MUSEUMS, SOCIETIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
Instituto Cervantes de Nueva York
211 East 49th Street
New York, NY 10017
212-308-7702
www.cervantes.org
El Instituto Cervantes es una entidad sin ánimo de lucro creada por el gobierno de España en 1991. Su misión es promover la enseñanza del español y de las lenguas cooficiales de España, así como contribuir a la difusión de la cultura de los países de habla española.
Offers students an important and impressive library and film collection. Interesting lectures and expositions.
America’s Society
680 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
212-628-3200
www.americas-society.org
Americas Society is the premier organization dedicated to education, debate and dialogue in the Americas. Established by David Rockefeller in 1965, our mission is to foster an understanding of the contemporary political, social and economic issues confronting Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada, and to increase public awareness and appreciation of the diverse cultural heritage of the Americas and the importance of the inter-American relationship.
Offers students interested in Spanish American culture, literature, music, visual arts and public policy lectures and exhibits as well an important journal Review.
Queen Sofia Spanish Institute
684 Park Avenue
New York, 10065
212-628-0420
www.spanishinstitute.org
The Spanish Institute was founded in 1954 to promote greater awareness and understanding of the culture of the Spanish-speaking world in the United States. Since its foundation, the Institute has sought to further its mission through a variety of programs. The activities focus on particular aspects of Spanish culture, past and present, and the remarkable influence this culture has in the Americas.
International Society for Language Studies CILS
www.isls-inc.org
Interesting journal by an organization dedicated to language studies as they overlap with other fields such as linguistics, literature, anthropology, sociology, history, political science etc.
Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey
www.flenj.org
FLENJ is a non-profit, foreign language organization that represents all world language educators at all levels in New Jersey. FLENJ is the official New Jersey constituent of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and a charter constituent of the National Federation of Modern Language Teachers Association (NFMLTA), publishers of the Modern Language Journal; an affiliate of the New Jersey Education Association; and a NJ continuing education provider.
Modern Language Association
www.mla.org
The object of the association shall be to promote study, criticism, and research in the more and less commonly taught modern languages and their literatures and to further the common interests of teachers of these subjects.
