Courses

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Course # (Section)	Title	Day/Times	Instructor	Location	Term	Additional Details
AS.070.318 (01)	Black Atlantic Worlds	T 1:30PM - 4:00PM	Angelini, Alessandro; White, Alexandre Ilani Rein	Mergenthaler 426	Spring 2026	Description: This seminar explores the formation of Black Atlantic worlds through a selection of historical and ethnographic texts, material artifacts, and films. We will encounter familiar themes of slavery, revolution, commodity production, and imperial power recast in the minor key of the Black experience. Exploring major works by anthropologists, particularly key figures from Johns Hopkins, the course also examines how studies of transatlantic movements have reshaped our very understanding of history and culture, not simply as static or official forms but as fields of contention. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 8/18 Tags: INST-GLOBAL, CES-RI, CES-BM
AS.100.108 (01)	Making America: Black Freedom Struggles to 1896	MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM	Johnson, Jessica Marie	Macaulay 101; Macaulay 101	Spring 2026	Description: The history of Africans and people of African descent in what becomes the continental United States. We will learn about the everyday experiences of Africans and people of African descent and the way this struggle for (and meaning of) freedom made make and shake the Americas. You will learn historical facts and how to distinguish change over time and place. You will learn to construct historical narratives using primary and secondary sources, about systems of oppression (like slavery) and how those systems operate--and how ordinary people and communities resisted and took that system down. Opportunities for independent research will be available for advanced students looking for professional development and research experience. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 11/15 Tags: HIST-AFRICA, HIST-US, HIST-LATAM, AFRS-ENSLAV
AS.100.108 (02)	Making America: Black Freedom Struggles to 1896	MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM	Johnson, Jessica Marie	Macaulay 101; Macaulay 101	Spring 2026	Description: The history of Africans and people of African descent in what becomes the continental United States. We will learn about the everyday experiences of Africans and people of African descent and the way this struggle for (and meaning of) freedom made make and shake the Americas. You will learn historical facts and how to distinguish change over time and place. You will learn to construct historical narratives using primary and secondary sources, about systems of oppression (like slavery) and how those systems operate--and how ordinary people and communities resisted and took that system down. Opportunities for independent research will be available for advanced students looking for professional development and research experience. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 15/15 Tags: HIST-AFRICA, HIST-US, HIST-LATAM, AFRS-ENSLAV
AS.100.108 (03)	Making America: Black Freedom Struggles to 1896	MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM	Johnson, Jessica Marie	Macaulay 101; Macaulay 101	Spring 2026	Description: The history of Africans and people of African descent in what becomes the continental United States. We will learn about the everyday experiences of Africans and people of African descent and the way this struggle for (and meaning of) freedom made make and shake the Americas. You will learn historical facts and how to distinguish change over time and place. You will learn to construct historical narratives using primary and secondary sources, about systems of oppression (like slavery) and how those systems operate--and how ordinary people and communities resisted and took that system down. Opportunities for independent research will be available for advanced students looking for professional development and research experience. Credits: 3.00 Status: Canceled Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: HIST-AFRICA, HIST-US, HIST-LATAM, AFRS-ENSLAV
AS.100.108 (04)	Making America: Black Freedom Struggles to 1896	MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM	Johnson, Jessica Marie	Macaulay 101; Gilman 217	Spring 2026	Description: The history of Africans and people of African descent in what becomes the continental United States. We will learn about the everyday experiences of Africans and people of African descent and the way this struggle for (and meaning of) freedom made make and shake the Americas. You will learn historical facts and how to distinguish change over time and place. You will learn to construct historical narratives using primary and secondary sources, about systems of oppression (like slavery) and how those systems operate--and how ordinary people and communities resisted and took that system down. Opportunities for independent research will be available for advanced students looking for professional development and research experience. Credits: 3.00 Status: Canceled Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: HIST-AFRICA, HIST-US, HIST-LATAM, AFRS-ENSLAV
AS.100.209 (01)	Slavery in the Caribbean	TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM	Turner, Sasha	Gilman 119	Spring 2026	Description: An introductory examination of slavery in the Caribbean, this course explores the structure of slavery and its development and its transformative effects on people and the region, and the formation of the modern world. Students can expect to explore themes broadly related to gender and sexuality; politics and economy; science and technology; health and the environment; law, culture and society. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 6/20 Tags: HIST-US, HIST-LATAM, INST-GLOBAL, AFRS-ENSLAV, CES-BM, CES-LC, CES-RI, HIST-LAW
AS.100.271 (01)	Documenting & Digitizing Black Louisiana: Sources, Tools and Contexts	MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM	Burri, Margaret N; Johnson, Jessica Marie; McGinn, Emily	Macaulay 101	Spring 2026	Description: Documenting & Digitizing Black Louisiana: Sources, Tools and Contexts is an experiential, team-based, community-engaged undergraduate seminar that combines secondary literature on the history of colonial Louisiana as well as the digital humanities, with intensive deep readings of a selection of translated documents. Seminar sessions will include gatherings with research teams of faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students, with a special emphasis workshops, with and hosted by scholars at JHU and beyond (including team members at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans. Students with interests in Black history, in multimedia content creation, in digital infrastructure, in manuscript documents, in translation and languages, in public history, social justice and community engagement will find much to learn in this course. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 17/18 Tags: HIST-AFRICA, HIST-LATAM, HIST-US, ARCH-RELATE, AGRI-ELECT
AS.100.450 (08)	History Research Lab: The Black Press South Africa	T 1:30PM - 4:00PM	Thornberry, Elizabeth	Smokler Center 213	Spring 2026	Description: Early twentieth-century South Africa was home to a vibrant African publishing scene, with numerous newspapers run by African publishers for black audiences. This class will use these newspapers as primary sources to reconstruct the conversations among African intellectuals about some of the most pressing issues of the day, including African voting rights, land ownership, and the place of “customary law” in the colonial state. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 10/12 Tags: INST-GLOBAL, HIST-AFRICA
AS.145.331 (01)	Eugenic Imaginaries in American Literature, Culture, and Society	TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM	Vado, Karina A	Gilman 186	Spring 2026	Description: In this course, we will explore the intersections of American literature, broadly conceived, and eugenics. Defined as the “[pseudo]science of racial improvement,” eugenics gained global traction amongst scientists, physicians, politicians (both liberal and conservative), intellectuals, writers, and the general public in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Engaging genres such as horror, sci-fi, utopian and dystopian fiction, and textual mediums such as novels, poetry, television, and film from the US, Mexico, and Canada, we will thus consider how social and cultural ideas shape scientific practice and how scientific ideas inform literary and cultural imaginaries. At the same time, we will be paying special attention to how these literary and cultural texts affirm, critique, revise, or conjure futures beyond the horrors of eugenics and its destructive politics of exclusion. Considering, then, the many genealogies of eugenics, we will supplement our primary readings with excerpts of texts that shaped the makings of eugenics, legitimated it as an interdisciplinary scientific field, and that later served as springboards for the implementation of eugenic policy. Further, we will engage relevant scholarship in the fields of anthropology, history of science and medicine, sociology, science and technology studies, and the medical humanities. Through these and other readings, we will critically survey the lingering legacies of eugenic thought and how they inform contemporary questions of classification, “fit” and “unfit” bodies, death and dying, illness and health, and social identity (ex. class, disability, gender, race, and sexuality). Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 6/15 Tags: MSCH-HUM
