Recurring Events Overview
TAFFNY | Annually
The Americas Film Festival of New York
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Next Event Date: Spring, 2025
TAFFNY represents the rich diversity of the cultures, languages and stories of North America, Central America, and South America along with their associated islands. The festival is a project of the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Center for Worker Education of City College of New York (The City University of New York - CUNY), in collaboration with the Cervantes Institute of NY and the National Museum of the American Indian. TAFFNY aims to create a new culture of cinematography appreciation by providing a dynamic space for the public and artists to meet, reflect on multiculturalism and diversity in our society, while promoting the work of new and emerging filmmakers.
TAPFNY | Annually
The Americas Poetry Festival of New York
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Next Event Date: Fall 2024
The Americas Poetry Festival of New York is the multilingual poetry festival organized by the City College of New York Division of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences in collaboration with the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association; and Instituto Cervantes New York. Professors and writers Carlos Aguasaco, Yrene Santos, and Carlos Velásquez Torres curate this annual event.
LINKS | Annually
The International Conference on the Historical Links Between Spain and North America
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Next Event Date: Spring 2025
The International Conference on the Links between Spain and North America is an event organized by the Instituto Franklin de la Universidad de Alcalá, the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies of the City College of New York and the Instituto Cervantes of New York. The conference serves as a forum that brings together different disciplines and areas of study with a special emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches towards the links between Spain and North America.
CPHRC | Biennially
Critical Perspectives on Human Rights Conference
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Next Event Date: Spring 2026
The Critical Perspectives on Human Rights Conference aims to explore the contested legacy of human rights in increasingly uncertain times. It seeks to foster dialogue and scholarship from a wide range of perspectives. Some conference presenters are scholars and activists who continue to view the human rights project as a moral and ethical challenge to power; others see it as an enabler of political and economic domination. The Critical Perspectives on Human Rights Conference participants seek to reassess the origins, foundations, and contemporary forms of human rights discourse, ideas, and practice today, seventy-five years on.
CPHRC | Annually
International Multilingual Creative Writing Conference
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First Event Date: November 13-15, 2024
The International Multilingual Creative Writing Conference is a platform to celebrate the rich diversity of human experience across cultures and a unique opportunity to foster intercultural collaboration with artists, editors, media outlets, and publishers. As a discipline in its own right, creative writing programs are now present across the Americas and Europe. Universities, NGOs, private groups, and individual practitioners contributed to this growth. However, a multilingual approach is critical to unlocking the potential of intercultural cross-pollination and collaboration between practitioners with diverse cultural backgrounds. The City College of New York—Division of Interdisciplinary Studies (CCNY CWE), The Americas Poetry Festival of New York (TAPFNY), and the University of La Rioja join forces to organize this conference.
CPHRC | Annually
In SHORT
CUNY Student Video Competitions
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First Event Date: Spring 2025
The IN SHORT CUNY Student Video Competition is the first for CUNY students. Envisioned in 2024 by Dean Juan Carlos Mercado and the Office of Communications of CCNY’s Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Center for Worker Education (CCNY CWE), the inaugural edition will launch in 2025, offering a platform for all CUNY students to creatively express their academic journeys and perspectives, regardless of their major.
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