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  • Library & Archives Lunch Hour – Cold War Puerto Rico: Anti-Communism in Washington’s Caribbean Colony

    Virtual Event

    McCarthyism. COINTELPRO. Las carpetas. Through research in the CENTRO Archives, this new book portrays the gripping history of FBI surveillance, political repression, and the fight for Puerto Rican Independence. Join author & political commentator Stephen Howell and CENTRO Librarian, Anibal Arocho in exploring Howell’s latest book, Cold War Puerto Rico: Anti-Communism in Washington’s Caribbean Colony. … Continued

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  • CENTRO Open House

    Calling all students, professors, community leaders, activists, artists, and more looking free resources! Stop by CENTRO en El Barrio on September 24th (we promise it’s worth the trip!) to learn more about our archival collections, our library centering the Puerto Rican experience, new books, data hub reports, tools & dashboards, artist opportunities, and free educational … Continued

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  • Opening Night: NY Premiere of Desarchivar la mirada

    What does historical justice look like? After a successful world premiere in Puerto Rico, Desarchivar la Mirada comes to CENTRO for its New York premiere! Don’t miss the opening night of this compelling exhibition challenging the original purpose of postcards produced between 1898 and 1915. As Puerto Rico entered its colonial status under the U.S., … Continued

    Free

  • Library & Archives Lunch Hour: Ruth Reynolds Oral History

    Virtual Event

    When you think of bold and fierce Puerto Rican leaders, Pedro Albizu Campos likely comes to mind. However, Ruth Reynolds was equally essential to the Puerto Rican Independence movement. Finally, you can hear her discuss firsthand these unique experiences through recently digitized oral histories. Join CENTRO archivists Grace McKenna along with Carlos Rodríguez Fraticelli and … Continued

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  • Diasporican Cultural Research Summit II

    If you’re a scholar, artist, editor, archivist, cultural worker, and public intellectuals interested in artistic practices, this event is for you! After an incredibly successful Diasporican Cultural Summit in June 2025 convening artists, arts administrators, curators, and more across the country, the Diasporican Cultural Summit is returning with a two-day academic and cultural convening focused … Continued

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  • The Puerto Rican Radical Tradition – Exploring the CENTRO Spring and Summer 2026 Journals

    Virtual Event

    From the Nationalist Party to UPR Student Movements to the Young Lords, and more: this is only the surface of the rich legacy of radical resistance that Puerto Rico possess. CENTRO’s latest journals (Spring & Summer 2027) explore a complex political space defined by movements resisting racial/colonial capitalism through the unique lens of Puerto Rican … Continued

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  • Archiving Home: A Community of Practice

    Part showcase. Part workshop, Part happening. Come join us for Archiving Home: A Community of Practice. This culminating event will highlight the work of Archiving Home participants while inviting broader dialogue and engagement with the community and other practitioners. Join us to learn about non-traditional diasporic archival practices, connect with others interested in diasporic memory … Continued

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  • Library & Archives Lunch Hour: The Roger Cabán Photographic Collection

    Virtual Event

    For decades, photography has allowed the Puerto Rican community to reflect our humanity, culture, struggles, dreams, and more on our terms. Co-founded over fifty years ago by photographer & social worker Roger Cabán, En Foco aimed to support this work and preserve the legacy of diasporic lens-based artists. Today, Roger Cabán’s personal photographic collection has … Continued

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  • A Decade of PROMESA: Accountability, Good Governance, and Puerto Rico’s Future

    Join us for our closing symposium of the semester - A Decade of PROMESA: Accountability, Good Governance, and Puerto Rico’s Future. This symposium seeks to make a discerning and principled retrospective and prospective analysis of the conditions that lead to the insolvency of Puerto Rico’s government, the institutional solutions provided for that insolvency (i.e., PROMESA … Continued

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  • Library & Archives Lunch Hour: New Books in Puerto Rican Studies

    Virtual Event

    If you’re looking to expand your reading list, gift a book to your favorite bookworm, or just want to know what’s new in the literary world for Boricuas, don’t miss this lunch hour with our incredible Head Librarian at CENTRO, Aníbal Arocho! Informative and ground-breaking books about the Puerto Rican community continue to be published … Continued

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  • Cumbre x CENTRO – Black Cuerpas: Race, Body Politics, & Culture

    Take a tour of New York City like you've never done before during the Cumbre X CENTRO conference on the week leading up to the National Puerto Rican Day Parade. The theme of this conference, Black Cuerpas: Race, Body Politics, & Culture, is a collaborative retrospective of CENTRO's third year of the Rooted + Relational … Continued

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