Welcome to Cuban Studies at the University of Florida! Together, the History Department, Smathers Library and the Center for Latin American Studies at UF are committed to uncovering and sharing knowledge of Cuba with the world. Visit this site to learn about and experience Cuba through visual galleries of unique historical photographs and photo essays, filmed oral interviews, and links to specially selected treasures from UF’s vast library collections and private archives on Cuba.
— Professor Lillian Guerra and Miguel Torres Yunda
— Professor Lillian Guerra and Miguel Torres Yunda
Ex-Libris
Listen nowPresident Barack Obama’s speech to the Cuban people, filmed live in Havana, March 22, 2016.
Conversatorio Cubano
Watch the videoIn this Conversatorio Cubano, Dr. Lillian Guerra interviews Jeffrey DeLaurentis, the U.S. Ambassador to Cuba from 2015 to 2017, about the diplomatic shift and warming of relations between the United States and Cuba at the tail-end of the Obama administration.
Gems of the Archive
Read moreHow do you bridge the gap between people? Comedy! President Obama’s comedy sketch in Cuba.
