In the next Roosevelt House event to mark the centennial of Black History Month, please join us—along with the Hunter College Department of Africana, Puerto Rican, and Latino Studies—as we welcome longtime educator Brian Jones for a conversation about his new book, Black History is for Everyone. The author will be in conversation with Hunter College associate professor of […]
The acclaimed novelist, Susan Choi, will be in conversation with Andrew Beasley (MFA '25), with introductions by Adam Haslett, as part of the Distinguished Writers Series at Hunter College. Reception […]
CNN anchor and author Abby Phillip will discuss her new book, A Dream Deferred: Jesse Jackson and the Fight for Black Political Power, which explores Jesse Jackson’s 1980s presidential campaigns […]
Join author Alison Rand for a conversation on her new book exploring how sentido shapes how we make sense of who we are. Sentido is a word layered with meaning. […]
Dr. Temisan (Terence) Agbeyegbe is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Hunter College, joining in 1989 after spending six years on the faculty of Rutgers University. Dr. Agbeyegbe […]
Robert Seltzer Lecture Series The Civil War and the Making of American Antisemitism Historians often date the rise of widespread antisemitism in America to the Gilded Age, interpreting it […]
Learn how Puerto Rican feminist figures Julia de Burgos, & Yolanda Sanchez laid the groundwork for community-centered activism. Pivotal Puerto Rican feminist figures like Julia de Burgos, Yolanda Sanchez, Antonia […]
Professor Emerita Laura Shor and Roosevelt House Director Harold Holzer discuss Hunter's legacy as a diverse women's college (1870-1964). Shor's book celebrates the admission policies that welcomed all races and religions, creating a […]
Dr. Jonathan Dingel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Columbia University, a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Research Fellow […]
une in as we explore the Fall 2025 CENTRO Journal on Puerto Rican migration. Recent decades have witnessed economic, political, ecological, and socio-demographic changes that have engulfed Puerto Rico, with out-migration being a common response to such transformations. While the Puerto Rican diaspora was once concentrated in New York City and Chicago, Puerto Ricans from […]
