Courses

Latin American Studies FA 2021

History

141 Colonial Latin American History

Content: History of Latin America from Native American contact cultures through the onset of independence movements in the early 19th century. Cultural confrontations, change, and Native American accommodation and strategies of evasion in dealing with the Hispanic colonial empire.

Prerequisite: None.
Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits. Fall-2021: TTH 09:40 - 11:10am, E. Young

 

Hispanic Studies

360 Latin America and Spain: Pre-Columbian to Baroque

Content: Introduction to major trends in Latin American and Spanish literature from their beginnings to the Baroque period. Selected works from Latin America and Spain read in the context of cultural and historical events.

Prerequisite: Spanish 321 or consent of instructor.
Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits. Fall-2021: TTH 09:40am - 11:10am, Prof. Juan Carlos Toledano

 

Music

MUS-106: Workshops in World Music

Content: Musical structures, performance contexts, and cultural significance of music from around the
world. Music and dance from Indonesia, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Spain, Latin America, and/or North India. Specific content may change from year to year.

Prerequisite: None.
Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits. FA-21: Prof. K. Mason, MW 03:00 - 04:30am

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Latin American Studies Spring-2021

Art
207 Pre-Columbian Art

Content: Overview of the art of the Aztec, Maya, and Inca civilizations, other major early Central and South American cultures. Examination of architecture, sculpture, ceramics, painting; how the arts played a key role in developing a sense of continuity within these societies across time and distance.

Prerequisite: None.

Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits. Sp-2021, Prof. M. Johnston, 12:55 - 01.55pm, MWF

 

History

142 Modern Latin American History

Content: Confrontation with the complexity of modern Latin America through historical analysis of the roots of contemporary society, politics and culture. Through traditional texts, novels, films, and lectures, exploration of the historical construction of modern Latin America. Themes of unity and diversity, continuity and change as framework for analyzing case studies of selected countries.

Prerequisite: None.

Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits. Spring-21, Prof. Elliott Young, 09:55-11:25am, TTH.

 

History 390  Immigration and Asylum Law

Content: : Introduces students to immigration and asylum law in the United States. Students will work with instructor on several asylum cases for which instructor serves as expert witness for country conditions. Countries we cover include Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Venezuela. Asylum claims cover a variety of topics, including political persecution, drug cartel and gang violence, sexual violence, and gender and sexual orientation-based discrimination. Guest speakers will include immigration lawyers, immigration advocates, and immigration law professors. Students will apply liberal-arts research and writing skills to draft declarations for asylum petitioners, and they will work in teams on several cases during the semester, participating in intake interviews with clients to hearings before an immigration judge.

Prerequisite:  None.

Usually offered:  Alternative years, spring semester, 4 semester credits.  Spring-21, Prof. Elliott Young, 02:15pm - 03:45pm, TTH.

 

LAS-400 Latin American/Latinx Cultural Studies

Content: Theoretical approaches to the study of Latin American culture. Focused study of particular writers, artists, and musicians. Topics include indigenismo, nationalism, postcolonialism, the African diaspora, borderlands, and hybridity. Interdisciplinary approach integrates literary, historical, and anthropological modes of inquiry in this bilingual class. Extensive oral and written work culminating in a research paper.

Prerequisites: SPAN 301 or 301H. HIST 141, 142, or SOAN 266. Completion of overseas study program in a Latin American country. Junior standing required.

Taught: Usually annually, fall semester.   4 semester credits.  Spring-21, Prof. Juan Carlos Toledano, 09:55 - 11:25am, TTH.

 

Music

MUS-106: Workshops in World Music

Content: Musical structures, performance contexts, and cultural significance of music from around the
world. Music and dance from Indonesia, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Spain, Latin America, and/or North India. Specific content may change from year to year.

Prerequisite: None.

Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits. Spring - 21: Prof. K. Mason, TTH 02:10 - 03:40PM

 

Sociology/Anthropology

266 Social Change in Latin America - annually

Content: Dynamics of social change in Latin America, with a particular focus on revolutionary transformations. Comparative analysis of social change in Cuba, Guatemala, Peru, Mexico, and other countries. An introduction to key concepts from development theory, social movements research, cultural studies, and political economy analysis.

Prerequisite: SoAn 100 or SoAn 110. 

Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits. Spring-21, Prof. Cameron-Dominguez, 1-2pm, MWF.

 

Hispanic Studies

SPAN 230 Hispanic Literature in Translation

Content: Major works of Latin American and Spanish literature. Topics vary from year to year. Taught in English; no background in Spanish language or Hispanic literature required. May be taken twice for credit with change of topic.

Prerequisites: None.

Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits:  Spring-21, Prof. Raillard, 09:55 - 11:25am, TTH.