AS.210.173 (01)	Fast Portuguese for Spanish Speakers and speakers of other Romance Languages I	MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM	De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina; Sanchez, Loreto	Shaffer 303	Spring 2026	Description: NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF PORTUGUESE IS REQUIRED. This fast-paced one-semester course covers all content for Portuguese Elementary. This course is designed as an accelerated introductory course for speakers with a sound knowledge of Spanish OR other romance languages (e.g. French and Italian). The course will cover introductory aspects of Portuguese grammar and present relevant points of the cultures of the Portuguese speaking countries. Upon the successful completion of this course with a grade of C or higher, students may enroll in 210.271 Portuguese Intermediate. May not be taken on a Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory basis. No Prereq. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM. Credits: 4.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 0/17 Tags: MLL-POR
AS.210.173 (02)	Fast Portuguese for Spanish Speakers and speakers of other Romance Languages I	TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM	Franco, Bruno	Krieger Laverty	Spring 2026	Description: NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF PORTUGUESE IS REQUIRED. This fast-paced one-semester course covers all content for Portuguese Elementary. This course is designed as an accelerated introductory course for speakers with a sound knowledge of Spanish OR other romance languages (e.g. French and Italian). The course will cover introductory aspects of Portuguese grammar and present relevant points of the cultures of the Portuguese speaking countries. Upon the successful completion of this course with a grade of C or higher, students may enroll in 210.271 Portuguese Intermediate. May not be taken on a Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory basis. No Prereq. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM. Credits: 4.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 0/17 Tags: MLL-POR
AS.210.173 (03)	Fast Portuguese for Spanish Speakers and speakers of other Romance Languages I	MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM	De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina	Gilman 186	Spring 2026	Description: NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF PORTUGUESE IS REQUIRED. This fast-paced one-semester course covers all content for Portuguese Elementary. This course is designed as an accelerated introductory course for speakers with a sound knowledge of Spanish OR other romance languages (e.g. French and Italian). The course will cover introductory aspects of Portuguese grammar and present relevant points of the cultures of the Portuguese speaking countries. Upon the successful completion of this course with a grade of C or higher, students may enroll in 210.271 Portuguese Intermediate. May not be taken on a Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory basis. No Prereq. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM. Credits: 4.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 5/17 Tags: MLL-POR
AS.210.271 (01)	Intermediate Portuguese I	MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM	De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina; Sanchez, Loreto	Shaffer 303	Spring 2026	Description: Intermediate Portuguese I is designed for students who have attained an advanced elementary level in the language. The course offers training in the skills of the language with emphasis on expanding grammatical knowledge and vocabulary, while developing ease and fluency in the language through the use of a multifaceted approach. Course materials immerse students in the contemporary cultures of Portuguese-speaking world. Upon the successful completion of Intermediate Portuguese I, students may enroll in the next level, Intermediate Portuguese II – AS.210.272. May not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 8/15 Tags: MLL-POR
AS.210.272 (01)	Intermediate Portuguese II	MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM	Nagasawa, Ellen; Sanchez, Loreto	Gilman 313	Spring 2026	Description: Intermediate Portuguese II is designed for students who have attained a mid-intermediate level in the language or completed Intermediate Portuguese I AS.210.271. The course offers training in the skills of the language with emphasis on advancing grammatical knowledge, expanding vocabulary, and developing fluency in the language through the use of a multifaceted approach. Course materials immerse students in the cultures of Brazil, Portugal, and Portuguese-speaking Africa, and reflect the mix of cultures at work in the contemporary Lusophone world. Successful completion of Intermediate Portuguese II will prepare students for the next level Advanced Portuguese I – AS.210.371. May not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 8/15 Tags: MLL-POR
AS.210.313 (01)	Medical Spanish	TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM	Torres Burgos, Carmen	Gilman 313	Spring 2026	Description: Medical Spanish is a comprehensive examination of vocabulary and grammar for students who either work or intend to work in medicine and health-related fields in Spanish-speaking environments. The student will be able to participate in conversations on topics such as contrasting health systems, body structures, disorders and conditions, consulting your doctor, physical and mental health, first-aid, hospitalization and surgery on completion of this course. In completing the course’s final project students will apply, synthesize, and reflect on what has been learned in the class by creating a professional dossier individualized to their professional interests. There is no final exam. Not open to native speakers of Spanish. No new enrollments permitted after the third class session. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 1/14 Tags: MSCH-HUM
AS.210.313 (02)	Medical Spanish	TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM	Torres Burgos, Carmen	Gilman 17	Spring 2026	Description: Medical Spanish is a comprehensive examination of vocabulary and grammar for students who either work or intend to work in medicine and health-related fields in Spanish-speaking environments. The student will be able to participate in conversations on topics such as contrasting health systems, body structures, disorders and conditions, consulting your doctor, physical and mental health, first-aid, hospitalization and surgery on completion of this course. In completing the course’s final project students will apply, synthesize, and reflect on what has been learned in the class by creating a professional dossier individualized to their professional interests. There is no final exam. Not open to native speakers of Spanish. No new enrollments permitted after the third class session. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 0/14 Tags: MSCH-HUM
AS.210.317 (01)	Adv Spanish Composition	TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM	Hernandez Rodriguez, Daniela Paz; Ramos, Rosario	Gilman 443	Spring 2026	Description: This third-year course is a hands-on and process-oriented introduction to discussion and compositional analysis. On completion of this course, students will have improved their Spanish writing skills in various types of compositions they might be expected to write in academic settings and in real-life formats such as film reviews, letters to the editor, cover letters, etc. The course also focuses on refinement of grammar and vocabulary use. Not open to native speakers of Spanish. . Credits: 3.00 Status: Canceled Seats Available: 12/12 Tags: n/a
