Programa - Congress
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Programa - Congress
CONGRESS LOCATIONS City College of New York Division of Interdisciplinary Studies 25 Broadway, 7th Floor New York, NY 10004 www.historicallinks.com [email protected] [email protected] Cervantes Institute: New York 211 E 49th St, New York, NY 10017 Note: To enter 25 Broadway, you must present a picture ID to enter the building. No exceptions. Nota: Para ingresar a 25 Broadway se debe presentar una identificación con foto. No se hacen excepciones. SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: José Antonio Gurpegui (Instituto Franklin-UAH) Juan Carlos Mercado (CCNY-CUNY) Ignacio Olmos (Instituto Cervantes) Kathlene McDonald (CCNY-CUNY) Cristina Crespo (Instituto Franklin-UAH) Julio Cañero (Instituto Franklin-UAH) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Carlos Aguasaco (CCNY-CUNY) Ana Vázquez Barrado (Instituto Cervantes) Danielle Zach (CCNY-CUNY) Susanna Rosenbaum (CCNY-CUNY) Ana Lariño (Instituto Franklin-UAH) Ana Elena Sancho (Instituto Franklin-UAH) 2 WEDNESDAY MAY 4TH LOCATION: City College of New York (CUNY) Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at CWE 25 Broadway, 7th Floor New York, NY 10004 Registration 10:00 am 13:00-14:30 MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY POLITICS I Chair: Danielle Zach (City College of New York) Room 7-50 Michael Aaron Rockland Rutgers University The United States, Franco, and Me Gorka Zamarreño Aramendia Universidad de Magallanes La cruzada del padre Peyton. EE.UU y la libertad religiosa en la España franquista Iker Saitua University of Nevada, Reno Between McCarran and Franco: The Importation of Basque Immigrant Labor into the United States during the Early Postwar Years EDUCATION I Room 7-52 Chair: Julio Cañero (Instituto Franklin-UAH) Elizabeth Matthews & Peter Lippman City College of New York / Early Childhood Centers in Canada, Spain, and the USA: A Critical Analysis of the Influence of Design on Children’s Use of Time Marta Walliser Instituto Franklin-UAH Las chicas de Maeztu Encarnación Lemus-López Universidad de Huelva El “redescubrimiento de América” en la correspondencia de las estudiantes universitarias de la JAE PCL International Perth Australia COLONIAL ERA I Chair: Beatriz Peña (Queens College) Room 7-53 Cecilia Esmeralda Maldonado Lorenzo Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla Matices de la conformación política del oriente mexiquense: la herencia colonial y poblaciones nativas Martin Nesvig University of Miami Adaptations of Biblical Texts and Everyday Spanish in Colonial Mexico Nicolás Vivalda Vassar College La tradición emblemática en Juan de Palafox y Mendoza: usos pedagógicos a través del Atlántico Mariana C. Zinni Queens College, CUNY La educación misional de los Doce: una historia de mimesis, niños y predicadores 3 Coffee Break 14:30-14:45 14:45-16:15 NINETEENTH CENTURY I Room 7-50 Chair: Eda Henao (BMCC) Miguel Ángel Villacorta Hernández Universidad Complutense de Madrid Avances organizativos, de gestión y contables realizados por las empresas estadounidenses en el siglo XIX. Nivel de incorporación a las ferroviarias españolas María Antonia Peña Guerrero Universidad de Huelva El perfil del diputado: un estudio de historia comparada en torno a la representación política en España y Estados Unidos a lo largo del siglo XIX María Aparicio-Torres Florida International University El discurso frente a la colonización española en La peregrinación de Bayoán y la anexión de las Antillas a Estados Unidos Miguel Ángel Hernández Fuentes Universidad de Salamanca Españoles y católicos en Manhattan. Formación de las primeras comunidades católicas de españoles en Nueva York. IN TRANSLATION: SPAIN, THE U.S., AND LITERARY HISTORY Chair: Regina Galasso (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) Regina Galasso University of Massachusetts, Amherst Julio Camba and Josep Pla Translate New York Evelyn Scaramella Manhattan College Rolfe Humphries, Lorca, and the Avant-Garde: The Poetics and Politics of Translation during the Spanish Civil War Christopher Schafenacker University of Massachusetts, Amherst International Lorca: Poet in New York and Identity through Translation EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY I Chair: Susanna Rosenbaum (City College of New York) 4 Room 7-52 Room 7-53 Aida Rodríguez Campesino Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Estados Unidos en la Exposición Iberoamericana de Sevilla de 1929 James D. Fernández & Pilar Cagiao NYU / Universidad de Santiago de Compostela “Campeón de los hispanos”: José Camprubí y la diáspora española en los Estados Unidos Susana Sueiro Seoane UNED Anarquistas españoles en Estados Unidos: Pedro Esteve y el periódico El Despertar OPENING CEREMONY 18:30 LOCATION: Instituto Cervantes: New York 211 E 49th St. New York, NY 10017 Keynote Address 19:00 Borges, author of Bartleby de La Mancha By Alberto Manguel Alberto Manguel is a writer, translator, editor, and critic, born in Buenos Aires in 1948. He has published several novels, including News From a Foreign Country Came and All Men Are Liars, and non-fiction, including With Borges, A History of Reading, The Library at Night and (together with Gianni Guadalupi) The Dictionary of Imaginary Places. He has received numerous international awards, among others the Commander of the Order of Arts & Letters from France. He is doctor honoris causa of the universities of Ottawa and York in Canada, Liège in Belgium, and Anglo Ruskin, Cambridge, UK. His new book, Curiosity, was published in March 2015. He is now the director of the National Library of Argentina. 5 THURSDAY MAY 5TH LOCATION: City College of New York (CUNY) Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at CWE 25 Broadway, 7th Floor New York, NY 10004 Registration 9:00 am 10:00-11:30 FILM Chair: Isabel Estrada (City College of New York) Alessandra Benedicty-Kokken City College of New York Cinemas of Pragmatic Magnanimity: Spanish and Québécois Narrative Film Carlos Manuel, Agustín Gámir & Víctor Aertsen Universidad Carlos III de Madrid España como territorio de rodaje del cine estadounidense María Ángeles Fernández University of North Florida, Jacksonville Don Quixote Goes Bananas: huellas cervantinas en la obra cinematográfica de Woody Allen Alberto García Ferrer Secretario General de la Televisión Iberoamericana La televisión: bibliotecas, cafeterías y vínculos EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY II Chair: Eda Henao (BMCC) Room 7-52 María Luisa Candau Universidad de Huelva Con ojos hispanos: las mujeres norteamericanas en el pensamiento de Emilia Serrano, baronesa de Wilson (Ca. 1834-1922) Rebecca Gutiérrez Olivares Universidade da Coruña Adelitas: The Smoldering Presence of – Soldaderas Mercedes Guinea Ulecia Universidad de Huelva “Iberian English”: hibridación lingüística y conflicto cultural en Felipe Alfau Nieves Verdugo Álvez Universidad de Huelva Ellen M. Whishaw y la Hispanic Society of America CREATING LINKS BETWEEN SPAIN AND NORTH AMERICA FROM THE U.S. DOMINICAN DIASPORA COMMUNITY Chair: Anthony R. Stevens-Acevedo (City College of New York) 6 Room 7-50 Room 7-53 Sarah Aponte City College of New York Researching Juan Rodríguez, the first known Hispanic to reside in New York Jhensen Ortiz City College of New York Constructing the Spanish Paleography Digital Teaching and Learning Tool Jessy Pérez City College of New York Forming a Collection of Colonial Dominican Documents in the midst of Upper Manhattan, New York City Anthony R. Stevens-Acevedo City College of New York A Collaboration between a New York City and Alcalá de Henares Institution to Produce New Knowledge about Dominicans in the U.S. Coffee Break 11:30-11:45 11:45-13:15 SPANISH CIVIL WAR Chair: Danielle Zach (City College of New York) Room 7-50 Danielle Zach City College of New York The New York City Volunteers of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion: The Role of Social Networks in Radical Mobilization Marianne Leijte Universidad Autónoma de Madrid The Spanish “Children of the War” and US Public Diplomacy Susan McKenna University of Delaware Barrie Stavis and Representations of the Spanish Civil War Alberto Carrillo-Linares Universidad de Sevilla La recepción de la música de la guerra civil española en Estados Unidos (1938-2014) TIEMPO, ESPACIO Y DESPLAZAMIENTO EN LA LITERATURA AFRICANA DE EXPRESIÓN EN ESPAÑOL Chair: Benita Sampedro Vizcaya (Hofstra University) Room 7-52 Stefania Licata Stony Brook University Género y espacio de transición en Ekomo de María Nsué Angüe Thenesoya Vidina Martín De La Nuez Harvard University