370 Latin America and Spain: Enlightenment to the Present

Content: Introduction to major trends in Latin American and Spanish literature from the Enlightenment period to the present day. Selected works from Latin America and Spain read in the context of cultural and historical events.

Prerequisite: Spanish 321 or consent of instructor.

Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits. Spring-21, Prof. Raillard, 11:40 - 01:10pm, TTH

 

 

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Latin American Studies FA 2020

HISTORY

141 Colonial Latin American History

Content: History of Latin America from Native American contact cultures through the onset of independence movements in the early 19th century. Cultural confrontations, change, and Native American accommodation and strategies of evasion in dealing with the Hispanic colonial empire.

Prerequisite: None.

Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits. Fall-2020: TTH 09:40 - 11:10am, E. Young

 

242 borderlands: U.S.-Mexico Border, 16th Century to Present

Content: The concept and region known as the Borderlands from when it was part of northern New Spain to its present incarnation as the U.S.-Mexico border. Thematic focus on the roles of imperialism and capitalism in the formation of borderlands race, class, gender, and national identities. The transformation of this region from a frontier between European empires to a borderline between nations.

Prerequisite: None.
Taught:
Alternate years, 4 semester credits. Fall-2020, Prof. N. Gallman, 12:40-01:40pm, MWF

 

348 Modern Cuba

Content: Development of the modern Cuban nation from the independence movement of the mid-19th century to the contemporary socialist state. Focus on how identity changed under the Spanish colonial, U.S. neocolonial, Cuban republic, and revolutionary states. 1840s to 1898: wars of independence, slavery, transition to free labor. 1898 to 1952: U.S. occupation and neocolonialism, Afrocubanismo, populism. 1952 to the present: Castro revolution, socialism, U.S.-Cuban-Soviet relations. Fall-20: Professor Elliott Young, TTH 01:50-03:20PM

Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. History 142 recommended.
Taught:
Alternate years, 4 semester credits.

 

Hispanic Studies

360 Latin America and Spain: Pre-Columbian to Baroque

Content: Introduction to major trends in Latin American and Spanish literature from their beginnings to the Baroque period. Selected works from Latin America and Spain read in the context of cultural and historical events.

Prerequisite: Spanish 321 or consent of instructor.

Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits. Fall-2020: MWF 11:30 - 12:30pm, Prof. Raillard.

 

Sociology/Anthropology

261 - Gender and Sexuality in Latin America

Content: Gender and sexuality in Latin America through an anthropological lens. Ethnographic and theoretical texts—including testimonial and film material—dealing with the different gender experiences of indigenous and non-indigenous peoples, lowland jungle hunter-gatherers, highland peasants, urban dwellers and transnational migrants.

Prerequisite: Sociology/Anthropology 100 or 110, or consent of instructor.

Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits. Fall -2020, MWF 10:20 - 11:20am, Prof. Warren.

 

Music

MUS-106: Workshops in World Music

Content: Musical structures, performance contexts, and cultural significance of music from around the
world. Music and dance from Indonesia, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Spain, Latin America, and/or North India. Specific content may change from year to year.

Prerequisite: None.

Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits. Fall 2020: Prof. K. Mason, TTH 01:50 - 03:20PM

 

MUS 237 Music of Latin America

Content: Survey of musical traditions and styles of the Caribbean and Middle and South America, including Afro-Cuban music, salsa, Latin jazz, and folk music of the Andes. Study of the music, instruments, and performance through readings, recordings, and live performance when possible. Historical developments, how the music is used. Social function, political context, art, poetry, literature, and religion as they assist in understanding the music and its culture.

Prerequisites: None.

Restrictions: Sophomore standing required.
Taught: Alternate Years, 4 semester credits. Fall 2020: TTH 09:40-11:10am, MWF, Prof. Mason.

 

 

Latin American Studies Spring-2020

Art
207 Pre-Columbian Art

Content: Overview of the art of the Aztec, Maya, and Inca civilizations, other major early Central and South American cultures.  Examination of architecture, sculpture, ceramics, painting; how the arts played a key role in developing a sense of continuity within these societies across time and distance.

Prerequisite:  Core 106. Core 107.

Taught:  Alternate years, 4 semester credits.  Sp-2020, Prof. M. Johnston, 09:10 - 10:10am, MWF

 

History

142 Modern Latin American History

Content: Confrontation with the complexity of modern Latin America through historical analysis of the roots of contemporary society, politics and culture.  Through traditional texts, novels, films, and lectures, exploration of the historical construction of modern Latin America.  Themes of unity and diversity, continuity and change as framework for analyzing case studies of selected countries.

Prerequisite: None.

Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits. Spring-20, Prof. Elliott Young, 09:40-10:10am, TTH.

