Puerto Rican and Latinx Studies

The Department of Puerto Rican and Latinx 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.

Degrees

For half a century, the Department of Puerto Rican and Latinx Studies has educated students who have gone on to pursue a wide variety of careers. You will receive a sound interdisciplinary foundation of knowledge through which you come to understand the complex dynamics of contemporary Puerto Rican and Latinx communities. Courses focus on issues in history, immigration, public policy, diasporic community development, cultural transformation, and the Latinx role in shaping U.S. society.

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 Latinx 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 Latinx 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

Brooklyn. All in.