El viaje (transoceánico) a ninguna parte. Voces y silencios en La travesía de Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo Clement Akassi Howard University Inmigración africana y renegociación de las identidades afroespañol@s/ afroeurope@s: el modelo de la afro/ africanoamericanidad en cuestión M’bare N’gom Morgan State University Plumas migrantes: memoria histórica y contemporánea en la literatura africana de expresión en español THE EVOLUTION OF CREATIVE ADVERTISING IN SPAIN AND THE U.S. Chair: Gerardo Blumenkrantz (City College of New York) Room 7-53 Rocio Rivera City College of New York The Evolution of Creative Advertising in the U.S. Marta Mugica City College of New York The Evolution of Creative Advertising in Spain Gerardo Blumenkrantz & Francisco Uceda City College of New York Feminism Strikes Back. Or not? The Humorous Portrayal of Males in Contemporary Spanish and U.S. Advertising 7 Break/Lunch 13:15-14:00 14:00-15:30 COLONIAL ERA II Chair: Susanna Rosenbaum (City College of New York) Octavio A. Hinojosa Mier Independent Scholar Manuel Lisa: The Hispanic Founding Father of Nebraska and the Upper Missouri River Pelayo Fernández García Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Bright Leaf Virginian Tobacco, an Alternative to the Consumption during the Peninsular War Miho Egoshi City College of New York Is an Equal Encounter with “Others” Possible? Las Casas, a Pioneer of Human Rights CUENTOS TRANSCULTURALES DE LA EDAD DE PLATA Chair: Aurora Hermida Ruiz (University of Richmond, Virginia) Room 7-52 Aurora Hermida Ruiz University of Richmond, Virginia España en su historia de Américo Castro entre los lazos y las redes culturales del exilio Sharon Feldman University of Richmond, Virginia From Barcelona to Broadway and the Silver Screen: Àngel Guimerà’s Maria Rosa Ángel Otero-Blanco University of Richmond, Virginia Miguel de Unamuno, lector de Edith Wharton y Edgar Allan Poe NINETEENTH CENTURY II Chair: Cristina Crespo (Instituto Franklin-UAH) 8 Room 7-50 Room 7-53 Carlos Herrero Martínez & Julio Cañero Instituto FranklinUAH Pastoralis et latro. Estereotipos clásicos en los viajeros norteamericanos en España Susana Maiztegui University of Pennsylvania, East Stroudsburg Sarmiento: de España a Estados Unidos Helene Remiszewska University of Texas, Austin Enslaving the Cannibal: Columbus, Irving, and Melville Eloy Navarro Domínguez Universidad de Huelva “Por Tierras de América”: los Estados Unidos de Ramón Jaén Coffee Break 15:30-15:45 15:45-17:15 MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY POLITICS II Chair: Carlos Riobó (City College of New York and The Graduate Center of CUNY) Room 7-50 Joseba De la Torre & Mª del Mar Rubio-Varas Universidad Pública de Navarra Empresarios, expertos y políticos: Estados Unidos y el programa nuclear español, de Einshenhower a Reagan Raquel Lázaro Vicente Universidad Autónoma de Madrid La propaganda turística entre los Estados Unidos y España desde los años cincuenta hasta la década de los sesenta Jose Ramón Rodríguez Lago Universidad de Vigo Las redes católicas entre España y los Estados Unidos de América (1939-1956) A CULINARY INTERPLAY BETWEEN AMERICAN AND SPANISH FOOD WAYS Chair: Lynda Dias (New York City College of Technology) Room 7-52 Michael Krondl New York City College of Technology Parsing Capsicums: The Chile as a Marker of Identity, Class and Gender Megan Elias Borough of Manhattan Community College Spanish Tastes on American Tables Rosa Abreu-Runkel New York City College of Technology Paella: a fusion of cultures CONTEMPORARY CONNECTIONS Chair: José Antonio Gurpegui (Instituto Franklin-UAH) Room 7-53 David Javier García Cantalapiedra Universidad Complutense de Madrid The US-Spanish Alliance in a New Transatlantic Space: Toward a New Security Dynamic in a Changing International System José Manuel Estévez-Saá Universidade da Coruña USA and Spain in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) Amado Alarcón Alarcón Universitat Rovira i Virgili Lengua española y oportunidades laborales para la migración cualificada en Estados Unidos Cristina Crespo Palomares Instituto FranklinUAH La politización de la política exterior española en sus relaciones con Estados Unidos 9 LOCATION: Instituto Cervantes: New York 211 E 49th St. New York, NY 10017 Keynote Address 19:00 Ante una