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.

Rebel Betty. Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and the Survival of a People, booklet detail, 2024. Digital collage. Courtesy of the artist. — Rebel Betty

Highlights

RicanWritings

Culture Under Siege: Policing Culture

By Dr. Sarah Bruno

May 29, 2025

What happens when the state attempts to regulate culture under the guise of protection? In our latest blog, Prof. Sarah Bruno examines the recent legislative attempt to regulate dance in Puerto Rico through PC2107 legislation that, while framed as safeguarding dancers, would have enforced exclusionary standards rooted in colonial and carceral logic. Click here to read the full article! → Image sourced from the website of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña

Announcement

CENTRO Announces Rooted + Relational Summer 2025 Research Fellows and Artist-in-Residence

May 21, 2025

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO) is excited to announce its new fellows for its Rooted + Relational Summer Research and Artist-In-Residence: Alexandria Ramos, Assistant Professor … Continued

Ask CENTRO

Data Scientists and Researchers Answer Questions From the Internet

May 21, 2025

Damayra I Figueroa-Lazu, CENTRO Research Coordinator, and Jorge R. Soldevila Irizarry, CENTRO Research Assistant, sat down with us and answered questions about data science and CENTRO’s Data Hub.

News

UPR Art History Students Partner with CENTRO to Expand Research on Puerto Rican Diaspora Artists

May 12, 2025

The Art History Program at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras campus, has been selected to collaborate with the Center for Puerto Rican Studies in New York City on … Continued

News

Announcing Additional Opportunities for our Fellowship Program, Micro-Grants, and Emmy Award-Winning TV Series: Puerto Rican Voices

May 05, 2025

The 2025-2026 theme, Boricuas in Relation, invites applicants to engage with the phenomenon of Boricua archipelagic and diasporic community formation with other racial and ethnic groups. Boricuas have long developed … Continued

Upcoming Events

Event

Diasporican Cultural Summit

June 04, 2025

The Diasporican Cultural Summit is designed to address the pressing need for gathering spaces that bring together diasporic cultural workers, fostering connections with the next generation of scholars, researchers, and … Continued

Help preserve our past and forge our future.

As Puerto Ricans in the diaspora, we know the impact of our communities across the United States. Every day we continue to see how important it is to foster an informed understanding, and appreciation of our legacies. We continue documenting, preserving and disseminating our precious history to ensure a clear, authentic understanding of our communities, our contributions, and our challenges. Be part of this effort with your donation.

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Our virtual store honors one of the most iconic Puerto Rican institutions in New York, la bodega. Here you can purchase our publications, educational, research, and cultural materials related to the Puerto Rican experience produced or sponsored by CENTRO. Additionally, you can purchase our swag which will support our mission of strengthening, reimagining, and diversifying the field of Puerto Rican Studies.

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