SOMOS New Jersey Poetry & Culture Festival

Join us for the SOMOS NJ Poetry & Culture Festival!

Please join us for the 44th Annual Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series: La Fuerza de las Voces Negras: Afrolatinidades en las Americas (The Power of Black Voices: Afro-Latin Identities in the Americas) MTW-2024_Flyer (digital)

Join us for the SOMOS NJ Poetry & Culture Festival!

We are delighted to partner with the New Jersey Folk Festival this year. Please join us in New Brunswick in April!

Join LIVES IN TRANSLATION (LiT) and the DESIGN CONSORTIUM (DC) on Thursday, September 26th at 2:30PM for the debut of A FEELING OF ITSELF, our inaugural on-campus exhibition celebrating the art of translation. Coinciding with International Translation Day, this event pays tribute to translators and interpreters who bridge languages and cultures. Explore the profound theme of cultural belonging through captivating audio-visual … Read More

SPS Faculty Presentation on “Learning Beyond the Classroom: Academic Opportunities and Community-Engaged Learning in Spanish & Portuguese Studies at Rutgers University-Newark” at the AATPS Virtual Program Fair. Date: Saturday, October 5, 10 a.m.-4 pm over zoom. Join us at the inaugural AATSP Virtual Programs Fair, a unique opportunity designed to inform high school and post-secondary … Read More

As we kick off our celebration of Hispanic and Latinx heritage and culture this month, we write to invite you to join us on Thursday, October 24, 4-5pm (on Zoom) for a roundtable discussion of selections from the Latino Poetry Reader with anthology editor Rigoberto González, poet Urayoán Noel, and SOMOS directors Elena Lahr-Vivaz and … Read More

Please join us for a film screening and discussion with Cuban filmmaker Amilcar Ortiz! Ortiz will examine the complexities of racism and racial discrimination in Cuba, exploring the historical and … Read More