Historian Aníbal Sepúlveda Rivera argues that San Juan, capital of Puerto Rico, has been re-founded twice. There is the first well-known re-foundation of 1521, when the capital was moved from a mosquito-infested swamp unto the islet it currently occupies; but there was a second re-foundation that happened around the late 1940’s, when the capital first […]

December 13, 2021 3:00pm - 4:00pm EST 4:00pm - 5:00pm (Puerto Rico AST) Virtual Event RSVP Here: https://centropr.nationbuilder.com/afternoon_tertul_a_reimagining_west_side_story Join us on Monday, December 13th at 3:00 PM EST for our second December Afternoon Tertulía-  Reimagining West Side Story: A Critical Discussion of the Remake. We will be joined by Dr. Virginia Sanchez-Korrol, Dr. Frances Negrón-Muntaner, and […]

Join us on Tuesday, December 14th at 12 PM EST for our December Library Lunch Hour on La Navidad Puertorriqueña. Puerto Ricans celebrate the holidays like no other people on earth. Join us as we talk about our traditions, music, foods, and drinks that are so special to us during Christmas and Three Kings Day. […]

December 15, 2021 2:00pm - 3pm EST 3:00pm - 4pm (Puerto Rico AST) Virtual Event On Wednesday, December 15th at 2 PM EST, we will be hosting a very special Data Hub Coffee Hour, where our data hub team will highlight their Fall 2021 research work and the research associates will present their research plans […]