AS.210.371 (01)	Advanced Portuguese I	TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM	Staff		Spring 2026	Description: Designed to sharpen students’ abilities in contemporary spoken and written Portuguese. This third-year course fosters the development of complex language skills that enhance fluency, accuracy and general proficiency in Portuguese and its appropriate use in professional and informal contexts. Students will briefly review previous grammar structures and concentrate on new complex grammar concepts. Using a variety of cultural items such as current news, short stories, plays, films, videos, newspaper articles, and popular music, students discuss diverse topics followed by intense writing and oral discussion with the aim of developing critical thinking and solid communication skills. Successful completion of Advanced Portuguese I will prepare students for the next level, Advanced Portuguese II, AS.210.372. May not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Credits: 3.00 Status: Canceled Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.210.372 (01)	Advanced Portuguese II	MWF 9:00AM - 9:50AM	Nagasawa, Ellen; Sanchez, Loreto	Gilman 313	Spring 2026	Description: Advanced Portuguese II offers a systematic review of the Portuguese language focused on the development of students’ communicative skills and their knowledge of the Lusophone culture. This course fosters the development of complex language skills that enhance fluency, accuracy and general proficiency in Portuguese and its appropriate use in professional and informal contexts. Students will concentrate on complex grammar concepts and the use of appropriate written and oral registers. Using a variety of cultural items such as current news, short stories, plays, films, videos, newspaper articles, and popular music, students discuss diverse topics followed by intense writing and oral discussion with the aim of developing critical thinking and solid communication skills. May not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prereq: AS.210.371 or placement test. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 2/10 Tags: MLL-POR
AS.211.389 (01)	Reading Mid Lit	T 3:00PM - 5:30PM	Gil'Adí, Maia	Gilman 186	Spring 2026	Description: This course revisits the Latinx canon and problematizes distinctions such as “high” and “low” culture. You will read authors beloved in Latinx literature such as Sandra Cisneros, Cristina Garcia, Piri Thomas, and Oscar Acosta to investigate the ways the field has, by necessity, championed progressive politics over what we would call “high literature.” Placing these canonical authors in conversation with more recent “better” writers like Carmen Maria Machado, Justin Torres, Manuel Muñoz, Juno Díaz, and Ruben Reyes, this course will also delve into aesthetic theory (Kant, Adorno, Ponce de León, Benjamin, Gikandi), to ask what is “good” literature? Spanish Majors and Minors should register for Section 2 of this course. Credits: 3.00 Status: Canceled Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.211.389 (02)	Reading Mid Lit	T 3:00PM - 5:30PM	Gil'Adí, Maia	Gilman 186	Spring 2026	Description: This course revisits the Latinx canon and problematizes distinctions such as “high” and “low” culture. You will read authors beloved in Latinx literature such as Sandra Cisneros, Cristina Garcia, Piri Thomas, and Oscar Acosta to investigate the ways the field has, by necessity, championed progressive politics over what we would call “high literature.” Placing these canonical authors in conversation with more recent “better” writers like Carmen Maria Machado, Justin Torres, Manuel Muñoz, Juno Díaz, and Ruben Reyes, this course will also delve into aesthetic theory (Kant, Adorno, Ponce de León, Benjamin, Gikandi), to ask what is “good” literature? Spanish Majors and Minors should register for Section 2 of this course. Credits: 3.00 Status: Canceled Seats Available: 5/5 Tags: n/a
AS.215.112 (01)	Modern Latin American Culture	MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM	Rios Saavedra, Veronica	Gilman 313	Spring 2026	Description: Taught in Spanish. This course will explore the fundamental aspects of Latin- America culture from the formation of independent states through the present—in light of the social, political, and economic histories of the region. The course will offer a general survey of history of Latin- America, and will discuss texts, movies, songs, pictures, and paintings, in relation to their social, political, and cultural contexts. May not be taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 2/15 Tags: INST-CP, INST-GLOBAL
AS.215.211 (01)	Introduction to Literature in Spanish	TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM	Williams, Rachel C	Gilman 381	Spring 2026	Description: The main objective of this course is to examine and discuss specific authors and topics in literature in Spanish from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. The course is designed to cover a selection of Hispanic texts from Spain and Latin America. Literary genres to be studied will include narratives, poetry, and drama. The bulk of each class session will be dedicated to the discussion of the assigned readings. This course is taught in Spanish. This course is required for the major in Spanish. Students who have completed AS.215.231 cannot take AS.215.211. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 4/15 Tags: n/a
AS.215.306 (01)	Latin American Gothic	T 3:00PM - 5:30PM	Sanchez, Loreto; Ugarelli Risi, Mariangela	Gilman 186	Spring 2026	Description: Taught in English. This course aims to spotlight an often-overlooked corpus of texts to study the tradition of the Gothic mode in Latin America. A literary mode created in Europe and usually thought of as exclusive to the anglophone, francophone, and German traditions, the Gothic is, however, consistently present in Latin American stories, novels, and films. During the late XIX century, the texts of Edgar Allan Poe found fertile ground in the minds of modernista writers who began transforming the superficial elements of the Gothic mode to fit a new reality. Since then, the Gothic has resisted contention and continues to rear its head in texts penned by the likes of Jorge Luis Borges and Carlos Fuentes. This course seeks to briefly describe the path of the Gothic mode from its arrival in Latin America to some of its newest iterations and transformations. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 4/15 Tags: n/a
AS.215.317 (01)	Early Psychology in Literature, Art, and Science	WF 3:00PM - 4:15PM	Johnson, Paul Michael; Sanchez, Loreto	Shaffer 305	Spring 2026	Description: Although the modern discipline of psychology was not formalized until the late 1800s, the mind and human behavior had been subjects of intense curiosity for centuries. In early modern Europe, painters, physicians, philosophers, and writers of fiction explored the psychological dimensions of experience from manifold perspectives. The Renaissance brought a renewed interest in physiognomy and humoral theory, as well as the growth of anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, and practices of dissection and observation. Meanwhile, the literary and visual arts were also experimenting with new forms of understanding and representing interiority, the emotions, and mental faculties and illnesses. This undergraduate seminar will study these scientific and cultural movements before the consolidation of modern psychology, seeking to understand them within their sixteenth- and seventeenth-century milieus while establishing links with interdisciplinary concerns of today. Class will be conducted in Spanish. Taught in Spanish. (If AS.210.311 was not taken, student may submit an SPE score: https://krieger.jhu.edu/modern-languages-literatures/spanish-and-portuguese/undergraduate/get-started/) Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 8/15 Tags: n/a
AS.215.427 (01)	The African Diaspora in Early Modern Iberia	WF 12:00PM - 1:15PM	Johnson, Paul Michael	Gilman 381	Spring 2026	Description: Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain was home to a sizeable Black African, Afro-diasporic, and Afro-descendant population that scholarship has only recently begun to acknowledge substantively. The historical legacy of these communities reveals that Afro-Iberians, enslaved as well as free, experienced often violent forms of racial discrimination and oppression, but that they also contributed meaningfully to a shared cultural landscape of art, literature, drama, dance, and music. Early modern writers of fiction likewise depicted Afro-diasporic characters not only as servants but also as sovereigns, soldiers, scholars, and saints. This advanced undergraduate seminar will grapple with these ambivalences by surveying a wide, multidisciplinary range of cultural products. In surveying the historical and literary complexities of the African diaspora in early modern Iberia, we will ask how these communities were subjected to the violence of empire, colonialism, racism, human trafficking, and enslavement, while at the same time generating creative vectors of pride, freedom, agency, and resistance. Class will be conducted in Spanish. (If AS.210.311 has not been taken, the student may submit an SPE score: https://krieger.jhu.edu/modern-languages-literatures/spanish-and-portuguese/undergraduate/get-started/) Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 5/15 Tags: MLL-SPAN, INST-GLOBAL, INST-CP, CDS-MB, CES-BM, CES-RI
