Congratulations to History PhD student Thomas Miller!

Congrats to the following 2024 Scobie Award Winners Thomas Miller, Francisca Espinosa, marina dadico 🌿, and Camila Sanhueza !!!

Thrilled to share my new article out today! 🥰🤸🏽‍♂️ Here I link current #Cuba crisis & lessons of past #Cuba n #Exodus to political oppression. UF Latin American Studies UF Department of History Thanks to LARR LASA “We Are Happy Here”: Creating Communist Cuba and the Mariel Crisis - bit.ly/3UATpxv

This is a brilliant essay on forgotten performance artists, their own creative resistance & how “mass consent” is achieved in #Cuba . #MayDay #labor #protest ⁦UF Department of History⁩ ⁦UF Latin American Studies⁩ hyperallergic.com/909245/the-cub…

Thanks to Carmen Sesin ⁦NBC Latino⁩ ⁦NBC News⁩ we are hearing the voices that demand change in #Cuba & national dialogue. Grateful to be included ⁦FLORIDA⁩ ⁦UF Department of History⁩ ⁦UF Latin American Studies⁩ ⁦FLORIDA_CLAS⁩ nbcnews.com/news/latino/ca…

Announcing our new April 2024 edition of #CubanStudies ⁦UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences⁩ ⁦UF Department of History⁩ ⁦with great exhibit talks on new ⁦UF Libraries⁩ Guayo Collection & interview with #RichardDenis #historian of #journalism JOIN US! cubanstudies.history.ufl.edu

What a great end of the week. I went to the always fabulous Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS) and came back with this beauty. I am honored by the award!

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Thrilled to announce my diss. was selected for 2024 LASA’s Cuba Section prize for Best Doctoral Dissertation. Thanks to the jury. Cheers to other winners/hon. mentions and to all who helped along the way. Michelle Chase Latin American Studies Association (LASA) #Cuba Lillian Guerra

Congratulations to Max Deardorff for winning the Fanny Bandelier / Asunción Lavrin Book Prize in Colonial Latin American History for his book “A Tale of Two Granadas” (2023).

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Thanks to ⁦Ethan Besser Fredrick⁩ (aka the #TerryGross of new #academic books, my latest book on life in #Cuba under #Communist rule from 1961-1981 is featured on this podcast! ⁦UF Libraries⁩ ⁦UF Latin American Studies⁩ ⁦UF Department of History⁩ ⁦UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences⁩ newbooksnetwork.com/patriots-and-t…

Join us NOW!!! The Guayo Collection » Special & Area Studies Collections » UF Libraries » University of Florida ⁦UF Latin American Studies⁩ ⁦Cuban Research Institute⁩ ⁦Michael J Bustamante, Ph.D.⁩ ⁦Jennifer Lambe⁩ ⁦UF Department of History⁩ sasc.uflib.ufl.edu/2024/02/12/con…

⁦UF Latin American Studies⁩ ⁦UF Libraries⁩ ⁦UF Department of History⁩ invite you on a tour of #Cuba w/ experts ⁦Cuban Research Institute⁩ ⁦Cuban Heritage Collection⁩ & ⁦The City University of New York⁩ as guides this month! Guest curator & student of ⁦Michael J Bustamante, Ph.D.⁩ Arturo González, book rdg & more! cubanstudies.history.ufl.edu

Job announcement: the UF Libraries are looking for a Women’s and Gender Studies Librarian & Research Services Coordinator. Come work with me! Find out more here: hr.uflib.ufl.edu/prospective-em…. $61,231 minimum salary at the Assistant University Librarian rank #alajobs #libraryjobs

Many thanks to everyone who braved the rain to attend Dr. Max Deardorff's book launch of 'A Tale of Two Granadas' on Friday! A big gracias to Dr. Alcira Dueñas for her commentary and Keene Faculty Center for hosting us in such a beautiful space, too.

On Friday, join us for the book launch of 'A Tale of Two Granadas: Custom, Community, and Citizenship in the Spanish Empire' with author Dr. Max Deardorff and guest speaker Alcira Dueñas. See you at 2:00 pm in the Keene Faculty Center!

Affiliate #facultyfriday : Anton Matytsin is Associate Professor in UF Department of History. His research focuses on intellectual & cultural history of early modern Europe, focusing on 17th & 18th century France. Learn more at ces.ufl.edu/directory/anto…

Check out Jack Davis today giving the FLORIDA faculty senate's distinguished professor lecture. It's at Reitz for those on campus and streaming if you can't make it!

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I want to invite you to check out this month’s new content #CubanStudies ⁦UF Libraries⁩ ⁦UF Department of History⁩ ⁦UF Latin American Studies⁩ with our focus on the Photography of Andrew St. George! See some of 8,000 photos & amazing stories they tell ⁦Cuban Research Institute⁩ cubanstudies.history.ufl.edu/ex-libris/conv…

50 years of The Alligator being an Independent paper! More to come on this event. 🐊

Wow! I am honored to share a very generous Review of Patriots and Traitors in Revolutionary Cuba, 1961-1981 | ReVista!! Thank you so much for reading ⁦UF Latin American Studies⁩ ⁦UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences⁩ ⁦UF Libraries⁩ ⁦UF Department of History⁩ revista.drclas.harvard.edu/a-review-of-pa…