The 精东影业-based CUNY DSI has received an NEH grant to study the history of Dominican music in the U.S.
The CUNY Dominican Studies Institute at 精东影业 is embarking on another ground breaking digital project. A $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) will fund the first online study regarding the history of Dominican music in the United States.
CUNY DSI Director Ramona Hern谩ndez, professor of sociology in City College鈥檚 Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, heads the project. "This is a collective effort that brings together young researchers at CUNY DSI: John Bimbiras (music), Ruth Lizardi (art) and Jhensen Ortiz (librarian), along with an elite group of academic experts in Dominican music." said Hern谩ndez. 鈥淚t was a very competitive undertaking but we have a unique story to tell, and in telling this story we also contribute to the visibility of important missing chapters in the historical narrative of this country鈥檚 cultural and humanistic legacy.鈥
The endeavor is one of 290 humanities-based research projects in 43 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico to receive a combined $16.3 million in awards from the NEH.
鈥淭he humanities help us study our past, understand our present, and prepare for our future,鈥 said NEH Chairman William D. Adams. 鈥淭he National Endowment for the Humanities is proud to support projects that will benefit all Americans and remind us of our shared human experience.鈥
CUNY DSI is the nation's first university-based research institute devoted to the studying people of Dominican descent around the world. Its recent pioneering achievements have included rolling out a unique paleography tool to decode the various Spanish-language writing styles common in the 16th and 17th centuries. The 鈥Spanish Paleography Digital Teaching and Learning Tool鈥 makes it possible to teach anyone to decipher and read the handwriting styles used in the Spanish-speaking world during the colonial era.
CUNY DSI has also launched the first digital platform in academia presenting a comprehensive history of the Americas鈥 earliest African inhabitants. 鈥,鈥 is a fully bilingual archival resource in English and Spanish. It is the first platform to make this kind of collection of sources available on the internet to the general public.
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