CCNY hosts 8th International Conference on Historical Links between Spain and the Americas from May 3 - 5

The 8th International Conference on Historical Links between Spain and the Americas will take place from May 3-5 with climate change as this year’s theme. The City College of New York’s Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Center for Worker Education (City College Downtown) is a sponsor. The event is open to the public.

This year, the conference welcomes non-geographically restricted proposals and panels on STEM disciplines focused on climate change. The call for papers embraces different disciplines and areas of study, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to the connections between Spain and the Americas.

It also calls for critical consideration of the disproportionate impacts of environmental degradation on vulnerable populations—including race, gender, class, or other oppressive social hierarchies. The aim of the conference is to provide a meeting place for academics and professionals to engage with other participants within and outside their areas of specialization.

Other sponsors include the Instituto Cervantes New York and the Instituto Franklin of the Universidad de Alcalá with the support of CUNY Remote Sensing Earth Systems (CREST).

For more information, including locations and panel discussions, please click here. To RSVP, please click here.

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