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CUNY Dominican Studies Institute

New York, NY USA

CUNY Dominican Studies Institute (CUNY DSI) at The City College of New York is the nation's first, university-based research institute devoted to the study of people of Dominican descent in the United States and other parts of the world.

Recent Activity

A History of Dominican Music in the U.S. announced by Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership

Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership included in their newsletter At A Glance a note about our recently launched website A History of Dominican Music in the United States , the first open-source digital platform narrating the history of Dominican music as it developed during the past century... Continue reading

Posted Apr 22, 2020 at CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library

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Donation of Dominican-Related Educational Resources to the Bronx Community College Library

The CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library donated over 500 Dominican-related materials to the Bronx Community College Library (BCC) to serve their growing Dominican and Latino student population. BCC Professor and Librarian Nelson Santana picked up the materials and stated that this donation will enrich student’s accessibility to materials on the... Continue reading

Posted Nov 20, 2019 at CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library

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Juan Pujadas donates part of his wife’s personal library collection

Dr. Estrella Betances de Pujadas, Courtesy of Juan Pujadas Earlier this year, Matthew Santana and I went on a trip to Sleep Hollow, New York to choose books from the vast library of Dr. Estrella Betances de Pujadas, a professor, poet, and author of several books. All of the 244... Continue reading

Posted Nov 11, 2019 at CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library

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Engaging young minds: Dominican Library and the City College Academy of the Arts

Since 2014, the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library (CUNY DSI), the most extensive Dominican Studies collection in the United States, has successfully collaborated with the City College Academy of the Arts (CCAA)’s Bridge to College Program for 8th graders. Every year, students excitedly look forward to this 8-week workshop to... Continue reading

Posted Oct 31, 2019 at CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library

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El profesor Max U. Montesino dona su publicación

Gracias Prof. Max U. Montesino por donar a nuestra biblioteca su reciente publicación Retrato del dominicano en la organización: impacto de la cultura nacional en el comportamiento gerencial (Editorial Santuario, 2018). Este libro contiene un análisis introspectivo sobre el impacto de valores y normas de la cultura nacional dominicana en... Continue reading

Posted Apr 2, 2019 at CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library

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New Books: Recent Acquisitions in the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library

The CUNY DSI Library is proud to announce its recent acquisitions. We are grateful for the support and generosity of The City College Libraries. We look forward to making these titles available to students, researchers, and the general public very soon. Click on the image to enlarge and get a... Continue reading

Posted Feb 25, 2019 at CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library

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Rehousing of ¡AHORA! Magazine Collection

The CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library has just completed the reorganization and rehousing of the ¡AHORA! magazine collection. ¡AHORA! magazine was founded by Dominican journalist and lawyer Rafael Molina Morillo on January 15, 1962, and was considered a progressive media outlet for its support of freedom of expression and human... Continue reading

Posted Oct 10, 2018 at CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library

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BuzzFeed’s Pero Like producers Julissa Calderón and Gadiel Del Orbe visit CUNY DSI

After our tribute to Normandía Maldonado last week, the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Archives and Library was fortunate to receive this morning Julissa Calderón and Gadiel Del Orbe from BuzzFeed's “Pero Like” producers. They came to film a video about the historical legacy of Normandía Maldonando and interviewing members of... Continue reading

Posted Mar 22, 2018 at CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library

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Thank you Dr. Minosca Victoria Alcántara for your visit and kind donation

Professor Sarah Aponte would like to thank Dr. Minosca Victoria Alcántara for donating her dissertation "Latina High School Students Figured World of Stem: Identity Formation in Formal and Informal Communities of Practice" (Teachers College, Columbia University 2015). We are also grateful for her visit to the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute... Continue reading

Posted Feb 28, 2018 at CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library

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Visita de historiadores dominicanos

El Profesor Anthony Stevens-Acevedo y la Profesora Sarah Aponte, Director Auxiliar y Encargada de la Biblioteca del CUNY DSI respectivamente, agradecen al Dr. Marcos Charles (izquierda en la fotografía) por coordinar la visita de los historiadores dominicanos José C. Novas, (segundo desde la izquierda), Luis Alvarez López (tercero desde la... Continue reading

Posted Feb 20, 2018 at CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library

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Donación del Monumento a los Héroes de la Restauración

La Prof. Sarah Aponte agradece la grata acogida del arquitecto José Manuel Antuñano Peralta, Director del Monumento a los Héroes de la Restauración durante su visita a Santiago, República Dominicana. En la foto, aparecen en compañía de la relacionista Arelis Albino, en donde le obsequian el libro: El Monumento a... Continue reading

Posted Feb 7, 2018 at CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library

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Thank you Professor Rosa Andújar for your visit and kind donation

Professor Sarah Aponte would like to thank Professor Rosa Andújar, Lecturer and Deputy Director of the Department of Liberal Arts at King's College London, for donating her article "The Caribbean Socrates: Pedro Henríquez Ureña and the Mexican Ateneo de la Juventud." We are also grateful for her visit to the... Continue reading

Posted Aug 9, 2017 at CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library

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El historiador y ensayista José C. Novas dona su publicación

La Profesora Sarah Aponte agradece al historiador José C. Novas por donar su reciente publicación Trujillo, la emboscada final. Muerte y funeral del generalísimo (Editorial Argos, 2014) a nuestra biblioteca. Actualmente, el Prof. Novas es uno de los ganadores de la beca de investigación CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Archives and... Continue reading