 

347 Modern Mexico: Culture, Politics, and Economic Crisis

Content: Origins and development of the modern Mexican nation from independence to the contemporary economic and political crisis.  1811 to 1940: liberal-conservative battles, imperialism, the pax Porfiriana, the Mexican Revolution, industrialization, and institutionalizing the revolution.  1940 to the present: urbanization, migration to the United States, the student movement, neoliberal economics and politics, disintegration of the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party), and the new social rebellions (Zapatistas, Popular Revolucionary Army, Civil Society).  Constructing mexicanidad in music, dance, film, and the cultural poetics of the street and the town plaza. 

Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor.  History 141 or 142 recommended.
Taught:
Alternate years, 4 semester credits. Spring-20, Prof. Elliott Young, 01:50 - 03:20PM, TTH

 

Hispanic Studies

 370 Latin America and Spain: Enlightenment to the Present

Content: Introduction to major trends in Latin American and Spanish literature from the Enlightenment period to the present day. Selected works from Latin America and Spain read in the context of cultural and historical events.

Prerequisite: Spanish 321 or consent of instructor.

Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits. Spring-20, Prof. Rabasa, 09:40 - 11:10am, TTH

 

450 Special Topics in Hispanic Literatures & Cultures

Content:  Study of a genre, a literary movement, or a topic in Hispanic Literatures (Peninsular and/or Latin American, or U.S. Latino).  Extensive oral and written work culminating in a research paper written in Spanish. May be taken twice for credit with a change of topic.  The topic for Span 450 in Spring-2020 is “Contemporary Latin American Film”.

Prerequisite: Spanish 360 or 370 or consent of instructor.

Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits. May be repeated for credit with change of topic. Spring-2020: Prof. Vilches, 11:30 -01:00pm, TTH

 

Latin American Studies Fall-2019

 

History

141 Colonial Latin American History

Content: History of Latin America from Native American contact cultures through the onset of independence movements in the early 19th century.  Cultural confrontations, change, and Native American accommodation and strategies of evasion in dealing with the Hispanic colonial empire.

Prerequisite: None.

Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits. Fall-2019: TTH 09:40 - 11:10am, E. Young

 

345 Race and Nation in Latin America

Content: Social thought about race and nation in Latin America.  The Iberian concept of pureza de sangre, development of criollo national consciousness, 20th century indigenista movements.  Linkages between national identities and constructions of race, particularly in the wake of revolutionary movements.  Freyre (Brazil), Marti (Cuba), Vasconcelos (Mexico), and Sarmiento (Argentina).

Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor.
Taught:
Alternate years, 4 semester credits. Fall-2019:  TTH 01:50-03:20 pm, Elliott Young.

 

Sociology/Anthropology

349 Indigenous Peoples:  Identities and Politics

Content: Indigenous peoples, indigenous identity, and social movements for indigenous rights. How indigenous identity is defined, constructed, and maintained, and the rights that indigenous people have and can claim. The relationship between international organizations, including the United Nations, and indigenous movements. Central focus on North and South America with some comparative cases from Asia. Sociological theories of social movements, identity politics, and racial formation. Fall-19Prof.Sarah Warren, MW 03:00-04:30PM.

Prerequisite: SOAN 100 or 110. Two 200-level SOAN courses; or consent of instructor. Sophomore standing required.

Taught: 4 semester credits.

 

Hispanic Studies

360 Latin America and Spain: Pre-Columbian to Baroque

Content: Introduction to major trends in Latin American and Spanish literature from their beginnings to the Baroque period. Selected works from Latin America and Spain read in the context of cultural and historical events.

Prerequisite: Spanish 321 or consent of instructor.

Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits. Fall-2019: MWF 12:40 - 01:40pm, Prof. Toledano.

 

440 Topics in Hispanic Literatures - Dreams in Spanish and Hispanic American Poetry

Content: Study of a genre, a literary movement, or a topic in Hispanic literatures (Peninsular and/or Latin American, or U.S. Latino). Extensive oral and written work culminating in a research paper written and presented in Spanish.

Prerequisite: Spanish 360 or 370.

Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits. May be repeated for credit with change of topic. Fall-2019: 09:10-10:10am MWF, Prof. Moreno.

 

446 Special Topics in Hispanic Literatures and Cultures - Borges and Cortázar

Content: Study of a genre, an author, a literary movement, or a topic in Hispanic literatures and cultures (Peninsular and/or Latin American, or U.S. Latino). Extensive oral and written work culminating in a research paper written and presented in Spanish.

 Prerequisite: Spanish 360 or 370.

Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits. May be repeated for credit with change of topic. Fall-2019:  12:40-01:40PM, MWF, Prof. Raillard.

 

MUSIC

MUS-106:  Workshops in World Music

Content: Musical structures, performance contexts, and cultural significance of music from around the
world.  Music and dance from Indonesia, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Spain, Latin America, and/or North India. Specific content may change from year to year.

