Open Books

Antología abierta de literatura hispana
“Una antología crítica de textos literarios del mundo hispanohablante. Se enfoca en autores canónicos y también se intenta incluir voces marginadas. Cada texto tiene una introducción y anotaciones creadas por estudiantes. // A critical anthology of literary texts from the Spanish-speaking world. A focus on canonical authors and an attempt to include voices that have been marginalized. Each text includes an introduction and annotations created by students.”
Culturas hispanas a través de la pantalla / Hispanic Cultures Through the Screen
“Este libro de texto busca fomentar el visionado crítico de productos audiovisuales contemporáneos y el reflexionar sobre la representación de las culturas hispanas en webseries y vídeos musicales. This textbook aims to promote critical viewing of contemporary audiovisual products and thinking about the representation of Hispanic cultures in web series and music videos.”
Libros En Español
“Explore esta colección de textos en español del dominio público, subidos a la plataforma de CUNY Manifold.” The collection includes works by Peruvian writer Clorinda Matto de Turner and Chilean writer María Teresa de las Mercedes Wilms Montt as well as works by Spanish authors.

Open Courses

Geography of Latin America
“In this course, we will examine the peoples and places of Latin America from a geographical perspective. We will explore the geographical dimensions of economic, cultural, political, and physical forces influencing Latin America as a region.”
Latin and Caribbean Studies Courses (MIT CourseWare)
Puerto Rican and Latino Studies (Brooklyn College)

Zero-cost Resources

AfroLatin@Project
“Our mission is to serve as a resource center and cultural advocate for documentation and preservation of cultures, histories, and experiences of Afrodescendant people in the Americas and the Caribbean.” Unless otherwise stated, the content at the site is licensed CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.
American Latino Heritage (NPS)
These pages provide information about Latino and Latina heritage in the United States from the National Park Service (NPS). Material created by the NPS and published on the website is in the public domain.
CUNY Dominican Studies Institute: Digital Resources
“The CUNY Dominican Studies Institute at The City College of New York has developed digital open-source resources featuring various educational platforms to enhance teaching and learning on Dominican topics.”
Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC)
“dLOC is a cooperative of Partners within the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean that provides users with access to Caribbean cultural, historical and research materials held in archives, libraries, and private collections. […] Types of collections include but are not limited to: newspapers, archives of Caribbean leaders and governments, official documents, documentation and numeric data for ecosystems, scientific scholarship, historic and contemporary maps, oral and popular histories, travel accounts, literature and poetry, musical expressions, and artifacts.” Check the rights on the resources in these collections before using them.
Latin American Divas
In this YouTube series, Dr. Andrea Fernández highlights the role of women in Latin American society, featuring “important female leaders in the areas of politics, social movements, literature, and the arts (music, film, theater & painting).”
Puerto Rico Syllabus
“Puerto Rico Syllabus is a list of resources for teaching and learning about the current economic crisis in Puerto Rico.” The materials at this site are licensed CC BY-ND 4.0; revising and remixing are not permitted.
World History Commons
This site provides digitized and annotated primary sources along with teaching guides on topics in world history and on working with particular types of primary sources. Guides that may be of interest include the following:

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