Founded in 1992 at The City College of New York, the Dominican Studies Institute of the City University of New York is the first and only university-based research institute in the United States devoted to the study of people of Dominican descent.
CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Wins NEH Grant
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Spanish Language Scholar Leads Development Of Digital Tools To Teach Hispanic History
The Huffington Post
If Latinos don't understand the roots of their culture, how can they preserve it? Although the explanation might sound a bit more academic at times, that concern is driving scholars at the Dominican Studies Institute of the City College of New York to develop new digital technology for studying Spanish writings from the Americas' colonial era. Read more!
CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Wins NEH Grant
The City College of New York
The CUNY Dominican Studies Institute (CUNY DSI) at City College is developing an online resource to study four centuries of Spanish writing styles. The project is supported by a $50,000 start-up grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Digital Humanities. A prototype of the Spanish Paleography Digital Teaching and Learning Tool is scheduled to go live in spring 2013. Read more!
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