AS.215.428 (01)	Contemporary Latin American Film	MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM	Wegenstein, Bernadette	Shriver Hall 104	Spring 2026	Description: This seminar presents a transnational history of Latin American cinema from the 1960s to the present, with a special regard to its global influence. Starting with the Cuban Revolution and the subsequent founding of its film institute ICAIC, we'll examine how politics and aesthetics shape each other. We'll discuss the manifestos and films of the so-called New Latin American Cinema, including Tercer Cine, Cine Imperfecto, and Cinema Novo; the filmography made during the continent's various dictatorships; and post-dictatorship debates on memory. We'll also engage with a recent theoretical and cinematic production on gender, sexuality, the non-human, and new cinematic postcolonial approaches. (If AS.210.311 has not been taken, student may submit an SPE score:https://krieger.jhu.edu/modern-languages-literatures/spanish-and-portuguese/undergraduate/get-started/) Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 0/20 Tags: n/a
AS.361.100 (01)	Introduction to Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies	MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM	Cotler, Angelina	Croft Hall G02	Spring 2026	Description: An interdisciplinary introduction to the ways of life of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx peoples, their origins, historical legacies, and current cultural expressions. This course assumes no prior knowledge and incorporates the insights of several disciplines including anthropology, history, political science, economics, cultural studies, literary criticism, and ethnomusicology. The course seeks to comprehend the region from multiple perspectives and to provide a broad conceptual overview. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 0/20 Tags: INST-GLOBAL, INST-CP, HIST-LATAM, CES-ELECT
AS.210.171 (85)	Portuguese Elements I		De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina; Nagasawa, Ellen	Online	Summer 2026	Description: No previous knowledge of Portuguese is required. This one-year sequence is a Portuguese introductory course for non-romance language speakers. The course introduces students to the basic skills in reading, writing, and speaking the language. Emphasis is placed on oral communication with extensive training in written and listening skills. Class participation is encouraged from the very beginning. Upon the successful completion of this course with a grade of C or higher, students may enroll in 210.172 Portuguese Elements II. May not be taken on a Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory basis. No Prereq. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM. Credits: 4.00 Status: Canceled Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.001.132 (01)	FYS: The Great Divide: Income and Wealth Inequality in the United States	W 3:00PM - 5:30PM	Morgan, Barbara Anne	Gilman 134	Fall 2026	Description: How do we measure inequalities in income and wealth? What do the historical and comparative trends look like and how do economists explain them? Is economic inequality a significant problem in the United States today? If not, why not? If so, why? And what tools do we have in the policy arsenal to deal with it? In sharing our different perspectives we will have to wrestle with concepts you may be curious about, such as “supply-side economics” “technological change” “free trade” “the top 1%” and “the k-shaped economy,” concepts that will hopefully prove useful in your understanding of other current economic issues. As an added twist, we will pair short vignettes from literature with economics readings to provide a historical and philosophical perspective, and to motivate our weekly discussions. You will have the opportunity to exchange ideas with fellow classmates in presenting group research and leading class discussions. Your final, individual presentation will explore some aspect of economic inequality, broadly defined, inspired by your own selection from literature, poetry, art, music, or film. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 12/12 Tags: CES-PD, CES-RI
AS.001.144 (01)	FYS: Literary Multilingualism	MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM	Haubenreich, Jacob	Ames 218	Fall 2026	Description: What does it mean to live and to write in more than one language? This is a particularly charged question in today’s globalized world. In this course, we will explore texts and films produced by multilingual writers and directors, who reflect on the experiences of the multilingual subject; their concerns range from the turmoil of living between identities and cultures, to the playful experience of daily life and existence opened up through thinking and working in multiple languages. Main questions will include: In what ways do languages influence how writers write? How does the presence of multiple languages in a text structure a reading experience and for whom? How do texts by multilingual writers destabilize conceptions of national literature? While some texts we will read were originally composed in English, the majority were written by multilingual writers in other languages. Finally, therefore, we will address what it means to read translated into English texts that were, in some sense, already produced “in translation.” Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 12/12 Tags: n/a
AS.001.187 (01)	FYS: Exile and Return: Outcasts, Refugees, Emigrés	TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM	Jerzak, Katarzyna Elzbieta	Gilman 134	Fall 2026	Description: Exile -- metaphysical, political, inner -- persists throughout human history as a concept, an experience, and its artistic representation. In Abrahamic traditions, Adam and Eve are banished from the Garden of Eden, barred from returning by angels with fiery swords. Socrates choses death over exile. Odysseus returns to Ithaca but neither he nor Ithaca are the same. The concept of exile relies on the existence of differentiated space and of borders. It also presupposes affective attachment: to be exiled is to be removed from – or, sometimes, to leave -- the space of belonging. How does exile differ from other forms of displacement? What are literary and artistic reactions to exile? Can one be an exile in one's own country/city? We will look for answers from thinkers, writers, and artists, such as Ovid, Dante, Baudelaire, Hannah Arendt, Nahid Rachlin, and André Aciman. Paradoxically, for many of them the only true homecoming is through writing about exile. Outings may include: The Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Museum in Fells Point, Bakst Theater at the Evergreen Museum, Library of Congress, National Gallery, and, possibly, the Tenement Museum in NYC. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 12/12 Tags: n/a
AS.004.351 (01)	Community-Engaged Writing: Latino/Jewish Intersections – Jewtina	TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM	Hartmann-Villalta, Laura A	Gilman 217	Fall 2026	Description: In partnership with the non-profit organization Jewtina y Co, this course explores the intersectional identity of Latin and Jewish life through academic, public, and reflective writing. This is a community-engaged course, though our community will be national and international: Jewtina y Co. works towards building a world in which the global Jewish and Latin communities work together to interrupt inequities and celebrate their multicultural histories. Rooted in anti-oppressive theory, Jewtina y Co. is on a mission to nurture Latin-Jewish community, identity, leadership and resiliency and our course priorities will mirror these values. In addition to learning about the history and culture of Latin-Jews through readings, guest speakers, and excursions, the course’s main work is our collaboration with Jewtina y Co., whose Executive Director will brief the class with real-world writing requests to meet the organization's needs. This course is for you if: you want to learn more about the difficulties of holding space for intersectional identity; you want your writing to make a difference outside of the classroom; you want to build your leadership and collaboration skills; you're curious to learn more about the Latin identity or the Jewish identity; you like interdisciplinary classes that challenge you. No prior knowledge of Judaism, Spanish language, or personal Jewish or Latinx background expected or necessary. All first-year students who have taken Reintro and all students at the sophomore level or above are welcome. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 7/12 Tags: n/a
