Oscar Loyola Vega

Distinguished Cuban historian and university professor. Doctor of Historical Sciences from the University of La Habana.

Born in La Habana.

Full Professor of Cuban History in the School of Philosophy and History at the University of La Habana.

He gave lectures at universities in several countries and was a contributor to different digital media outlets. He worked as a visiting professor in Mexico, Spain, and Germany, and participated in various scientific events in Cuba and abroad.

Member of the Scientific Council of the UH, President of the Commission of Scientific Degrees in Social Sciences and Humanities of the UH, Member of the Scientific Council of the Martiano Studies Center.

He was also a member of the Union of Historians of Cuba (UNHIC), where he held high responsibilities within the Executive of the Secretariat of La Habana; the Historical and Social Literature Section of the Association of Writers, Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC); the Association of Historians of Latin America and the Caribbean (ADHILAC).

He was vice dean of the School of Philosophy and History (1993-1997) of the University of La Habana, in which he chaired the Doctorate Commission.

He delivered remarks at the ceremony for the awarding of the annual Scientific-Technical Criticism Prize, held on January 27, 2011 in the Federico García Lorca Hall of the Dulce María Loynaz Cultural Center.

He was invited by the Institute of History on March 20, 2013, to the panel "Revolutions in History: Historiographical Notes," together with Yoel Cordoví Núñez.

He died in La Habana on September 5, 2014, at the age of 65, as a result of a serious traffic accident.

Publications
The Ten Years' War (2 volumes).

As co-author
Cuba, the Revolution of 1895 and the End of Spanish Colonial Empire, Michoacana University of San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Mexico, January 1, 1995.
Cuba and its history, Youth Library, Gente Nueva Publishing House, (1998). Together with Francisca López Civeira and Arnaldo Silva León./Digitized by the University of Michigan, September 26, 2008.
Homage to José Martí on the First Centenary of His Death in Combat, Mexico.
The Ten Years' War, Mexico, 1989.
History of Cuba 1492–1898. Formation and Liberation of the Nation, Pueblo y Educación Publishing House, 2001.
History of Cuba II: The Ten Years' War. The Fruitful Truce, Félix Varela Publishing House, La Habana, 2002. Together with Diana Abad and María del Carmen Barcia.
Cuba. A History, Ocean Sur. Together with Sergio Guerra Vilaboy, 2011.

He was the author of numerous essays and articles published in publications from Cuba and other countries.
"Guáimaro and Jimagüayú," in La Jiribilla, 2002
"October 10, 1868: Social Revolution and Anti-colonial War," in La Jiribilla, 2003
"The Historical Alternative of an Unfulfilled 98," in Temas, 1998
"Remembering Carlos Manuel de Céspedes," in Bohemia.
"The War of Cuba (1895-1898), in American Debates, 1999
"Projects and Ways for Social Change at the End of the Nineteenth Century in Cuba," in Revista Universidad de La Habana, 1999
"The Dilemma of Independence. Social Struggles in Latin American Emancipation (1790-1826)," in American Debates, 1997
"Martí and Diplomacy," in La Gaceta de Cuba, 1996.
"Behind the Political-Social Thought of Antonio Maceo," in Revista Universidad de La Habana, 1996
"Reflections on the Writing of History in Present-Day Cuba," in Temas, 1996
"Commemoration=Commemoration? Celebration? Mourning?," in Contracorriente, 1995
"Calixto García: Two Transcendent Attitudes," Ámbito, 1994.