centroTALKS
 

PRdream has partnered with the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (Centro) to bring its speakers series online. The talks cover a range of subjects of interest and importance to the Puerto Rican and Latino communities here while also addressing topics of concern to Puerto Rico and other Latin American countries.

Centro talks are regularly held throughout the academic year.

 

 

DISCUSSIONS:

   
BOOK PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION:
"Telling to Live: Latina Feminist Testimonios"

Speakers/Authors :
Representatives of The Latina Feminist Group
Daisy Cocco De Filippis, Lisa Fiol-Matta, Iris Ofelia López, Mirtha N. Quintanales, Caridad Souza


 
BOOK PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION:
"Pioneros": Puerto Rican Migration to New York, 1896-1948"

Speakers/Authors :
Pedro Juan Hernández & Félix V. Matos Rodríguez
Guest Speaker : Gabriel Haslip-Viera
 

BOOK PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION:
"Latinos, Inc. :The Marketing and Making of a People"

Speaker/Author :
Arlene Dávila
Guest Speakers : Dr. Clara Rodríguez and Marta García

 
 

RETURN MIGRANTS AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN PUERTO RICO

Guest Speaker :
Carlos Vargas Ramos

 
 

BOOK PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION:
"Nación y Ritmo"

Author : Juan Otero GarabÍs
Guest Speakers : Juan Flores and Arnaldo Cruz-Malave

 

THE INFLUENCE OF PUERTO RICAN MUSIC IN THE UNITED STATES

Guest Speaker : Raymond Torres-Santos

 
 
BOOK PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION

Guest Speakers :
Suzanne Oboler and Anthony Nadal
   
 

LATINO RACIAL FORMATIONS IN CHICAGO AND THE UNITED STATES

Guest Speakers :
Nicholas DeGenova & Ana Yolanda Ramos-Zayas, and Gina Perez

 
 

MILITARY AID OR KILLER DEAL: U.S. WEAPONS TRADE AND MILITARY TRAINING IN THE CARIBBEAN, 1790 - 2001

Guest Speaker :
Humberto Garcia Muniz

 
 

THE STATE OF PUERTO RICAN POLITICS: AQUI Y ALLA

Guest Speakers : Amilcar Barreto and Angelo Falcon