CONNECTING, IMAGINING

CONNECTING,

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Green block-like object in the shape of an H with a circular hole spinning in a loop.

AND INTERROGATING

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Blue oval shape with scalloped edges.

IMAGINING,

PUERTO RICAN STUDIES.

& INTERROGATING

PUERTO RICAN

STUDIES.

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Orange capsule shape moving slightly from right to left.

JOIN US AT EL BOMBAZO

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9/23

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JOIN US AT EL BOMBAZO ⬬ 9/23 ■

ABOUT EL HUB

The Puerto Rican Studies Hub (PRSH) is an initiative that fosters collaboration between Puerto Rico and its diaspora. We understand our initiative as a hub because it catalyzes and enables interactions and dialogues on multiple scales. It brings a plethora of voices, intellectual ecosystems, and practices together to think of the ways that we can use our intellectual, cultural, and artistic production in the service of people inside and outside of academia.

We envision the PRSH as fertile ground for innovative partnerships, and as a site for emergent and groundbreaking modes of knowledge production that address the most pressing concerns of Puerto Ricans in the archipelago and diaspora.

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SPOKES

The PRSH seeks to expand the field of Puerto Rican Studies by fostering groundbreaking research, artistic creation, and public engagement, to enrich both the academic field and the broader Puerto Rican communities in the diaspora and the archipelago. We aim to do so through our three axes: Imagining Puerto Rican Futures, Solidary Ecosystems, and Learning and Unlearning Together.

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IMAGINING PUERTO RICAN FUTURES

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Inquire, innovate, produce, and diffuse knowledge.

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SOLIDARY ECOSYSTEMS

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Making collaborative, intellectual, and creative work possible.

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LEARNING & UNLEARNING TOGETHER

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Bridging and connecting communities beyond the classroom.

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OUR GENTE

  • Aurora Santiago Ortiz smiling, with dark hair and blonde highlights tied in a low ponytail, dressed in a dark green floral long-sleeve dress, placed over a scalloped orange oval shape.

    Aurora Santiago Ortiz

    CO-DIRECTOR

  • Jorell Meléndez-Badillo, a smiling man with short hair, glasses, and a nose ring, wearing a black turtleneck and grey suit jacket with a Puerto Rican flag pin, placed over a scalloped blue oval shape.

    Jorell Meléndez-Badillo

    CO-DIRECTOR

  • Félix Rodríguez uses an avatar featuring a grey Puerto Rican city pigeon, placed over a scalloped green oval shape.

    Félix Rodríguez

    PROJECT COORDINATOR

  • Joniel R. Pacheco Muñoz is smiling, with long curly hair and glasses, wearing a black shirt and a checkered beige suit jacket, placed over a scalloped hot pink oval shape.

    Joniel R. Pacheco Muñoz

    GRADUATE FELLOW

  • Sofia Rivera with curly dark hair wearing sunglasses, a white button-up shirt with a pink floral pattern, and a beige cardigan, placed over a scalloped yellow oval shape.

    Sofia Rivera

    GRADUATE FELLOW

  • Daniel Vazquez Sanabria, a young man with dark wavy hair, a nose ring, and a goatee, smiling slightly, wearing a striped shirt, placed over a scalloped orange oval shape.

    Daniel Vazquez Sanabria

    POST DOCTORAL FELLOW

  • Pedro J. Rolón in a black and white portrair with a buzzcut, mustache and septum piercing, wearing a textured dark sweater and collared shirt, placed over a scalloped blue oval shape.

    Pedro J. Rolón

    POST DOCTORAL FELLOW

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    Imaida M. Durán Mariñez

    ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

  • Gladys Cruz-Perez, a woman with long dark hair smiling, wearing a light pink blouse, placed over a scalloped hot pink oval shape.

    Gladys Cruz-Perez

    UNDERGRADUATE ASSISTANT

WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING

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COMING UP