AS.010.246 (01)	Indigenous Architectures, Sites, and Environments	TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM	Staff	Gilman 134	Fall 2026	Description: An introduction to the Indigenous architectural sites and engineered spaces of the Western Hemisphere prior to European contact. At the core of our inquiry will be critiquing the naming of those spaces, and how these naming conventions have created modern understandings of those sites. In the modern United States, are Indigenous architectures considered American “antiquity?” In Latin America, are those spaces considered “Indigenous?” As many of these architectural sites were constructed by Indigenous communities who did not practice writing—and thus did not “write down” their titles—where (and from whom) did these sites get their names? Taking a hemispheric approach, class lectures will move from South to North America, covering Machu Picchu (Perú), Ciudad Perdida (Colombia), Teotihuacan (Mexico), the Hopewell Mound Group (United States), and Chaco Canyon (United States) among other Indigenous architectures, sites, and environments. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 1/15 Tags: HART-ANC, ARCH-ARCH
AS.010.386 (01)	Modern Art in a Global Frame	MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM	Brown, Rebecca Mary	Gilman 186	Fall 2026	Description: This course will grapple with modern art as it emerges in critically important locations around the world over the course of the twentieth century, with an emphasis on Asia, Africa, and South America. Anti-colonial movements, national formations, geopolitical alliances, institution-building, exhibition, fair, and biennial histories, art group manifestos, and the intertwined relations of race, ethnicity, Indigeneity, gender, class, and sexuality. Museum visits to view works of art in person will be incorporated into the course. Credits: 3.00 Status: Waitlist Only Seats Available: 0/15 Tags: HART-MODERN
AS.010.447 (01)	Art and the Body in the Ancient Americas	TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM	Earley, Caitlin	Gilman 177	Fall 2026	Description: What is a body, and how do bodies make meaning in art? This course investigates the concept of the body and its expression in Indigenous art from the Ancient Americas. As a site of human experience, a node of relational exchanges, and an expressive and constructive force, the body offers us a window into ways of being and understanding in the Americas. What can the way the body is created, represented, and manipulated tell us about attitudes toward power, religion, and the structure of the world? We will consider case studies from three cultural groups: the Moche, the Maya, and the Aztec. Our investigation is focused on the human body, and explores bodies that are living, dead, gendered, fragmented, multiple, and divine. Credits: 3.00 Status: Waitlist Only Seats Available: 0/7 Tags: HART-ANC, ARCH-ARCH
AS.060.410 (01)	Art and Literature of Revolution in the Americas	W 4:30PM - 7:00PM	Feinsod, Harris; Joyce, Robin	Gilman 186	Fall 2026	Description: This course asks how early 20th-century writers and artists in the US, Latin America, and the Caribbean have pictured and imagined the histories of revolution in the Atlantic world. How did the Haitian and Mexican revolutions spur the art of the Harlem Renaissance? How did the writers and artists of the Black diaspora arrive at new histories of self-emancipation? Writers and artists to be considered include Elizabeth Catlett, Alejo Carpentier, Mariano Azuela,The course will be taught in the study room at the Baltimore Museum of Art, and students will participate in the research for and production of an upcoming museum exhibition at the museum. Credits: 3.00 Status: Waitlist Only Seats Available: 0/12 Tags: ENGL-GLOBAL
AS.070.132 (01)	Invitation to Anthropology	T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM	Procupez, Valeria	Gilman 50; Mergenthaler 426	Fall 2026	Description: The question of what it means to be human requires continual investigation. Anthropology offers conceptual tools and an ethical groundwork for understanding humanity in all its diversity. This course familiarizes students with anthropological concepts and methods. We will engage in critical analysis of a broad range of subjects including language, exchange, class, race, gender, kinship, sexuality, religion, and capitalism. Credits: 3.00 Status: Reserved Open Seats Available: 5/15 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.070.132 (02)	Invitation to Anthropology	T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM	Procupez, Valeria	Gilman 50; Mergenthaler 439	Fall 2026	Description: The question of what it means to be human requires continual investigation. Anthropology offers conceptual tools and an ethical groundwork for understanding humanity in all its diversity. This course familiarizes students with anthropological concepts and methods. We will engage in critical analysis of a broad range of subjects including language, exchange, class, race, gender, kinship, sexuality, religion, and capitalism. Credits: 3.00 Status: Reserved Open Seats Available: 6/15 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.070.132 (03)	Invitation to Anthropology	T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM	Procupez, Valeria	Gilman 50; Bloomberg 168	Fall 2026	Description: The question of what it means to be human requires continual investigation. Anthropology offers conceptual tools and an ethical groundwork for understanding humanity in all its diversity. This course familiarizes students with anthropological concepts and methods. We will engage in critical analysis of a broad range of subjects including language, exchange, class, race, gender, kinship, sexuality, religion, and capitalism. Credits: 3.00 Status: Reserved Open Seats Available: 8/15 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.070.132 (04)	Invitation to Anthropology	T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM	Procupez, Valeria	Gilman 50; Shriver Hall 104	Fall 2026	Description: The question of what it means to be human requires continual investigation. Anthropology offers conceptual tools and an ethical groundwork for understanding humanity in all its diversity. This course familiarizes students with anthropological concepts and methods. We will engage in critical analysis of a broad range of subjects including language, exchange, class, race, gender, kinship, sexuality, religion, and capitalism. Credits: 3.00 Status: Reserved Open Seats Available: 9/15 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.070.132 (05)	Invitation to Anthropology	T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM	Procupez, Valeria	Gilman 50; Gilman 50	Fall 2026	Description: The question of what it means to be human requires continual investigation. Anthropology offers conceptual tools and an ethical groundwork for understanding humanity in all its diversity. This course familiarizes students with anthropological concepts and methods. We will engage in critical analysis of a broad range of subjects including language, exchange, class, race, gender, kinship, sexuality, religion, and capitalism. Credits: 3.00 Status: Reserved Open Seats Available: 6/15 Tags: ARCH-RELATE
AS.100.160 (01)	Colonial Latin America	MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM	Luis, Diego Javier	Gilman 132; Gilman 186	Fall 2026	Description: The colonial period in Latin America was one of dynamic collision and convergence, drastic ruptures and surprising continuities. The several hundred years between the early invasions and Latin American independence are often dismissed as blank pages of Baroque stagnation, glacial change, and economic decadence. These assumptions, though, are misleading, for at the crossroads of the Atlantic and Pacific, Latin America was at the center of the early modern world. In this course, we investigate not only the violence of conquest and enslavement, but also how Indigenous and Afro-diasporic peoples adapted to new colonial realities. In so doing, we will see how the limitations (not dominance) of European influence defined the development of multiethnic societies in the hemisphere. Our timeframe covers from the consolidation of the Mexica and Inca empires in the early 1400s to the period just before the wars of independence in the early 19th century. We will also pay attention to the difficulty of defining (if at all possible) the “end” of the colonial period, and during the last weeks of the semester, we will consider the lingering presence of the colonial past in the 21st century. Overall, the course uses close analysis of primary- and secondary-source documents to examine the broader processes of invasion, religion, hierarchy, rebellion, liminality, and memory. In the