Author: Juan P Acevedo

Juan P Acevedo

  • Disappearing Rooms: The Hidden Theatres of Immigration Law

    MARCH 28 2025 6:00-8:00PM | ROOM 9206/07 CUNY GRADUATE CENTER Michelle Castañeda is an activist and Professor of Performance Studies at NYU. She uses a performance studies perspective to show how the theatrical concept of mise-en-scene offers new insights about immigration law and the absurdist dynamics of carceral space. This book is presented in conversation…

  • LDP Report: Poverty Among New York City’s Most Vulnerable: 2000-2022

    Abstract This report examines the trends of poverty in New York City between the years 2000 and 2022, focusing on economically vulnerable groups such as women, children, and older adults Methods This report uses data for the years 2000, 2012, and 2022 released by the U.S. Census Bureau and harmonized for public use by IPUMS…

  • Call for Applications – Summer Research Fellowships 2025

    This call for applications closed on March 3, 2025 The Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies is accepting proposals for the CLACLS Summer Research Fellowship 2025. The Center will award multiple fellowships of up to $2,000 (partial awards may also be granted) to full-time students currently enrolled and in good standing in one…

  • Somos Cumbia, somos Familia: talk and workshop by Cumbia dancer, choreographer, and teacher Karla Flórez.

    FEBRUARY 13, 2025 6:00-8:30 PM | SKYLIGHT ROOM, GRADUATE CENTER CUNY In times of crisis and upheaval, join us for a special talk and workshop with Karla Flórez, a renowned dancer, choreographer, and teacher from Barranquilla, Colombia, with over 45 years of experience in cumbia—a genre born from the cultural fusion of Indigenous, African, and…

  • Book launch and Panel “Mapping Cuba’s Literary-Cultural History: The Cambridge History of Cuban Literature, edited by Vicky Unruh and Jacqueline Loss”

    JANUARY 30, 2024 6:00-8:30 PM | ROOM 9206/07, GRADUATE CENTER CUNY A book conversation with editors and authors: Vicky Unruh, University of KansasJacqueline Loss, University of ConnecticutEsther Allen, CUNY Graduate Center and Baruch CollegeOdette Casamayor-Cisneros, University of PenssylvaniaCamilla Stevens, Rutgers UniversityIraida H López, Ramapo College Extending from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century, The Cambridge…