Donor Stories: Rotary Club Miami-Granada

The Rotary Club Miami-Granada recently donated a series of documents dating to 1916, when the historic Havana Chapter of Rotary International (RI), from which the club originates, was established. The Cuban Heritage Collection (CHC) recognized the Miami-Granada club's donation at a June 30 event at the CHC's Roberto C. Goizueta Pavilion. Learn more »

Featured image: Ellen Blasi, a former District Governor of Rotary International, introduces Dr. Réne López-Guerrero, president of the Rotary Club Miami-Granada at the club's centennial anniversary event on June 30 at the CHC.

Goizueta Foundation Graduate Fellowships Program

CHC Welcomes First Class of Goizueta Fellows

Throughout the academic year the Cuban Heritage Collection will welcome ten emerging scholars into Goizueta Foundation Graduate Fellowships Program. So far five of the fellows have arrived in Miami to carry out doctoral research, including:

Melissa Bumbach, University of Miami, Musical Arts
James Wilkey, Louisiana State University, Latin American History
Mariel Martínez Alvarez, University of Michigan, Spanish
Vida Owusu-Boateng, Louisiana State University, Comparative Literature
Rachel Emily Pérez, Yale University, American and African American Studies

Stay tuned for new blog posts from our fellows as well as announcements about the CHC Research Colloquia, in which they discuss their individual projects.

Collage from top left clockwise: Melissa Bumbach, James Wilkey, Mariel Martínez Alvarez, Vida Owusu-Boateng, Rachel Emily Pérez.

New Directions in Cuban Studies Conference

October 20-21, 2016

Mark your calendars for the 2016 New Directions in Cuban Studies conference! On October 20-21, the CHC will once again host this multidisciplinary conference to disseminate the work of graduate students and emerging scholars and survey the current status of Cuban and Cuban American Studies. Learn more »

Featured images from the inaugural New Directions in Cuban Studies Conference, held in 2014. Thirteen of the Cuban Heritage Collection's past fellows shared their work before an audience at the Roberto C. Goizueta Pavilion.

Collection Highlights: Gastón Baquero Papers

Gastón Baquero (1914-1997) was a Cuban poet, writer, and intellectual who first gained recognition with the 1942 publications of Poemas and Saúl sobre su espada. He was a member of the avant-garde literary collective Orígenes, before he changed his focus to journalism, becoming Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper El Diario de la Marina.

The Gastón Baquero Papers, 1956-1999 consists of correspondence, books, and other materials written and collected by Baquero during his exile in Madrid, Spain. The collection came to the CHC in 1996 thanks to the support of the Amigos of the Cuban Heritage Collection.

View the guide »

Featured image: Exhibition poster image from Out of the Shadows in 2014.

library.miami.edu/chc
1300 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, Florida 33146
Phone: 305-284-4900 | Fax: 305-284-4901