the inadequate government response to growing demand for care services on the island.
New Anthology of Cuban-American Authors
The State University of New York (SUNY) Press has accepted for publication a new book by coeditors Iraida H. López and Eliana S. Rivero, "Let's Hear Their Voices: Cuban-American Writers of the Second Generation."
Graduate Seminar on the Soviet Union and Cuba
During the Spring 2019 semester, FIU History Professors Rebecca Friedman and Mike Bustamante will offer the seminar "Sugar and Iron Curtains: Comparative Cultures of the Cold War" (EUH 5905/LAH 5905), focusing on the intersections of politics and culture in two case studies from the global history of socialism: the Soviet Union and Cuba.
Announcing the Winner of the 2018 José Antonio Echeverría Scholarship
The Cuban Research Institute is happy to announce that the winner is Daniel Zengotita, a master's degree student in Religious Studies at FIU.
CRI in the News | CasaCuba: A Tribute to the Achievements of Cubans in Exile
In an op ed for "El Nuevo Herald," journalist Olga Connor salutes FIU's initiative to build a global information center about Cuba, based on education, research, public discussion, and the arts.
