Dr. Alejandro De La Fuente

Biography

Alejandro de la Fuente is the Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics and a Professor in African and African American Studies at Harvard University. He is also the Director of the Afro-Latin American Research Institute at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. Professor de la Fuente specializes in comparative slavery and race relations, with a focus on the intersections of race, law, and Atlantic history. His notable works include 'Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana' (Cambridge University Press, 2020), and 'Havana Atlantic: Sixteenth Century' (University of North Carolina Press, 2008). He is recognized for his contributions to Afro-Latin American Studies and has received several accolades, including the Southern Historical Association's 2003 prize for the best book in Latin American history. He serves as a senior editor for the journal 'Cuban Studies' and has curated numerous art exhibits addressing issues of race in Cuban contemporary art.

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