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
Ex-Libris
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Because the year 2026 marks the centenary of Fidel Castro’s birth and ten years since his death at the age of ninety in November 2016, Elio Piedra, owner and director of Tu Fiesta Radio 95.7 FM, and I launched a series of discussions that explore the lessons and legacy of Cuba’s sixty-seven years of one-party…
Conversatorio Cubano
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On May 4, 1990, Ángel Delgado, a 24-year-old artist and graduate of the prestigious Instituto Superior de Arte, began a “action” of performance art by distributing small pieces of cardboard painted with images of huesos verdes [green bones] to all who attended an exhibit of sculpture at a Havana art gallery.
Gems of the Archive
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Printed in thousands of copies, this open letter denounced Fidel Castro and the nature of Communist society that his policies created at a time when their myth remained globally ascendant.
