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James D. Fernández is Director of New York University, Madrid and Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at NYU. Luis Argeo is a journalist and documentary filmmaker based in Gijón, Asturias, Spain.Pages
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Asunto de los Españoles de Arizona (1914)
Gracias a Laura Repullo-Chacón: Más luz del Archivo General de la Administración, en Alcalá de Henares, esta vez sobre los españoles que se encontraban en los campos mineros de Arizona durante la Primera Guerra Mundial. Entre los muchos datos de … Continue reading
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A Forgotten Diaspora: Spaniards in the US
A slightly shorter Spanish-language version of this essay (with different illustrations) appeared in El País Semanal on Sunday, June 17, 2018. December, 1920. House of Representatives, Washington D.C. Amidst a heated debate regarding immigration, the congressman Harold Knutson asks for … Continue reading
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Turmoil in Cherryvale, Kansas, 1915
On March 25 1915, Alejandro Barea, the Spanish Consul in New Orleans wires his Ambassador in Washington with typical staccato diction of telegraphs: 200 Spaniards Cherryvale Kansas complain treatment received in that town without concrete facts. Result: strained relations; an … Continue reading
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Lecture tour in Spain, March 12-16, 2018
From March 12 – March 15, 2018, James D. Fernández, Professor at NYU’s Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures, will be conducting a lecture tour sponsored by the US Embassy in Spain. The main program title is “Una … Continue reading
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2017: The Year in Review/Repaso del año
(en español en letra azul) Thanks to the generous collaboration of so many friends in the US, Spain and all over the world, 2017 has been another year full of discoveries and milestones for us. Little by little, and all … Continue reading
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Newly Discovered Documents Shed Light on the Saga of Spaniards in Hawaii
We are pleased to translate these two documents we discovered and transcribed today (19 December 2017) at the Archivo General de la Administración in Alcalá de Henares, Spain. [Transcripción del original al final] Mr. Plenipotentiary Minister [Spain’s “ambassador” in Washington, … Continue reading
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La Plomada, Set to Plumb Mexico
LA PLOMADA (English title: “The Weight of Remembering”) will be featured at the fourth edition of the CEMEDOC Film Festival in Mexico City, November 14-21. The documentary is one of only 14 films, selected from the 740 entries that were … Continue reading
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Valentín Aguirre: Una diáspora en casa
Nos complace mucho compartir este breve texto nuestro que figura (en castellano, inglés y euskera) en el hermoso catálogo de la exposición titulada “La memoria recobrada: huellas en la historia de los Estados Unidos”, comisariada por José Manuel Guerrero Acosta, … Continue reading
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On the Origins of New York’s “La Nacional” (Part 2)
It was in the Spring of 1867, almost exactly 150 years ago, that Spain’s Consul in New York, Joaquín Marcos de Satrústegui, noticed an alarming trend: increasing numbers of destitute Spaniards were showing up at the doors of his Consulate … Continue reading
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On the Origins of New York’s “La Nacional” (Part 1)
Some detective work at the Archivo Histórico Nacional in Madrid has allowed us to shed some light on the process whereby New York’s Spanish Benevolent Society/La Nacional, was founded in 1868. The club is still in existence, and will soon … Continue reading
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Spanish Immigrants in the United States 