Contributed by Charles R. Venator-Santiago On January 20, 2024, we celebrated Connecticut’s first Latino and Puerto Rican Policy Summit. Our goal is to establish a comprehensive non-partisan agenda for the Latino community in Connecticut. The event was titled Building a Better Future: The Latino and Puerto Rican Policy Agenda Summit and was held at the […]
Author: Horisberger, Diego (ELIN Student Admin Assistant)
Congratulations to our Colleague Rodolfo Fernandez!
Contributed by Charles R. Venator-Santiago Please join us in celebrating our colleague Rodolfo Fernandez, who received two awards from the Provost’s Competition Common Curriculum Grant Competition to develop two TOI-3 (creativity) courses. The selection committee wrote that it “was very impressed with your proposal and voted for your course development.” Professor Fernandez will be developing a […]
New book by UConn History PhD alumna Rosa Carrasquillo
Out soon, a new book on the historical memory of slavery and the slave trade in Santo Domingo, by UConn History alumna Rosa Carrasquillo (Prof. at College of the Holy Cross). Follow Editora Educación Emergente in X for more information.
New Citation for Director Venator-Santiago in Politico
El Instituto Interim Director Venator-Santiago was recently quoted in Politico. He provided an analysis of the local primary environment in Puerto Rico.
Interim Director quoted in NBC Connecticut
Charles R. Venator-Santiago, the Interim Director for El Instituto and the Puerto Rican Studies Initiative was recently quoted in NBC Connecticut. You can read the article here.
Interim Director Presents at Hispanic Leaders in Action Subcommittee Event
Interim Director of El Instituto, Charles Venator Santiago, presents Puerto Rican Studies Initiative research findings in the Shining Star Awards event given by the Meriden-based Midstate Chamber of Commerce and its Hispanic Leaders in Action subcommittee, often known as HOLA. You can read further at myrecordjournal.com.
ELIN Joint Appointed Professor Beatriz Aldana Marquez cited in Telemundo
Our newest colleague, Beatriz Aldana-Marquez, was recently cited in Telemundo for her research on immigrant detention facilities. You can read the article on the Telemundo website.
Interim Director quoted in the New York Times
Charles R. Venator-Santiago, the Interim Director for El Instituto and the Puerto Rican Studies Initiative was recently quoted in the New York Times. You can read the article here.
Interim Director Venator-Santiago Radio Interview
Author Esmeralda Santiago, and Faculty Interim Director of El Instituto, Dr. Charles Venator-Santiago, was recently featured on the podcast Where we Live, produced by Connecticut Public Radio. In the podcast, they talk about Esmeralda Santiago’s new book Las Madres, which chronicles five women as they survive and are shaped by their experiences by Hurricane Maria […]
The Black Arrow: Poetic reflections on the U.S. naval base in Guantánamo
Contributed by Katerina Gonzalez Seligmann. The Black Arrow, a book of poems reflecting on the U.S. naval based in Guantánamo by José Ramón Sánchez Leyva that I translated with Esther Whitfield was recently released by Linkgua Ediciones. José Ramón Sánchez ventures into territory that few Cuban writers have approached: the naval base at Guantánamo Bay, […]