Author: Juan P Acevedo

Juan P Acevedo

  • 34 & 5 Podcast: How Can We Solve the Border Crisis?

    In this episode of 34&5, we present a stellar group of panelists who discuss the whys and whereabouts of the migratory crisis in the Southern border of the United States, its effects and potential solutions. Fernanda Santos leads the panel of Elizabeth F. Cohen, Julia Preston, Cinthya Santos-Briones, and Van Tran on this urgent topic.…

  • Paco de Lucía and the Americas an International Symposium

    Tuesday, Mar 7, 2023. 10:00am-6:00pm The Segal Theater Join musicians and scholars from around the world to honor and celebrate the remarkable artistry of Paco de Lucía. Marking the 10th anniversary of de Lucía’s death, this conference explores the influence of the flamenco guitar virtuoso, composer, and producer on the Americas, as well as the…

  • Declining Puerto Rican Population in New York City: Study

    A new study conducted by Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center has unveiled notable changes in the demographics of New York City’s Puerto Rican and Dominican populations that reflect a significant decrease in the Puerto Rican population in New York City, particularly after 2017. This decline is attributed…

  • 60 Years After the Coup: A History of the Brazilian Communist Party – Jean Rodrigues Sales

    FEBRUARY 15 6:00 PM – SKYLIGHT ROOM IN-PERSON AND LIVESTREAM EVENT. Jean Rodrigues (Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) analyzes the history of the Brazilian Communist Party from its beginnings in 1962 to its arrival in power in 2002. Through a bibliographic approach on the history of communist parties and Brazilian left wing movements…

  • 34 & 5 Podcast: Karen Graubart’s Republics of Difference

    In this episode, Lidia Hernández Tapia talks with Professor Karen Graubart, author of Republics of Difference: Religious and Racial Self-Governance in the Spanish Atlantic World (Oxford University Press, 2022). Doctor Graubart, a historian specializing in race, gender, and law in colonial Latin America and the Iberian Atlantic, unpacks her latest findings on how marginalized communities,…