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.
Author: Horisberger, Diego (ELIN Student Admin Assistant)
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, […]
Puerto Rican Leaders, Legislators Emphasize Need for Civic Engagement, Cultural Activities, Social Justice
Professor Charles Rob Venator-Santiago was part of the discussion at the Legislative Office Building hosted by the General Assembly’s Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity & Opportunity.
ELIN Core Faculty Member Receives Funding For Inclusive Research Initiatives
El Instituto’s core faculty member, Emma Amador, receives JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) Research initiative funding for research project: Bright Futures: Antonia Pantoja and the Practice of Ethnic Studies in US History. Read more in UConn Today article.
UConn Anthropology Alumna’s Book Wins Two Prizes
UConn Anthropology PhD and Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Rhode Island, Hilda Lloréns’ latest book, Making Livable Worlds: Afro-Puerto Rican Women Building Environmental Justice has recently won two awards: The Gregory Bateson Prize from the Society for Cultural Anthropology And the Frank Bonilla Book Award from the Puerto Rican Studies Association Congratulations, […]