Stop by for a discussion highlighting how Afro-Latin Soul and Salsa challenged existing notions of what it meant to be Puerto Rican in America in the 60s and 70s, provided […]
Join CENTRO Summer researchers Conor Reed, Alexandria Ramos, and Estelle Maisonett for a conversation on their research this summer. The research theme, Archives: Memory & the Present Past of Puerto […]
Introduction Marnia Lazreg was a pathbreaking sociologist who made important contributions to a wide variety of fields, including the study of women, torture, colonialism, Islam, Foucault, international development, and her native Algeria. Much of this work was informed by an abiding belief in the emancipatory potential of a universalistic conception of the human—an approach that […]
Robert Seltzer Lecture Series Reconstructing Identity: Music in Israel Modernity has produced several important chapters in Jewish history, including the advent of the State of Israel. This lunchtime talk explores ways in which music has been used in the development of the State of Israel, with special focus on ‘Ivriut (Hebraics), assimilation of sub-ethnic Jewish […]
Fall 2025 Igna Ritcher Seminar Series Presents: RNA-Protein Homeostasis in Healthy and Diseased Neurons. Presented by Dr. Francesco Lotti-Hunter MLS.
Fall 2025 Igna Ritcher Seminar Series Presents: Mechanisms of Malaria Pathogenesis and Immune Response. Presented by Dr. Ana Rodriguez, NYU.
Engage in a necessary reframing of the scripts that bolstered dispossession in the name of development across New York City in the mid-20th century. By delving into the lived experiences of the community’s residents, Afterlives of San Juan Hill highlights the individual stories of Lincoln Square residents during this pivotal time. If you’ve watched West Side Story, […]
Fall 2025 Igna Ritcher Seminar Series Presents: The Origin and Evolution of De Novo Genes. Presented by Dr. Junhui Peng, Rockefeller University.
Little is published in both the academic and lay literature about the ties between Spiritism, women, and colonialism. However, Puerto Rican women as practitioners of Spiritism, helped transform Puerto Rican […]
A conversation featuring Benjamin Hett, Hunter Professor of History, Craig Symonds, Professor Emeritus at the U.S. Naval Academy, and others at Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College.