nueva era / At the Dawn of a New Era* By José Antonio Zarzalejos & Antonio Muñoz Molina José Antonio Zarzalejos has a law degree from Universidad de Deusto and practices journalism. He has held several positions of leadership at both Grupo Correo and Vocento. Between 1999 and 2008, he served as director of Diario ABC. Antonio Muñoz Molina (Úbeda, Jaén, January 10, 1956) is a Spanish writer and a full member of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) since 1996 –he occupies seat U-. He is also an honorary member of Academia de Buenas Letras de Granada. In 2013, he received the Prince of Asturias Award for literature. *In Spanish with simultaneous interpreting service. 10 FRIDAY MAY 6TH LOCATION: City College of New York (CUNY) Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at CWE 25 Broadway, 7th Floor New York, NY 10004 Registration 9:00 am 10:00-11:30 COLONIAL ERA III Room 7-50 Chair: Ainoa Íñigo (BMCC) Ramón A. Gutiérrez University of Chicago Doña Teresa de Aguilera y Roche: The International Networks of an Aristocratic Woman in 17th C. New Mexico Josian Morales Independent Scholar El legado humano de la familia de Cristóbal y de Juan de Oñate Cristina Morales Segura The Graduate Center of CUNY La auto-construcción de la imagen de Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca en Los naufragios: un estudio comparativo de su estrategia POSCOLONIALISMO, MODERNISMO Y MODERNIDAD: CONEXIONES TRANSATLÁNTICAS ENTRE ESPAÑA, MÉXICO Y ESTADOS UNIDOS Chair: Araceli Tinajero (City College and The Graduate Center of CUNY) Room 7-52 Morgan J. Harlan City College of New York Amado Nervo y su crítica hacia España y los Estados Unidos Sagrario Melo City College of New York José Martí y su filiación española Jabri Dionisio City College of New York España en los modernistas provincianos Christina GonzalezAguirre City College of New York The Formation of Latin American Public Opinion on Empires through Modernist Chronicles CULTURAL PRODUCTION Chair: Susanna Rosenbaum (City College of New York) Room 7-53 Beatriz Cordero Martín Universidad Complutense de Madrid El papel de James Johnson Sweeney en la recepción del arte español en Estados Unidos (1934-1975) Diana Norton University of Texas, Austin A Discourse of International Stardom: Affect, Glamour, and Ava Gardner in Spain Inés Hellín Rubio Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid Las industrias culturales estadounidenses y el desarrollo de la disciplina de la Danza Española Thenesoya Vidina Martin De La Nuez Harvard University “Sin vicio indecoroso ni extracción infame”. De las islas al bayou, las otras trayectorias atlánticas 11 Coffee Break 11:30-11:45 11:45-13:15 ESTADOS UNIDOS HISPANO: EL ESFUERZO EDITORIAL Y LA LITERATURA EN ESPAÑOL DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS Chair: Luis Alberto Ambroggio Room 7-50 (ANLE - Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española) Jesús A. Ríos López Long Island al día Estados Unidos no se entiende si se ignora el español Luis Alberto Ambroggio ANLE - Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española Estados Unidos hispano Carmen Benito-Vessels University of Maryland Coda y coloquio EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY III Chair: Edwin M. Lamboy (City College of New York) Rosario Márquez Macías Universidad de Huelva En defensa de la cultura hispana: Carolina Marcial Dorado (1889-1941), una mujer peculiar en el escenario intelectual de Norteamérica María Losada Friend Universidad de Huelva Translating Spanish Emotions: Jenny Ballou’s Spanish Prelude (1937) José Manuel del Pino Dartmouth College “Residentes” in America: Lorca, Dalí, Buñuel, and the New World REPUBLICAN EXILES Chair: Carlos Herrero (Instituto Franklin-UAH) 12 Room 7-52 Room 7-53 Carmen de la Guardia Herrero Universidad Autónoma de Madrid “Entre amigas”. Mujeres neoyorquinas y españolas exiliadas y la ayuda a los refugiados republicanos (1953-1996) Elena Sánchez de Madariaga Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid La contribución del exilio republicano español al hispanismo en Vassar College (1939-1968) Juan Ignacio Guijarro González Universidad de Sevilla Land of the Free? Home of the Brave?: La imagen de Estados Unidos en el epistolario de Luis Cernuda Break/Lunch 13:15-14:00 14:00-15:30 POST-FRANCO