Posted Aug 1, 2017 at CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library

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Visita del Dr. Carlos Báez Evertsz

La Profesora Sarah Aponte agradece al Dr. Carlos Báez Evertsz por donar varios de sus libros a nuestra biblioteca y por su grata visita. La donación consiste de dos de su obras: La modernización fallida: República Dominicana (1996-2012) (editorial Betania, 2012) y Desigualdad y clases sociales (editorial Betania, 2016). Jhensen... Continue reading

Posted Jul 20, 2017 at CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library

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Visita del Dr. Manuel Rodríguez Bonilla

La Profesora Sarah Aponte agradece al Dr. Manuel Rodríguez Bonilla por donar varios de sus libros a nuestra biblioteca y por su grata visita. La donación constituye de tres obras: La Batalla de La Barranquita (Comisión Permanente de Efemérides Patrias, 2016), Juan de Jesús Reyes El cantor de la Barranquita... Continue reading

Posted May 4, 2017 at CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library

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Dominican Musician Ricardo Gautreau and his brother Jorge Gautreau Ibarra, NYPD retired sergeant donates family documents, photographs, and music albums to our library.

We would like to thank Ricardo and Jorge for donating their family musical history to our library. They are the first of many musical families we hope to reach out to for the Dominican music in the U.S. website project funded by the NEH. Ricardo Gautreau and his brother Jorge... Continue reading

Posted Mar 28, 2017 at CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library

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Playwright Carmen Rivera donates to the DSI Library

Professor Sarah Aponte would like to thank Carmen Rivera for donating two of her plays “To Catch the Lightning” and “the Downfall of Rafael Trujillo” to the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library. Carmen Rivera play To Catch the Lightning won a 1997 Nomination ACE Award – Best Production and .... Continue reading

Posted Mar 23, 2017 at CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library

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Después de Trujillo/After Trujillo

On February 16th, I attended the screening of Después de Trujillo at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Claudia Calirman, Associate Professor of Art History, invited co-directors Lisa Blackmore and Jorge Domínguez Dubuc to screen and discuss the new documentary on dictatorship, space, and memory with her students. The documentary... Continue reading

Posted Mar 3, 2017 at CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library

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INICIA dona Glorias en busca del oro/ Glories: going for the gold y Los juegos de la inclusión/ The inclusion games a nuestra biblioteca CUNY DSI

La profesora Sarah Aponte desea agradecer a INICIA por haber donado esta magnífica publicación. Glorias en busca del oro / Glories: going for the gold. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana: INICIA, 2017. Los juegos de la inclusión/ The inclusion games. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana: INICIA, 2017. Estos dos hermosos libros de... Continue reading

Posted Feb 15, 2017 at CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library

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Prof. Anne Eller donates her first book to the Library

Prof. Sarah Aponte would like to thank Anne Eller, Assistant Professor of History at Yale University for donating her recent publication to the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library. Eller, Anne.We Dream Together: Dominican Independence, Haiti, and the Fight for Caribbean Freedom. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 2016. This book... Continue reading

Posted Jan 11, 2017 at CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library

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Prof. Sophie Maríñez shares her work with us

Professor Sarah Aponte would like to thank BMCC Professor Sophie Maríñez for taking the time to share her academic work with us at the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library. Prof. Sophie Maríñez has made available via her profile on the academic social networking site Academia.edu her poems "Carnival Day in... Continue reading

Posted Dec 21, 2016 at CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library

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Donaciones de Fundación Literaria Aníbal Montaño & Fundación Cuevas del Pomier

Agradecemos la grata visita y generosa donación de Ysabel Florentino, Presidenta de la Fundación Literaria Aníbal Montaño y José Corporán, Presidente de la Fundación Cuevas del Pomier. Nuestra biblioteca cuenta con poemarios, cuentos, folletos y revistas informativos acerca de estas importantes fundaciones. Gracias! Continue reading

Posted Nov 7, 2016 at CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library

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Nuestro colega y amigo Keiselim Montás dona cinco de sus publicaciones

Queremos agradecer una vez más al poeta y escritor Keiselim A. Montás por donar varios de sus libros a nuestra biblioteca. La donación es de siete de sus obras: Pequeños Poemas Diurnos, (2005), Como el agua (Élitro Proyecto Zompopos, 2016), Allá (Élitro Proyecto Zompopos, 2012), Amor de ciudad grande (Élitro... Continue reading

Posted Sep 22, 2016 at CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library

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Reciente donación de Libros de Barlovento

La Profesora Sarah Aponte agradece a nuestros amigos Darlene Hull y René Grullón de Libros de Barlovento (www.librosdebarlovento.com) por la generosa donación del libro Artesanía Dominicana/Dominican Crafts a nuestra biblioteca. El libro es bilingüe en inglés y español para lectores interesados en aprender sobre el desarrollo de la artesanía dominicana... Continue reading

Posted Sep 13, 2016 at CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library

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Playwright Marco Antonio Rodríguez donates to the DSI Library

Professor Sarah Aponte would like to thank Marco Antonio Rodríguez for donating two of his award winning plays “La Luz De Un Cigarrillo” and “Barceló con Hielo” to the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library. Marco Antonio is a winner of the 2016 Dominican Archives & Library Research Grants and is... Continue reading

Posted Aug 2, 2016 at CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library

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