EnglishEspañolEnglish Join us on September 24, for a screening of the new OHL documentary film Rubias, canto de luz on the UPRM campus. Everyone is welcome! For decades, the community of Barrio Rubias has endured natural disasters and solved infrastructure breakdowns by themselves. But as community members age, the need for stability becomes more urgent.…
EnglishEspañolEnglish A new South Holyoke mural by the creator of La Borinqueña, Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, was recently unveiled to the public as part of the new Puerto Rican Cultural District in Holyoke, MA. The mural “celebrates Puerto Rican heritage and the power of storytelling” and reflects some of the work done in an ongoing collaboration between…
EnglishEspañolEnglish On August 7, 2026, OHL Co-Director Jaquelina Álvarez and OHL Librarian Natalia Hernández participated in Foro Colegial hosted by Dr. Mariam Ludim, Director of RUM Press. During the interview, they shared details about a recent recognition received by the lab. At the ACURL 2026 conference, the OHL was honored with the ACURIL Caribbean University,…
EnglishSpanishEnglish OHL Director Ricia Chansky’s essay “Eating in crisis: social capital and post-disaster food security” has been published in the Oral History Society’s (OHS) autumn 2026 issue of the Oral History Journal. “Eating in crisis” explores how we eat in the aftermath of disaster when our access to food, preservation, systems of procurement and means…
Photo (from left to right) / Foto (de izquierda a derecha) Guillermo Gómez Alvarez, Paulo García Berrios, Lorel Cubano, Jorge Santiago Fernández, Zaira Arvelo Alicea, Pluma Bárbara Moreno, Caitlin Serrano Alicea EnglishEspañolEnglish Guillermo Gómez Alvarez (back/detrás), Zaira Arvelo Alicea, Pluma Bárbara Moreno, Lorel Cubano On August 22, the OHL film crew finished filming for its…
EnglishEspañolEnglish This summer, Illinois State University’s (ISU) Latin American and Latino/a Studies program and the Department of Politics and Government collaborated to provide ISU students with an experiential learning trip to Puerto Rico. Students were able to immerse themselves in the topics they’ve been learning about such as environmental sustainability, community development, migration, and social…
EnglishEspañolEnglish At the ACURIL 2026 conference, OHL student researchers Daliana A. Ortiz Guevara and Antoinnete Estrada López, along with librarian Natalia Hernández Mejías, presented the poster Reflections and Learning Experiences: Digital Humanities, Empathy, and Ethics in the OHL. The poster was created by the presenters and graduate students Mercedes Fernández Colón and Sarah Lema Solís.…
Photo / Foto: UPRM librarians José J. Morales Benítez, Jaquelina E. Álvarez, and Natalia Hernández Mejías with Library Director Anidza Valentín / Los bibliotecarios del RUM José J. Morales Benítez, Jaquelina E. Álvarez y Natalia Hernández Mejías con la directora de la biblioteca Anidza Valentín EnglishEspañolEnglish Natalia Hernández Mejías and Jaquelina E. Álvarez with ACURIL President…
EnglishEspañolEnglish Join the OHL at the Oral History Association’s (OHA) virtual three-day symposium Trauma-Informed Interviewing, Reckoning & Beyond on June 23, 24 and 25, 2026. Registration details and preliminary program are available on the symposium webpage. Please see below for information about when members of the OHL team will present: Director Ricia Chansky, Librarian Natalia Hernández Mejías, Faculty…
EnglishEspañolEnglish The OHL congratulates the Humanities Action Lab (HAL) at Hunter College CUNY on receiving the 2026 Robert Kelley Memorial Award from the National Council on Public History (NCPH). The award committee celebrated HAL’s “translocal learning exchanges among students, faculty, and community organizers working on shared projects that has pioneered a model of mutual aid within the public history and humanities…