TWENTIETH CENTURY Chair: Ana Lariño (Instituto Franklin-UAH) Room 7-50 Friends or Enemies? Spain and NATO’s Relationship after the Arrival of the Socialist Party to the Spanish Government, 1982 Gema Pérez Herrera Universidad de Navarra Alejandro Herrero Molina Independent Scholar The Experience of the Instituto Tecnológico de Postgraduados (ITP) Hamilton M. Stapell State University of New York, New Paltz Bienvenido, Walt Disney?: Rethinking Americanization, AntiAmericanism, and Cultural Imperialism in Post-Franco Spain ¿Amigos o enemigos? Estados Unidos y el Convenio de Amistad con España tras la llegada de los socialistas al poder, 1982 SPANISH SKILLED MIGRATION TO EE.UU Chair: Rosalina Alcalde Campos (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona) Room 7-52 Rosalina Alcalde Campos Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona Las migraciones contemporáneas de los profesionales españoles hacia los EE.UU Ana Elorza Moreno Science Coordinator at Embassy of Spain-FECYT El papel de la Fundación Española para la Ciencia y Tecnología en los EE.UU Ana Maestre School of Medicine at Mount Sinai La asociación de científicos españoles ECUSA CULTURAL RELATIONS: HUELVA-NYC Chair: Marta Bengoa (City College of New York) Room 7-53 Juan Antonio Márquez Rodríguez Presidente de la Asociación Huelva – Nueva York El momento del Museo Americano de Huelva Jaime de Vicente Núñez Director del Otoño Cultural Iberoamericano (OCIb) La Asociación Huelva-Nueva York: un instrumento de colaboración cultural entre Estados Unidos y España Manuel José de Lara Ródenas Universidad de Huelva De Washington Irving a Gertrude V. Whitney: un siglo de relaciones culturales entre Estados Unidos y España en torno a la historia del Descubrimiento de América (1828-1929) 13 Coffee Break 15:30-15:45 15:45-17:15 POST-COLONIAL MIGRATION, FAMILY FORMATION, AND INTEGRATION Chair: Norma Fuentes-Mayorga (City College of New York) Room 7-50 Norma Fuentes-Mayorga City College of New York Solo Migrant Mothers, Service Work and Racialization Rosalina Alcalde Campos Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona Enseñando desde lejos: la implicación parental de las madres inmigrantes dominicanas residentes en Nueva York y en Barcelona Marina García Carmona Universidad de Granada Asociaciones de madres y padres y liderazgo en contextos multiculturales. Los casos de Granada (España) y Nueva York (EEUU) POR SI NO LO SABÍA: EXISTE UNA ACADEMIA NORTEAMERICANA DE LA LENGUA ESPAÑOLA EN LOS PREDIOS DEL TÍO SAM Chair: Luis Alberto Ambroggio Room 7-52 (ANLE - Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española) Luis Alberto Ambroggio ANLE - Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española Una institución clave del hispanismo de los Estados Unidos, la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española Gerardo Piña-Rosales Director ANLE - Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española Últimas publicaciones de la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española (ANLE) Carmen Benito-Vessels University of Maryland España y la “Temprana Modernidad” norteamericana LA ESPAÑA DEL SIGLO XX ANTE EL ESPEJO ESTADOUNIDENSE: IMÁGENES Y MIRADAS Chair: Montserrat Huguet (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) 14 Room 7-53 José Antonio Montero Jiménez Universidad Complutense de Madrid De referente civilizatorio a lugar de refugio. Los intelectuales españoles y Estados Unidos (1898-1936) Montserrat Huguet & Francisco Javier Rodríguez Jiménez Universidad Carlos III de Madrid / Universidad de Salamanca Mujeres estadounidenses y españolas. Influjos y activismos en los años setenta Antonio Moreno Juste & Misael Arturo López Zapico Universidad de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid / Universidad Autónoma de Madrid De la reconversión industrial a la Disneylandia de Europa. El devenir económico de la España democrática bajo la perspectiva estadounidense LOCATION: Instituto Cervantes: New York 211 E 49th St. New York, NY 10017 Keynote Address 19:00 Democracy’s Future in Spain and North America By Stephanie Golob Stephanie R. Golob is a Political Science faculty member at Baruch College and in the doctoral program at The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), where she teaches international relations and international