BLS/LTS Courses for Fall 2023!

LTS 3007 – Puerto Rican Culture Online Synchronous Tuesday/Thursday 5:50pm – 7:05pm Professor Gustavo Quintero Vera This interdisciplinary course will examine the life of Puerto Ricans in the island, as well as that of the Puerto Rican diaspora in New York and beyond. In it we will explore the ever-changing history, culture, and beliefs of its people through poetry, novels, historical and critical essays, documentaries, videos, songs and podcasts. Some of the topics covered will be the nature of US-PR relations and its effect on the production of subjectivities, the current exploitation of the of the archipelago and its people … Continue reading BLS/LTS Courses for Fall 2023!

Afrolatinidades+ events this spring!

Black and Latino Studies at Baruch College is hosting, AFROLATINIDADES, a series of events exploring the intersections of hemispheric Blackness and Latin American cultures, heritages, and histories. It is funded by the Mellon foundation through CUNY Black, Race,and Ethnic Studies Initiative (BRESI) Everyone is welcome. March 30.  12:30PM-1:45PM, NVC 11-155 Baruch College, 55 Lexington Avenue “Queer Afro-Latina History Through Comics: A Conversation with Sharon Lee De La Cruz”  Host:  Jennifer Carrocio Maldonado 4/20/23  1 PM- 2 PM (Remote) Antiblackness and its context in Urban Brazil  A conversation with Jaime Alves, author of The Anti-Black City: Police Terror and Black Urban Life … Continue reading Afrolatinidades+ events this spring!

Spring 2023 COURSES

LTS 3007 Puerto Rican Culture Professor Gustavo Quintera Vera Tuesdays, Thursdays 5:50PM-7:05PM (synchronous online) This interdisciplinary course will examine the life of Puerto Ricans in the island, as well as that of the Puerto Rican diaspora in New York and beyond. It explores the ever-changing history, culture, and beliefs of its people through poetry, novels, historical and critical essays, documentaries, videos, songs and podcasts. Some of the topics considered will be the nature of US-PR relations and its effect on the production of subjectivities, the current exploitation of the of the archipelago and its people through disaster capitalism and the … Continue reading Spring 2023 COURSES