evaluation of each topic, we will consider diverse perspectives, such as those of enslaved Africans, Indigenous intellectuals, women, mestizos, and Iberian newcomers. Credits: 3.00 Status: Canceled Seats Available: 19/19 Tags: HIST-LATAM, CDS-GI, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.160 (02)	Colonial Latin America	MW 12:00PM - 12:50PM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM	Luis, Diego Javier	Gilman 132; Maryland 114	Fall 2026	Description: The colonial period in Latin America was one of dynamic collision and convergence, drastic ruptures and surprising continuities. The several hundred years between the early invasions and Latin American independence are often dismissed as blank pages of Baroque stagnation, glacial change, and economic decadence. These assumptions, though, are misleading, for at the crossroads of the Atlantic and Pacific, Latin America was at the center of the early modern world. In this course, we investigate not only the violence of conquest and enslavement, but also how Indigenous and Afro-diasporic peoples adapted to new colonial realities. In so doing, we will see how the limitations (not dominance) of European influence defined the development of multiethnic societies in the hemisphere. Our timeframe covers from the consolidation of the Mexica and Inca empires in the early 1400s to the period just before the wars of independence in the early 19th century. We will also pay attention to the difficulty of defining (if at all possible) the “end” of the colonial period, and during the last weeks of the semester, we will consider the lingering presence of the colonial past in the 21st century. Overall, the course uses close analysis of primary- and secondary-source documents to examine the broader processes of invasion, religion, hierarchy, rebellion, liminality, and memory. In the evaluation of each topic, we will consider diverse perspectives, such as those of enslaved Africans, Indigenous intellectuals, women, mestizos, and Iberian newcomers. Credits: 3.00 Status: Canceled Seats Available: 19/19 Tags: HIST-LATAM, CDS-GI, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.239 (01)	Chronicling the Caribbean	MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 9:00AM - 9:50AM	Turner, Sasha	Gilman 132; Gilman 77	Fall 2026	Description: This course is a critical inquiry into the writing of the region’s history as mere appendage to imperial history justifying European domination and exploitation of the region. It explores how innovations in Caribbean Archaeology, Caribbean History, and the Digital Humanities challenge Eurocentric knowledge claims extending the decolonization struggle beyond politics and economy to include the academy. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 7/10 Tags: HIST-EUROPE, HIST-LATAM, HIST-AFRICA, INST-GLOBAL, AFRS-AFRICA
AS.100.239 (02)	Chronicling the Caribbean	MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM	Turner, Sasha	Gilman 132; Gilman 10	Fall 2026	Description: This course is a critical inquiry into the writing of the region’s history as mere appendage to imperial history justifying European domination and exploitation of the region. It explores how innovations in Caribbean Archaeology, Caribbean History, and the Digital Humanities challenge Eurocentric knowledge claims extending the decolonization struggle beyond politics and economy to include the academy. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 8/10 Tags: HIST-EUROPE, HIST-LATAM, HIST-AFRICA, INST-GLOBAL, AFRS-AFRICA
AS.100.239 (03)	Chronicling the Caribbean	MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 9:00AM - 9:50AM	Turner, Sasha	Gilman 132; Gilman 10	Fall 2026	Description: This course is a critical inquiry into the writing of the region’s history as mere appendage to imperial history justifying European domination and exploitation of the region. It explores how innovations in Caribbean Archaeology, Caribbean History, and the Digital Humanities challenge Eurocentric knowledge claims extending the decolonization struggle beyond politics and economy to include the academy. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 9/10 Tags: HIST-EUROPE, HIST-LATAM, HIST-AFRICA, INST-GLOBAL, AFRS-AFRICA
AS.100.239 (04)	Chronicling the Caribbean	MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM	Turner, Sasha	Gilman 132; Gilman 77	Fall 2026	Description: This course is a critical inquiry into the writing of the region’s history as mere appendage to imperial history justifying European domination and exploitation of the region. It explores how innovations in Caribbean Archaeology, Caribbean History, and the Digital Humanities challenge Eurocentric knowledge claims extending the decolonization struggle beyond politics and economy to include the academy. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 9/10 Tags: HIST-EUROPE, HIST-LATAM, HIST-AFRICA, INST-GLOBAL, AFRS-AFRICA
AS.190.304 (01)	Latinos and the American Political Landscape	MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM	Bautista-Chavez, Angie M.	Gilman 119	Fall 2026	Description: This course examines Latinos and the American political landscape – taking seriously the political lives of Latinos to sharpen accounts of American political development. In Part I: Latinos and American Empire, we will examine how American state building, American racial capitalism, and American empire created a varied set of racialized citizenship regimes that shaped the legality and membership of Latinos – depending on the interplay between domestic racial hierarchies and international projects. In Part II: Latinos and the Administrative State, we will examine how the regulation of Latino immigrants and asylum seekers from Latin America and the Caribbean have been an engine for American political development – including the making of border bureaucracies, networked policing that harnesses the institution of federalism, and the development of ocean-spanning detention infrastructure. In Part III: Latinos as Targets, we will examine how Latinos became racialized as ‘illegals’ and became the prime targets of state action – and how state efforts have led to the suppressing of political agency, mobilization of collective action, and even integration of Latinos into the enforcement apparatus. In Part IV: Latinos, Hierarchies, and Power, we will examine the political power of those most marginalized among the Latino population – including Black, Trans, Queer, Immigrant, and Undocumented Latinos – to learn about how these groups contend with intragroup and intergroup hierarchies, their role in intersectional movements, and their organizing under repressive conditions. In Part V: Latinos and Placemaking, we conclude with Latino placemaking across the United States to examine how Latinos – in relation with and to, and in coalition with Black, Indigenous, and Asian organizing – are cultivating and asserting political and policy influence in the face of climate change, policing, detention, and gentrification. Credits: 3.00 Status: Waitlist Only Seats Available: 0/15 Tags: INST-AP, CES-LSO, CES-PD, CES-RI, POLI-AP
AS.210.171 (01)	Portuguese Elements I	MW 4:00PM - 5:15PM	Staff	Krieger 302	Fall 2026	Description: No previous knowledge of Portuguese is required. This one-year sequence is a Portuguese introductory course for non-romance language speakers. The course introduces students to the basic skills in reading, writing, and speaking the language. Emphasis is placed on oral communication with extensive training in written and listening skills. Class participation is encouraged from the very beginning. Upon the successful completion of this course with a grade of C or higher, students may enroll in 210.172 Portuguese Elements II. May not be taken on a Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory basis. No Prereq. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM. Credits: 4.00 Status: Canceled Seats Available: 15/15 Tags: n/a
AS.210.173 (01)	Fast Portuguese for Spanish Speakers and speakers of other Romance Languages I	MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM	De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina	Gilman 217	Fall 2026	Description: NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF PORTUGUESE IS REQUIRED. This fast-paced one-semester course covers all content for Portuguese Elementary. This course is designed as an accelerated introductory course for speakers with a sound knowledge of Spanish OR other romance languages (e.g. French and Italian). The course will cover introductory aspects of Portuguese grammar and present relevant points of the cultures of the Portuguese speaking countries. Upon the successful completion of this course with a grade of C or higher, students may enroll in 210.271 Portuguese Intermediate. May not be taken on a Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory basis. No Prereq. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM. Credits: 4.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 4/16 Tags: n/a
