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Call for applications: Research Assistants
The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO) is offering research Fellowships for Spring 2022 (renewable for 2 years) as part of the Mellon funded Bridging the Divide study group on decolonization. We are looking for researchers in the following two areas: Historical Researcher –...
Call for applications: Research Fellows
The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO) is offering research Fellowships for Spring 2022 addressing the following themes: Social impact of COVID-19 in Puerto Rico and the Diaspora Racializaiton and Blackness in Puerto Rico and the Diaspora The Impact of Act 20/22/60 Debt...
CENTRO Receives $1.2 Million from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
(New York, NY – January __, 2022) – The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Hunter College a grant of $1,238,000 to support scholarly groups at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (Centro) that will bring together academics, journalists and artists to study issues confronting Puerto Rico and...
CALL FOR PAPERS: The Life, Times, and Writings of Bernardo Vega
Numerous Puerto Rican Studies researchers, after their first reading of Memorias de Bernardo Vega: Contribución a la historia de la comunidad puertorriqueña en Nueva York (1977; 1984 English edition), edited by renowned Puerto Rican novelist, journalist, and political and labor leader César Andreu...
Giving Tuesday at Centro!
Centro is happy to announce that we are participating in #GivingTuesday! Giving Tuesday resembles a movement of global generosity that empowers people and organizations to transform communities and ultimately, the world. We have been beyond grateful to host in-person and virtual events throughout...
Redistricting Press release
Redistricting Threats to New York’s Hispanic Congressional Representation Proposed redistricting maps threaten Hispanic congressional representation by eliminating a congressional district currently represented by a Hispanic member of the House of Representatives and diluting Latino voting power...
New Centro Journal Summer 2021
The Summer 2021 issue of CENTRO Journal is now available. Visit the Centro bookstore to order your copy today.
Angel Antonio Ruiz Laboy appointed Associate Director of Arts and Culture for CENTRO
New York, NY, August 23, 2021 Yarimar Bonilla, the Acting Director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO), announced today the appointment of Angel Antonio Ruiz-Laboy as Associate Director of Arts and Culture. Ruiz-Laboy will be the first person to hold the newly created...
CENTRO report shows Hispanic population growth is driving overall population growth in Florida and Connecticut, offsetting population losses among other groups
Changes in population will have direct consequences for legislative reapportionment and redistricting and Hispanic representation across the country. Analyses for Connecticut and Florida show how Hispanic population growth has driven overall population growth in Florida and has compensated for the...
Press Release: Centro’s, “Cucarachita Martina’s Musical Adventure,” to play at the 2021 Tribeca Festival
Centro’s, “Cucarachita Martina’s Musical Adventure,” to play at the 2021 Tribeca Festival The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College’s animated short will be screened, Sunday, June 13, 2021 NEW YORK, May 18, 2021 — The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College is proud to...

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