Program Overview

The Cuban Heritage Collection (CHC) Short-Term Research Grants provide support to U.S.-based graduate students (master’s and doctoral), faculty members, and U.S.-based independent scholars for research at the CHC at the University of Miami Libraries. These grants will help cover travel and accommodation costs for visits lasting 1-3 weeks, facilitating access to the CHC’s unique resources and fostering scholarship in Cuban and Cuban Diaspora studies.

The Cuban Heritage Collection Short-Term Research Grants aim to advance scholarly research by providing access to our extensive and unique primary source materials. By supporting researchers from diverse disciplines, we seek to foster innovative, interdisciplinary scholarship in Cuban and Cuban Diaspora studies. Applicants with comparative projects are welcome to apply as well.

Funding for this program is provided by the Wilbur L. and Jean L. Morrison Endowment for Cuban Studies at the University of Miami.

CHC Short-Term Grant Recipients 2025-2026

* Unless otherwise noted, funding for this program is provided by the Wilbur L. and Jean L. Morrison Endowment for Cuban Studies at the University of Miami. *

• Bonnie Lucero, Ph.D.
  Neville G. Penrose Chair of Latin American Studies and History and Associate Professor | Department of HIstory, Texas Christian University
  “The Land of the Skinny Cow: Beef Politics in Cuba, 1927-1963”
• Theodore (Ted) Henken, Ph.D. (Funding provided by Amigos of the Cuban Heritage Collection)
  Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthopology, Baruch College, CUNY
  “Saturn’s Children: The 60-Year Struggle to Reestablish a Free Press in Cuba”
• Katerina Gonzalez Seligmann, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor, Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, University of Connecticut
  “The Relational History of Cuban Aimé Césaire”
• Margaret Arbanas, M.Arch.
  Architect and Faculty Member, School of Visual Arts
  “Cuba: Histories of the Future”
• Claudia Lonkin, M.A.
  Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, New York University
  “State-Produced Music between Eastern Europe and Latin America, 1953-1989”
• Daniel Pedreira, Ph.D.
  Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University
  “Archival Research for Biography of Cuban Statesman Dr. Manuel Antonio (Tony) de Varona Loredo”
• Carlos Manuel Álvarez (Funding provided by Amigos of the Cuban Heritage Collection)
  Author, Journalist, and Co-Founder and Director of El Estornudo
  “Ahora no conviene. Los cuerpos de la censura.”
• Librada González Fernández (Funding provided by Cuban Heritage Collection Gift Fund)
  Archivist and Founder | Archivo Cubanecuir
  “A History of Trans and Gender Non-Conforming Transformistas in Cuba”