AS.210.173 (02)	Fast Portuguese for Spanish Speakers and speakers of other Romance Languages I	MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM	Nagasawa, Ellen	Gilman 219	Fall 2026	Description: NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF PORTUGUESE IS REQUIRED. This fast-paced one-semester course covers all content for Portuguese Elementary. This course is designed as an accelerated introductory course for speakers with a sound knowledge of Spanish OR other romance languages (e.g. French and Italian). The course will cover introductory aspects of Portuguese grammar and present relevant points of the cultures of the Portuguese speaking countries. Upon the successful completion of this course with a grade of C or higher, students may enroll in 210.271 Portuguese Intermediate. May not be taken on a Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory basis. No Prereq. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM. Credits: 4.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 11/17 Tags: n/a
AS.210.271 (01)	Intermediate Portuguese I	MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM	De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina	Gilman 217	Fall 2026	Description: Intermediate Portuguese I is designed for students who have attained an advanced elementary level in the language. The course offers training in the skills of the language with emphasis on expanding grammatical knowledge and vocabulary, while developing ease and fluency in the language through the use of a multifaceted approach. Course materials immerse students in the cultures of Brazil, Portugal, and Portuguese-speaking Africa, and reflect the mix of cultures at work in the contemporary Lusophone world. Upon the successful completion of Intermediate Portuguese I, students may enroll in the next level, Intermediate Portuguese II – AS.210.272. May not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prereq: AS.210.275 or placement test. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM Credits: 3.00 Status: Waitlist Only Seats Available: 0/15 Tags: n/a
AS.210.272 (01)	Intermediate Portuguese II	MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM	Nagasawa, Ellen	Gilman 443	Fall 2026	Description: Intermediate Portuguese II is designed for students who have attained a mid-intermediate level in the language or completed Intermediate Portuguese I AS.210.271. The course offers training in the skills of the language with emphasis on advancing grammatical knowledge, expanding vocabulary, and developing fluency in the language through the use of a multifaceted approach. Course materials immerse students in the cultures of Brazil, Portugal, and Portuguese-speaking Africa, and reflect the mix of cultures at work in the contemporary Lusophone world. Successful completion of Intermediate Portuguese II will prepare students for the next level Advanced Portuguese I – AS.210.371. May not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prereq: AS.210.271 (old AS.210.277) or placement test. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 10/12 Tags: n/a
AS.210.313 (01)	Medical Spanish	TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM	Torres Burgos, Carmen	Gilman 77	Fall 2026	Description: Medical Spanish is a comprehensive examination of vocabulary and grammar for students who either work or intend to work in medicine and health-related fields in Spanish-speaking environments. The student will be able to participate in conversations on topics such as contrasting health systems, body structures, disorders and conditions, consulting your doctor, physical and mental health, first-aid, hospitalization and surgery on completion of this course. In completing the course’s final project students will apply, synthesize, and reflect on what has been learned in the class by creating a professional dossier individualized to their professional interests. There is no final exam. Not open to native speakers of Spanish. No new enrollments permitted after the third class session. Credits: 3.00 Status: Waitlist Only Seats Available: 0/12 Tags: MSCH-HUM
AS.210.313 (02)	Medical Spanish	TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM	Torres Burgos, Carmen	Gilman 77	Fall 2026	Description: Medical Spanish is a comprehensive examination of vocabulary and grammar for students who either work or intend to work in medicine and health-related fields in Spanish-speaking environments. The student will be able to participate in conversations on topics such as contrasting health systems, body structures, disorders and conditions, consulting your doctor, physical and mental health, first-aid, hospitalization and surgery on completion of this course. In completing the course’s final project students will apply, synthesize, and reflect on what has been learned in the class by creating a professional dossier individualized to their professional interests. There is no final exam. Not open to native speakers of Spanish. No new enrollments permitted after the third class session. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 4/12 Tags: MSCH-HUM
AS.210.314 (01)	Spanish for International Commerce	MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM	Hubbard, Arancha	Gilman 381	Fall 2026	Description: Spanish for international business is an overview of business topics in an international Spanish-speaking context with an emphasis on deep review of grammar and vocabulary acquisition. On completion of this course the student will have developed the ability to read and critically discuss business and government relations in Latin America and will have examine entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, business ethics, human resources and commerce in the Spanish speaking world. In completing the course’s final project students will apply, synthesize, and reflect on what has been covered in the class by creating a professional dossier individualized to their own professional interests. Concepts learned in this course will be directly applicable to careers linked to international relations and will apply to various careers in business. There is no final exam. May not be taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory. Not open to native speakers of Spanish. No new enrollments permitted after the third class session. Language Program Director: Loreto Sanchez-Serrano Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 10/12 Tags: n/a
AS.210.316 (01)	Advanced Spanish Conversation	TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM	Hubbard, Arancha; Sanchez Paraiso, Maria	Shaffer 002	Fall 2026	Description: Conversational Spanish surveys high-interest themes, discusses short films by contemporary Hispanic filmmakers and offers a thorough review of grammar. The student will be able to participate in conversations on topics such as personality traits, social media, political power, art and lifestyles on completion of this course. Conversational skills mastered during the course apply to all careers interconnected by Spanish. There is no final exam. Not open to native speakers of Spanish. No new enrollments permitted after the third class session. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 2/15 Tags: n/a
AS.210.318 (01)	Spanish for Engineering	TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM	Martinez-Velez, Naiara	Gilman 77	Fall 2026	Description: Spanish for engineering is a comprehensive examination of vocabulary and grammar for students who either work or intend to work in the engineering field to develop their communicative strategies in the field of engineering. On completion of this course, students will be able to participate in conversations on topics such as applications of biomedical engineering in the diagnosis and treatment of different medical conditions, efficient use of energy and materials, design and construction of public works, development of electrical systems and development of solutions to environmental problems. In completing the course’s final project students will apply, synthesize, and reflect on what has been learned in the class by creating a professional dossier individualized to their professional interests. There is no final exam. May not be taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory. Not open to native speakers of Spanish. No new enrollments permitted after the third-class session. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 5/12 Tags: n/a
