| LALC 101-01 |
Introduction to Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies
Instructor: Diego Vega
Course Description:
A multi-disciplinary, introductory course designed to familiarize students with the regions through a study of their history, economics, politics, literature, and culture in transnational and comparative perspective. The purpose of the course is to provide a framework that will prepare students for more specialized courses in particular disciplines and specific areas of LALC studies.
Required of all LALC majors.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
DENNY 104 |
| LALC 121-01 |
Introduction to Africana Studies
Instructor: Nadia Alahmed
Course Description:
Cross-listed with AFST 100-01. This interdisciplinary introduction to Africana Studies combines teaching foundational texts in the field with instruction in critical reading and writing. The course will cover Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade, the creation of African Disaporic communities, the conceptualization and representation of Black culture and identity, and the intellectual and institutional development of Black and Africana Studies.This course is cross-listed as AFST 100.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
ALTHSE 207 |
| LALC 200-01 |
Latinx Popular Culture
Instructor: Andy Aguilera
Course Description:
Cross-listed with AMST 101-02. This course will examine how the increasing diversity of audiences, voices, and participants in popular culture point to deficits, needs, and changes in American culture. Focusing specifically on Latinas/os, we will analyze representation of Latinas/os in a variety of different genres - music, film, sports, and television - for what they tell us about race, gender, class, sexuality, citizenship, and language. We will look particularly at how Latinas/os negotiate mainstream media representations and create new forms of culture expression. Exploring how Latinas/os produce media representations that defy both narrow understandings of Latinidad as well as dominant U.S. culture, class discussion will explore how identity is produced and contested through popular culture.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
DENNY 204 |
| LALC 200-02 |
Latinx Political Histories
Instructor: Andy Aguilera
Course Description:
Cross-listed with AMST 200-04, HIST 211-05 and POSC 290-03. Since the 2016 election, the Latine/x voting base for Donald J. Trump has been a prominent discussion within the U.S. media. Such coverage broadly tackles the supposed rise of the conservative Latine/x or Hispanic vote with surprise. Their liberal or conservative politics, however, are a product of history, not nature as a leading historian has recently asserted. This course traces this trajectory to examine Latine/x political histories since the nineteenth century to the present. Beginning with Mexican politics in Texas and California during and after conquest, this course aims to highlight the diverse political activities and coalitions of Latine/xs in United States history. Likewise, the course will raise questions on how politics informs notions of identity and sense-of-belonging in the United States. Moreover, we will also examine the transnational and transhemispheric elements that help shape their politics. Students will gain a deeper understanding of the diverse politics that unite and divide Latine/xs across time and space.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
DENNY 303 |
| LALC 200-03 |
Migration and Exile in Caribbean Contexts
Instructor: Mariana Past
Course Description:
Cross-listed with SPAN 299-01. In this course we will explore a variety of texts by Caribbean and diasporic writers (in Spanish) that address issues of migration and exile from different cultural and historical perspectives. Our focus will be on developing effective tools, techniques, and critical approaches for reading and interpreting works of literature, film, and music. Students will learn to examine discourses, analyze arguments, and construct and defend arguments of their own, orally and in writing.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
BOSLER 313 |
| LALC 231-01 |
Modern Latin American History since 1800
Instructor: Marcelo Borges
Course Description:
Cross-listed with HIST 131-01. Introduction to Latin American history since independence and the consolidation of national states to the recent past. Students explore social, economic, and political developments from a regional perspective as well as specific national examples.
This course is cross-listed as HIST 131.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
DENNY 313 |
| LALC 251-01 |
Latin American Government and Politics
Instructor: Diego Vega
Course Description:
Cross-listed with POSC 251-01.
An introduction to the politics of contemporary Latin America. Emphasis is placed upon the varied political institutional responses to socio-economic change in the Americas. Major countries to be analyzed include Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Cuba.
