2025-10-03
1 小时 4 分钟In 1962,
a bewildered little Cuban boy was sent to the United States by his parents to escape communism.
Today, that little boy is an esteemed historian,
a chaired professor at Yale, and a best-selling author.
Carlos Er on Uncommon Knowledge Now.
Welcome to Uncommon Knowledge.
Recording today at Yale University, I'm Peter Robinson.
Born in Havana, Carlos Ayer moved to this country at age 11 as part of Operation Peter Pan,
the program under which some 14,000 Cuban children were sent to the United States by their parents between 1960 and 1962 to escape the communist regime of Fidel Castro.
Professor Ayer lived in a succession of temporary homes before settling in Chicago.
putting himself through school as a supermarket stock boy and a hotel dishwasher,
Professor Eyre earned his undergraduate degree at Loyola University in Chicago,
then earned his doctorate here at Yale.
For almost 30 years now, Professor Eyre has taught here at Yale, where he is now the T.
Laurison Riggs Professor of History and Religious Studies.
Professor Eyre is the author of more than half a dozen works of history and two volumes of memoirs,
including This first volume of his memoir is Waiting for Snow in Havana and his second volume Learning to Die in Miami.
Carl's here, thank you for joining us.
Oh thank you for inviting me.
I may as well just say it, full disclosure to our viewers, I'm married to a Cuban,