Summary: “Age, Creativity and Culture: Reconsidering how the Phases of Life Influence Knowledge, Experience, and Creation” by Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera appeared in Nuevos Horizontes in 2024. The article examines age as a dimension of identity, creativity and cognition, and in this episode, Heidi Landecker, Samuel Jay Keyser, and Jenny Wilson consider the importance of age in intergenerational relationships.…
29 de mayo de 2025 Elogio a las cercanías crítica a la cultura tecnológica actual Héctor José Huyke Presentado por Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera y Angie Natalia Bustos Resumen: Patrocinado por la Teagle Foundation, este episodio sobre Elogio a las cercanías celebra el compromiso mutuo y sostenido que se alcanza cuando los humanos estamos cara a cara. Es…
Resumen: Written as a love letter to her ancestral motherland, Daughter de Borikén (Editorial Pulpo, 2024) speaks to those who intimately know what it feels like to be diáspora-displaced. It is an ode to her guerrera ancestras and to the sacred archipelago of Borikén that gave them breath. In her poems, Lola shares her rage against the colonizers…
Resumen: Una barbie es una muñeca de plástico que se puede vestir de varias formas, pero como bien señala Emily Aguiló-Pérez, profesora en West Chester College, también es un aparato imperialista que tiene una huella particular en Puerto Rico. “I was examining this aspect through the lens of Barbie as colonizer,” comenta Aguiló-Pérez, “What I…
Puntos clave/s: Episodio realizado por Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera, Catedrático de Humanidades, Universidad de Puerto Rico-Mayagüez (UPR-M), Angie Natalia Bustos (UPR-M) y Camilo Durán (ingeniero, egresado de la UPR-M). Este podcast y el Instituto Nuevos Horizontes son patrocinados por la Mellon Foundation. En su conversación sobre Sharing Our Science, Herlihy-Mera, Bustos y Durán dialogan sobre la importancia…
Summary: “Golden Age” by Heidi Landecker appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education on 4 September 2024. The article discusses the scholarship of Jean H. Baker, Samuel Jay Keyser, and Lucy Freeman Sandler, three scholars who produce significant work in their nineties. Landecker highlights their enduring passion for scholarship and addresses broader societal conversations about the…
Summary: “Dos miradas: Israel y el judaísmo en Puerto Rico” by Dariel U. González García (אוריאל בן אברהם), Universidad de Puerto Rico en Mayagüez, was published in Perspectivas sobre cuestiones globales in 2024. The text examines the historical roots of the Puerto Rican Jewish community, from its beginnings during Spanish colonization in the 15th century, with emphasis…
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February 22, 2025 Latino USA: A Cartoon History Ilan Stavans Presentado por Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera, Annette Martínez-Iñesta y Baruch Vergara. This interview includes Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera, Professor of Humanities, Universidad de Puerto Rico-Mayagüez (UPR-M); Annette Martínez-Iñesta, Instructor of Italian, UPR-M; and Baruch Vergara, Artist and Professor of Plastic Arts, UPR-M. This episode has been sponsored by the Mellon Foundation, the…
Jan 27, 2025 The Line AI and the Future of Personhood James Boyle Presentado por Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera Esta conversación incluye a James Boyle, Duke University; Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera, UPR-M; Héctor José Huyke, UPR-M, y Natalia Bustos, UPR-M. Este es el segundo de dos episodios sobre The Line: AI and the Future of Personhood. La primera conversación, en inglés…