MAC en el Barrio NYC: Art and Research Residency
May 03 2022
The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College in New York (CENTRO) and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (MAC) are announcing a new art and research … Continued
Researching, preserving & sharing the puerto rican experience
Centro, The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, is the largest university-based research institute, library, and archive dedicated to the Puerto Rican experience in the United States.
Highlights
Centro’s Spring 2022 Research Fellows
April 25 2022
Introducing Centro’s Spring 2022 Research Fellows! Erika Davis, Tabatha Cruz, and Gabriela Aoun were selected from a vast group of applicants and are all working with Centro Research Director, Jennifer … Continued
[un]learning: Art and Creative Pedagogies-2nd Conference on Art, Research, and Multidisciplinary Creation
April 14 2022
The Center for Educational Innovation at the Museum of Art of Puerto Rico (MAPR) and the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College in New York calls for artists, … Continued
Project Archivist
March 22 2022
The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO) is hiring a Project Archivist. Primary assignment would be to process recently acquired collections, creation of detailed inventories, transfer of … Continued
Center for Puerto Rican Studies Receives $1.2 Million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
January 11 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, … Continued
Upcoming Events
Centro at The 35th Annual Loisaida Festival
May 28 2022
Catch Centro at the 35th Annual Loisaida Festival! After a 2 year hiatus, the festival is back on with this years theme of “Taking it back to our streets! – … Continued
CENTRO at the 152nd Street Cultural Festival
May 28 2022
Catch us at the 152nd Street Cultural Festival on Saturday, May 28th from 11 AM – 6 PM EST, where we will be tabling alongside many others. Set in The … Continued
Cafecito con Rocío Zambrana
June 08 2022
Join us for a Cafecito con Rocio Zambrana on June 8th, 2022 at 4 PM EST. Professor Rocio Zambrana will be in conversation with Dr. Raquel Salaz Rivera in presenting … Continued
The 37th Annual 116th Street Festival
June 11 2022
Join us on Saturday, June 11th at 10 AM EST for the 37th annual 116th Street Festival. This in person event will take place on 116th Street and Third Avenue, … Continued
National Puerto Rican Day Parade 2022
June 12 2022
Join us on Sunday, June 12th at 11 AM EST for the 65th National Puerto Rican Day Parade (NPRDP)! In this yearly in-person event, the NPRDP will highlight Puerto Rican … Continued
An Invitation to Unlearn by MAPR and CENTRO
June 17 2022
June 17: 11 AM – 5 PM (11-12, 1-2, 4-5)June 18 – 11 AM – 5 PM (11-12, 1-2, 4-5) The Museum of Art of Puerto Rico and the Center … Continued
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