Center for Latin American Studies

**The UF Center For Latin American Studies** *The Center’s mission is to advance knowledge about Latin America and the Caribbean and its peoples throughout the Hemisphere, and to enhance the scope and quality of research, teaching, and outreach in Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies at the University of Florida.* **Our History** Latin American Studies has deep roots at the University of Florida dating back a century, thanks to our state’s geographical proximity to the Caribbean and South America, its Spanish heritage, and its significant Latino/a/x population. The Center for Latin American Studies was established as the Institute of Inter-American Affairs on June 2, 1930, making the University of Florida home to the oldest research center on Latin America in the United States. Since then, the Center has continued to grow its excellence in academic programs and exchange between the Americas, thanks to its extraordinary students, faculty, alumni, and staff.