Prerequisite:  None.

Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.  Fall 2019: Prof. K. Mason, 01:50 - 03:20PM, TTH or 03:00 - 04:30PM, MW.

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Latin American Studies Spring-2019

Art
207 Pre-Columbian Art

Content: Overview of the art of the Aztec, Maya, and Inca civilizations, other major early Central and South American cultures.  Examination of architecture, sculpture, ceramics, painting; how the arts played a key role in developing a sense of continuity within these societies across time and distance.

Prerequisite:  Core 106. Core 107.

Taught:  Alternate years, 4 semester credits.  Sp-2019, Prof. M. Johnston, 09:10 - 10:10am, MWF

 

History

142 Modern Latin American History

Content: Confrontation with the complexity of modern Latin America through historical analysis of the roots of contemporary society, politics and culture.  Through traditional texts, novels, films, and lectures, exploration of the historical construction of modern Latin America.  Themes of unity and diversity, continuity and change as framework for analyzing case studies of selected countries.

Prerequisite: None.

Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits. Spring-19, Prof. Ashley Black, 01:50-03:20pm, TTH.

 

Hispanic Studies

 370 Latin America and Spain: Enlightenment to the Present

Content: Introduction to major trends in Latin American and Spanish literature from the Enlightenment period to the present day. Selected works from Latin America and Spain read in the context of cultural and historical events.

Prerequisite: Spanish 321 or consent of instructor.

Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits. Spring-19, Prof. Vilches, 09:40 - 11:10am, TTH

 

450 Special Topics (Detective Fiction in Latin America)

Content: Special topics or issues of Hispanic literature and culture. Extensive oral and written work culminating in a research paper written and presented in Spanish.

Prerequisite: Spanish 360 or 370.

Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits. May be repeated for credit with change of topic. Spring-19, Prof. Vilches, 11:30 -01:00pm, TTH.

 

Latin American Studies Fall-2018

HISTORY

141 Colonial Latin American History

Content: History of Latin America from Native American contact cultures through the onset of independence movements in the early 19th century.  Cultural confrontations, change, and Native American accommodation and strategies of evasion in dealing with the Hispanic colonial empire.

Prerequisite: None.

Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits. Fall-2018: TTH 09:40 - 11:10am, A. Black

 

297-01 Repression & Rebellion in the 20th-Century Caribbean Basin

Content:  This course offers an overview of Central American and Caribbean history during the twentieth century, focusing on cycles of state repression and civil uprising.  We will examine the historical and geopolitical factors that gave rise to dictatorships in the region, as well as responses by civil society as they played out across different contexts.  Students will conduct primary and secondary research with an aim to historicizing present-day social movements.

Prerequisite:  None

Taught:  Fall 2018, TTH 01:50-03:20pm, 4 semester credits.  A. Black

 

Hispanic Studies

360 Latin America and Spain: Pre-Columbian to Baroque

Content: Introduction to major trends in Latin American and Spanish literature from their beginnings to the Baroque period. Selected works from Latin America and Spain read in the context of cultural and historical events.

Prerequisite: Spanish 321 or consent of instructor.

Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits. Fall-2018: MWF 12:40 - 01:40pm, Prof. Toledano.

440 Topics in Hispanic Literatures - Contemporary Historical Narrative in Mexico

Content: Study of a genre, a literary movement, or a topic in Hispanic literatures (Peninsular and/or Latin American, or U.S. Latino). Extensive oral and written work culminating in a research paper written and presented in Spanish.

Prerequisite: Spanish 360 or 370.

Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits. May be repeated for credit with change of topic. Fall-2018: 01:50-02:50pm MWF, Prof. Rabasa.

 

MUSIC

MUS 237 Music of Latin America

Content: Survey of musical traditions and styles of the Caribbean and Middle and South America, including Afro-Cuban music, salsa, Latin jazz, and folk music of the Andes. Study of the music, instruments, and performance through readings, recordings, and live performance when possible. Historical developments, how the music is used. Social function, political context, art, poetry, literature, and religion as they assist in understanding the music and its culture.

Prerequisites: None.

Restrictions: Sophomore standing required.
Taught: Alternate Years, 4 semester credits. Fall 2018: 09:10 -10:10am, MWF, Prof. Mason.

 

ART

ART 451 Colonial Art in the Americas

Content: Reading and critical analysis organized around themes or problems in art history. Focus varies depending on instructor’s teaching and research areas. Previous themes have included art history and memory and art and the environment. May be taken twice for credit.
Prerequisites: One 100- or 200-level art history course.
Restrictions: Sophomore standing required.
Usually offered: Annually, fall/spring semester, 4 semester credits. Fall 2018: 01:50-02:50pm, TTH, Prof. Johnston.