law. As of 2015, she is also the Associate Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. The recipient of Fulbright and Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships and the Frank Cass Prize for her articles on the Pinochet Case, Dr. Golob has published widely on the impact of globalization on state sovereignty, democratization, and legal culture, with a focus on Latin America and Spain. Since 2010 she has participated in a cross-national, interdisciplinary research team, based at the Spanish National Research Council in Madrid (CSIC), studying Spain’s post-2000 Civil War mass grave exhumations in comparative perspective (http://politicasdelamemoria.org). She is currently preparing a book manuscript entitled, The Long Arm of the Law: Transitional Justice Culture and the Global Struggle Against Impunity. Dr. Golob received her B.A. from Yale University and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. 15 The Instituto Franklin of the Universidad de Alcalá The reference on American Studies in Spain Who are we? An Institute dedicated to research on American Studies at the Universidad de Alcalá (Madrid, Spain). What do we do? We research diverse themes related to North America; sponsor projects, scholarships, and fellowships; and disseminate research conclusions in a variety of publications and events. We offer a variety of academic programs at both undergraduate and graduate levels. What is our mission? To serve as a cooperative platform that unites Spain and North America with the objective of promoting awareness and knowledge about the diversity of cultures that pertain to those territories. This mission is carried out through collaborations with American higher education institutions, public or private agencies, and associations in order to foster understanding and constructive collaboration on both sides of the Atlantic. OUR RESEARCH ü Major areas of research: Latinos in the US, bilingual education, and US society and culture. ü Allocate €150,000 every year to the training of new researchers and to disseminate research conclusions. ü Publish the journals Tribuna Norteamericana (focused on US current events) and Camino Real (focused on Latinos in the US). ü Promote research by funding academic publications (4 per year). ü Organize international seminars and conferences. OUR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS ü PhD in American Studies. ü The first official Master’s in American Studies in Spain. ü 4 Master’s degrees in International and Bilingual Education. ü Teacher training of American conversation assistants in Spain. ü 500 American students every year. www.institutofranklin.net 16 Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Estudios Norteamericanos “Benjamin Franklin” de la Universidad de Alcalá C/ Trinidad, 1. 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid +34 91 885 52 52 About Instituto Cervantes Instituto Cervantes is an official organization, created by the government of Spain in 1991, with the mission to promote the Spanish language and the cultures of Spain and all Spanish-speaking countries. It is the worldwide largest organization of its kind that promotes culture and teaches Spanish to non-native speakers, with 90 centers in 43 countries. Spanish is one of the most spoken languages in the world, with more than 550 million speakers. In the United States alone there are 50 million Spanish speakers from all regions of Spain and Latin America. We are aware of this especially in New York City, where you are bound to run into someone who speaks Spanish in your day to day. Having Spanish as a second language is a great professional asset in today’s globalized economy that can open up better career and business opportunities. Spanish is at the core of a vibrant and diverse cultural heritage as the primary language of 21 countries. Learning it allows you to access the rich history, art, and culture of the Spanish speaking world. It is a great ally for travel and an easy way to communicate and make friends here and abroad. Whatever your reason for learning or brushing up on your Spanish, Instituto Cervantes is the right place to start. Here you will find the perfect course for your needs: 10-Week Regular 5- Week Intensive Corporate Lessons Spanish Language Teacher Trainnng Children & Teens