Prerequisite: one course in political science or Latin American, Latinx and Caribbean Studies. This course is cross-listed as POSC 251.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, TF
DENNY 211 |
| LALC 295-01 |
Introduction to U.S. Latinx/Chicanx Literature and Culture
Instructor: Mariana Past
Course Description:
Cross-listed with SPAN 295-01. This interdisciplinary introduction to Latinx/Chicanx Studies discusses foundational historical, cultural, political, artistic, and literary texts of U.S. Latinx/Chicanx communities. This class will cover the varied lives and identities of Latinx/Chicanx individuals, with a particular focus on the Mexican, Central American, and Caribbean diaspora. Specific course emphasis will depend on the professor. This course may be taught primarily in Spanish or English, depending on the material covered. Prerequisite: SPAN 229; 231; or permission of the instructor. This course is cross-listed as SPAN 295.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, MR
BOSLER 213 |
| LALC 300-01 |
Entanglements in the Colonial Americas
Instructor: Elise Bartosik-Velez
Course Description:
Cross-listed with SPAN 380-02. This course encourages students to rethink the traditional nation-centric narratives of colonial British and Spanish American history, according to which the histories and literatures of the two regions developed separately and rarely overlapped. Instead, we will learn the extent to which these histories were entangled. Students will read both historical and literary texts as we explore how peoples of the Early Americas navigated fluid environments in which multilingual and multicultural experiences helped constitute complex intersectional personal and regional identities. This course ultimately asks students to consider what it meant to be "American" in such dynamic zones of exchange. It will be taught in English. Readings will be in both English and Spanish; English translations of Spanish texts will be provided for students taking the course for credit in English. These students will submit written work in English. Students wanting credit for Spanish are expected to read the Spanish originals and required to submit written work in Spanish.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
BOSLER 314 |
| LALC 300-02 |
Indigenous Movements in Latin America: Citizenship, Indigeneity and Interculturality
Instructor: Amalia Pesantes Villa
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ANTH 345-02. The goal of this course is to analyze contemporary Indigenous Movements in Latin America through a historic and ethnographic lens. We will explore and discuss the key demands of indigenous peoples, their strategies to negotiate at the national level as well as the policies that have been developed in response to indigenous activism in the region. We will discuss the various levels of success indigenous movements have accomplished in different countries, and analyze the explanations given to understand such differences. Using texts from a range of Latin American countries, this course will begin by doing a historical analysis of the position of Indigenous peoples after independence, during the nation-building processes, and their strategies to resist assimilation. We will discuss the particularities of indigenous identity in a region where the colonial hierarchies based on class and ethnicity persists and shapes privilege of lighter skinned Latin Americans and discrimination towards indigenous peoples. We will analyze contemporary intercultural policies in both education and health to learn about the possibilities and limitations of the concept of "interculturalidad." This approach, meant to improve the recognition of indigenous perspectives and culture has oftentimes resulted in the cooption of indigenous peoples demands.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
DENNY 204 |
| LALC 490-01 |
Latin American, Latinx and Caribbean Studies Senior Research Seminar
Instructor: Carolina Castellanos Gonella
Course Description:
Research into a topic concerning Latin America directed by two or more faculty representing at least two disciplines. Students must successfully defend their research paper to obtain course credit. The paper is researched and written in the fall semester for 1.0 credit and then defended and revised in the spring semester for .50 credit.
