Puerto Rican and Latino Studies

Get a global perspective on Latino culture.

Degrees

The Department of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies provides students with the critical skills to navigate a diverse and globally interdependent world through the study of Latinx arts, culture, history, literature, economy, and society.

With the department’s foundational roots in student-activism, and a long-standing partnership with Brooklyn College’s Department of Childhood, Bilingual, and Special Education and the college’s many interdisciplinary departments and programs, you will gain the knowledge to position yourself for graduate study to careers in the public to private sector.

Proclamations

Proclamation, Office of the President, Borough of Brooklyn

Proclamation, Office of the President, Borough of Brooklyn

Proclamation, Office of the President, Borough of Brooklyn

May 26, 2021

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Department of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies

Proclamation, The Assembly - State of New York

Proclamation, The Assembly—State of New York

Proclamation, The Assembly—State of New York

May 26, 2021

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Department of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies

Documentary

Making the Impossible Possible: The Story of Puerto Rican Studies in Brooklyn College

Making the Impossible Possible: The Story of Puerto Rican Studies in Brooklyn College

Making the Impossible Possible: The Story of Puerto Rican Studies in Brooklyn College

Contact and Adviser Information

Department Chair: Alan A. Aja
Deputy Chair: María Pérez y González

1205 Boylan Hall
E: prls@brooklyn.cuny.edu
P: 718.951.5561
F: 718.951.4183

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