Summer Camps Private Lessons When you enroll in a Spanish class at Instituto Cervantes, you automatically receive an individual membership valid for the duration of your course. At Instituto Cervantes you will learn much more than the Spanish language: you will be immersed in a rich and wide-ranging program of cultural activities showcasing the best in literature, film, music, theater, dance, visual arts, current affairs, and thought from Spain and Latin America. Instituto Cervantes New York is a doorway to the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world. You will also have access to the Jorge Luis Borges Library, which hosts one of the largest collections of Spanish-speaking materials in the US. It houses a collection of approximately 100,000 items with books, magazines, DVDs, CDs, MP3 audiobooks, CD-ROMs, electronic resources, and more. Open to the public, the library provides services to thousands throughout the United States, both in person and through our online services. Become a member of Instituto Cervantes New York and join our passion for the language and the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world. We look forward to seeing you at Instituto Cervantes. 17 About The City College of New York The City College of New York was founded by Townsend Harris in 1847 as the Free Academy of the City of New York. It is the first public institution of higher education in New York City and the precursor to CUNY. At a time when higher education in America was limited to children of the wealthy and privileged, CCNY was established to provide children of immigrants and the poor access to free higher education based on academic merit alone. Dr. Horace Webster, its first president, described the college as an experiment dedicated to educating “the children of the whole people.” This has remained CCNY’s unwavering mission ever since. For more than 160 years, the college has offered an ideal learning opportunity for students, providing an affordable world class education in a wide variety of disciplines. Today, more than 15,000 students pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in the College of Liberal Arts and Science; Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture; School of Education; Grove School of Engineering; Sophie Davis Biomedical Education/CUNY School of Medicine; and the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership. Spitzer, Grove and Sophie Davis/CUNY School of Medicine are the only such public schools in New York City. Bolstered by an outstanding faculty whose research and scholarship is widely applauded, access to excellence remains CCNY’s vision. U.S. News & World Report, Princeton Review and Forbes all rank City College among the best colleges and universities in the United States. In its 2016 rankings, U.S. News placed CCNY among the nation’s “Most Ethnically Diverse” institutions. Other accolades come from the Center for World University Rankings, that has listed CCNY “one of the world’s best institutions of higher education,” and the American Institute of Physics, as “a top producer of physics graduates in the nation.” City College’s distinguished alumni include ten Nobel Laureates with the most recent winner being neuroscientist John O’Keefe, Class of 1963, in 2014. Originally situated at 23rd St. and Lexington Ave. in lower Manhattan, CCNY moved uptown, to its now landmarked neo-Gothic campus in Harlem, in 1907. The college is led by Dr. Lisa S. Coico, who was appointed its 12th President in 2010. She is the first City University of New York graduate to lead the institution. ABOUT THE DIVISION EDUCATION OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES AT THE CENTER FOR WORKER The Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Center for Worker Education is the Lower Manhattan campus of the City College of New York. It offers working adults the best of two academic worlds: small classes and personal attention found only at private liberal arts colleges, and the resources of a major worldclass academic institution. We offer two Undergraduate Degree programs (Interdisciplinary Studies and Early Childhood Education) as well as a Master’s Degree program in the Study of the Americas. We also just started offering a dual BA/MA degree, which can be completed in 5 years. 18 19