Prerequisite: senior majors.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, M
BOSLER 319 |
| LALC 550-01 |
Latinidad: Exploring Identity to the Spanish Language
Instructor: Carolina Castellanos Gonella
Course Description:
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| LALC 550-02 |
Demonic Possession in 19th Century Santiago Chile Texts: The Case of Carmen Marin
Instructor: Carolina Castellanos Gonella
Course Description:
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| LALC 550-03 |
Popularizing the Memory of Pablo Escobar
Instructor: Carolina Castellanos Gonella
Course Description:
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| LALC 550-04 |
El Salvador: Reckoning with Memory in the Post-Civil War Era
Instructor: Carolina Castellanos Gonella
Course Description:
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| LALC 550-06 |
Afro-Brazilian Feminism
Instructor: Carolina Castellanos Gonella
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| Courses Offered in AFST |
| AFST 100-01 |
Introduction to Africana Studies
Instructor: Nadia Alahmed
Course Description:
Cross-listed with LALC 121-01. This interdisciplinary introduction to Africana Studies combines teaching foundational texts in the field with instruction in critical reading and writing. The course will cover Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade, the creation of African Disaporic communities, the conceptualization and representation of Black culture and identity, and the intellectual and institutional development of Black and Africana Studies.
This course is cross-listed as LALC 121.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
ALTHSE 207 |
| Courses Offered in AMST |
| AMST 101-02 |
Latinx Popular Culture
Instructor: Andy Aguilera
Course Description:
Cross-listed with LALC 200-01. This course will examine how the increasing diversity of audiences, voices, and participants in popular culture point to deficits, needs, and changes in American culture. Focusing specifically on Latinas/os, we will analyze representation of Latinas/os in a variety of different genres - music, film, sports, and television - for what they tell us about race, gender, class, sexuality, citizenship, and language. We will look particularly at how Latinas/os negotiate mainstream media representations and create new forms of culture expression. Exploring how Latinas/os produce media representations that defy both narrow understandings of Latinidad as well as dominant U.S. culture, class discussion will explore how identity is produced and contested through popular culture.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
DENNY 204 |
| AMST 200-04 |
Latinx Political Histories
Instructor: Andy Aguilera
Course Description:
Cross-listed with HIST 211-05 and LALC 200-02, and POSC 290-03. Since the 2016 election, the Latine/x voting base for Donald J. Trump has been a prominent discussion within the U.S. media. Such coverage broadly tackles the supposed rise of the conservative Latine/x or Hispanic vote with surprise. Their liberal or conservative politics, however, are a product of history, not nature as a leading historian has recently asserted. This course traces this trajectory to examine Latine/x political histories since the nineteenth century to the present. Beginning with Mexican politics in Texas and California during and after conquest, this course aims to highlight the diverse political activities and coalitions of Latine/xs in United States history. Likewise, the course will raise questions on how politics informs notions of identity and sense-of-belonging in the United States. Moreover, we will also examine the transnational and transhemispheric elements that help shape their politics. Students will gain a deeper understanding of the diverse politics that unite and divide Latine/xs across time and space.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
DENNY 303 |
| Courses Offered in ANTH |
| ANTH 345-02 |
Indigenous Movements in Latin America: Citizenship, Indigeneity and Interculturality
Instructor: Amalia Pesantes Villa
Course Description:
Cross-listed with LALC 300-02. The goal of this course is to analyze contemporary Indigenous Movements in Latin America through a historic and ethnographic lens. We will explore and discuss the key demands of indigenous peoples, their strategies to negotiate at the national level as well as the policies that have been developed in response to indigenous activism in the region. We will discuss the various levels of success indigenous movements have accomplished in different countries, and analyze the explanations given to understand such differences. Using texts from a range of Latin American countries, this course will begin by doing a historical analysis of the position of Indigenous peoples after independence, during the nation-building processes, and their strategies to resist assimilation. We will discuss the particularities of indigenous identity in a region where the colonial hierarchies based on class and ethnicity persists and shapes privilege of lighter skinned Latin Americans and discrimination towards indigenous peoples. We will analyze contemporary intercultural policies in both education and health to learn about the possibilities and limitations of the concept of "interculturalidad." This approach, meant to improve the recognition of indigenous perspectives and culture has oftentimes resulted in the cooption of indigenous peoples demands.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
DENNY 204 |
| Courses Offered in HIST |
| HIST 131-01 |
Modern Latin American History since 1800
Instructor: Marcelo Borges
Course Description:
Cross-listed with LALC 231-01. Introduction to Latin American history since independence and the consolidation of national states to the recent past. Students explore social, economic, and political developments from a regional perspective as well as specific national examples.
This course is cross-listed as LALC 231.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
DENNY 313 |
| HIST 211-05 |
Latinx Political Histories
Instructor: Andy Aguilera
Course Description:
Cross-listed with AMST 200-04, LALC 200-02 and POSC 290-03. Since the 2016 election, the Latine/x voting base for Donald J. Trump has been a prominent discussion within the U.S. media. Such coverage broadly tackles the supposed rise of the conservative Latine/x or Hispanic vote with surprise. Their liberal or conservative politics, however, are a product of history, not nature as a leading historian has recently asserted. This course traces this trajectory to examine Latine/x political histories since the nineteenth century to the present. Beginning with Mexican politics in Texas and California during and after conquest, this course aims to highlight the diverse political activities and coalitions of Latine/xs in United States history. Likewise, the course will raise questions on how politics informs notions of identity and sense-of-belonging in the United States. Moreover, we will also examine the transnational and transhemispheric elements that help shape their politics. Students will gain a deeper understanding of the diverse politics that unite and divide Latine/xs across time and space.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
DENNY 303 |
| Courses Offered in POSC |
| POSC 251-01 |
Latin American Government and Politics
Instructor: Diego Vega
Course Description:
Cross-listed with LALC 251-01. An introduction to the politics of contemporary Latin America. Emphasis is placed upon the varied political institutional responses to socio-economic change in the Americas. Major countries to be analyzed include Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Cuba. Prerequisite: one course in political science or Latin American, Latinx and Caribbean Studies. This course is cross-listed as LALC 251.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, TF
DENNY 211 |
| POSC 290-03 |
Latinx Political Histories
Instructor: Andy Aguilera
Course Description:
Cross-listed with AMST 200-04, HIST 211-05 and LALC 200-02. Since the 2016 election, the Latine/x voting base for Donald J. Trump has been a prominent discussion within the U.S. media. Such coverage broadly tackles the supposed rise of the conservative Latine/x or Hispanic vote with surprise. Their liberal or conservative politics, however, are a product of history, not nature as a leading historian has recently asserted. This course traces this trajectory to examine Latine/x political histories since the nineteenth century to the present. Beginning with Mexican politics in Texas and California during and after conquest, this course aims to highlight the diverse political activities and coalitions of Latine/xs in United States history. Likewise, the course will raise questions on how politics informs notions of identity and sense-of-belonging in the United States. Moreover, we will also examine the transnational and transhemispheric elements that help shape their politics. Students will gain a deeper understanding of the diverse politics that unite and divide Latine/xs across time and space.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
DENNY 303 |
| Courses Offered in SPAN |
| SPAN 295-01 |
Introduction to U.S. Latinx/Chicanx Literature and Culture
Instructor: Mariana Past
Course Description:
Cross-listed with LALC 295-01. This interdisciplinary introduction to Latinx/Chicanx Studies discusses cultural, literary, historical, political, and artistic texts produced within U.S. Latinx/Chicanx communities. This class will cover the varied lives and identities of Latinx individuals, with a particular focus on the Caribbean diaspora. This course will be taught primarily in English, with the FLIC option available for credit towards majors/minors in Spanish. This interdisciplinary introduction to Latinx/Chicanx Studies discusses foundational historical, cultural, political, artistic, and literary texts of U.S. Latinx/Chicanx communities. This class will cover the varied lives and identities of Latinx/Chicanx individuals, with a particular focus on the Mexican, Central American, and Caribbean diaspora. Specific course emphasis will depend on the professor. This course may be taught primarily in Spanish or English, depending on the material covered. Prerequisite: SPAN 229; 231; or permission of the instructor. This course is cross-listed as LALC 295.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, MR
BOSLER 213 |