AS.210.371 (01)	Advanced Portuguese I	MWF 9:00AM - 9:50AM	De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina; Nagasawa, Ellen	Gilman 443	Fall 2026	Description: Designed to sharpen students’ abilities in contemporary spoken and written Portuguese. This third-year course fosters the development of complex language skills that enhance fluency, accuracy and general proficiency in Portuguese and its appropriate use in professional and informal contexts. Students will briefly review previous grammar structures and concentrate on new complex grammar concepts. Using a variety of cultural items such as current news, short stories, plays, films, videos, newspaper articles, and popular music, students discuss diverse topics followed by intense writing and oral discussion with the aim of developing critical thinking and solid communication skills. Successful completion of Advanced Portuguese I will prepare students for the next level, Advanced Portuguese II, AS.210.372. May not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prereq: AS.210.272 or (old AS.210.278) or placement test. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 4/10 Tags: n/a
AS.210.411 (01)	Contacts and Contrasts in Spanish for the Professions	TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM	Ramos, Rosario	Gilman 10	Fall 2026	Description: Contacts and Contrasts in Spanish for the Professions harnesses a comparative approach to reviewing grammar and learning Spanish by offering translation practice from English to Spanish and thrusting synthesis of prior courses into coherent professional tools. Techniques may include comparing texts of medicine, public health, literature, technology, politics, and journalism between Spanish and English. Students will identify and differentiate terminology specific to these various fields and will focus on practicing correct uses of the grammatical structures relevant to English and Spanish in translation and cultural contact. In the course’s term projects, students will apply, synthesize, and reflect on their knowledge of Spanish by completing a translation exercise individualized to their professional interests. Strategies of communication mastered in this course will help students of Spanish throughout their careers. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 1/11 Tags: n/a
AS.210.411 (02)	Contacts and Contrasts in Spanish for the Professions	TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM	Ramos, Rosario	Gilman 277	Fall 2026	Description: Contacts and Contrasts in Spanish for the Professions harnesses a comparative approach to reviewing grammar and learning Spanish by offering translation practice from English to Spanish and thrusting synthesis of prior courses into coherent professional tools. Techniques may include comparing texts of medicine, public health, literature, technology, politics, and journalism between Spanish and English. Students will identify and differentiate terminology specific to these various fields and will focus on practicing correct uses of the grammatical structures relevant to English and Spanish in translation and cultural contact. In the course’s term projects, students will apply, synthesize, and reflect on their knowledge of Spanish by completing a translation exercise individualized to their professional interests. Strategies of communication mastered in this course will help students of Spanish throughout their careers. Credits: 3.00 Status: Waitlist Only Seats Available: 0/12 Tags: n/a
AS.211.171 (01)	Brazilian Culture & Civilization: Colonial Times to the Present	MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM	De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina	Gilman 119	Fall 2026	Description: Did you know that Brazil is very similar to the United States? This course is intended as an introduction to the culture and civilization of Brazil. It is designed to provide students with basic information about Brazilian history, politics, economy, art, literature, popular culture, theater, cinema, and music. The course will focus on how Indigenous, Asian, African, and European cultural influences have interacted to create the new and unique civilization that is Brazil today. The course is taught in English. No Prereq. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM. Credits: 3.00 Status: Canceled Seats Available: 20/20 Tags: INST-GLOBAL
AS.211.171 (02)	Brazilian Culture & Civilization: Colonial Times to the Present	MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM	De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina	Gilman 119	Fall 2026	Description: Did you know that Brazil is very similar to the United States? This course is intended as an introduction to the culture and civilization of Brazil. It is designed to provide students with basic information about Brazilian history, politics, economy, art, literature, popular culture, theater, cinema, and music. The course will focus on how Indigenous, Asian, African, and European cultural influences have interacted to create the new and unique civilization that is Brazil today. The course is taught in English. No Prereq. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM. Credits: 4.00 Status: Canceled Seats Available: 5/5 Tags: INST-GLOBAL
AS.211.357 (01)	Framing Amazonia: Narratives and Myths in Film and Literature	MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM	Rios Saavedra, Veronica	Shaffer 303	Fall 2026	Description: This course will cover a timeline of the representation of the Amazon rainforest in different media, ranging from the 1930s until today, from filmmakers and literary authors from various countries, including both Amazonian and non-Amazonian perspectives. In this historiography of mainly filmic and some literary productions, we will touch on notions such as, but not limited to, national identity and its diffuse borders, agency, and the ethics of representing the ‘other’. The main objective for this course is for students to learn to identify different audiovisual and literary tropes and stereotypes that stem from a colonial mindset, which may have been carved into the mind by repetition and cultural reproduction. At the end of the course, students will have a better understanding of the (mis)representations of this cultural region and will be able to question the effects and ethics of filming it. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 6/15 Tags: INST-GLOBAL
AS.215.111 (01)	Modern Spanish Culture	MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM	Martinez-Velez, Naiara	Gilman 17	Fall 2026	Description: This course will explore the fundamental aspects of Spanish culture from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries. The course will offer a general survey of the history of Spain and will discuss texts, movies, songs, pictures, and paintings in relation to their social, political, and cultural contexts. This course will be of particular interest for students planning on spending a semester abroad in Spain—specially for those students going to the JHU Fall Semester in Madrid, at Carlos III University. Taught in Spanish. Recommended Course Background: AS.210.311 or appropriate Webcape score. AS.215.390 was formerly numbered AS.211.390 Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 12/15 Tags: INST-CP, INST-GLOBAL
AS.215.112 (01)	Modern Latin American Culture	TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM	Pinar Diaz, Alicia	Gilman 413	Fall 2026	Description: Taught in Spanish. This course will explore the fundamental aspects of Latin- America culture from the formation of independent states through the present—in light of the social, political, and economic histories of the region. The course will offer a general survey of history of Latin- America, and will discuss texts, movies, songs, pictures, and paintings, in relation to their social, political, and cultural contexts. May not be taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 4/15 Tags: INST-GLOBAL, INST-CP
AS.215.211 (01)	Introduction to Literature in Spanish	TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM	Fabro, Lila	Gilman 377	Fall 2026	Description: The main objective of this course is to examine and discuss specific authors and topics in literature in Spanish from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. The course is designed to cover a selection of Hispanic texts from Spain and Latin America. Literary genres to be studied will include narratives, poetry, and drama. The bulk of each class session will be dedicated to the discussion of the assigned readings. This course is taught in Spanish. This course is required for the major in Spanish. Students who have completed AS.215.231 cannot take AS.215.211. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 12/15 Tags: n/a
AS.215.318 (01)	Race, Migration, and Diaspora in Premodern Spain	TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM	Johnson, Paul Michael	Gilman 413	Fall 2026	Description: Migrant and diasporic communities transformed medieval and early modern Spanish society. Focusing on Jews and conversos, Muslims and moriscos, and enslaved and free Afro-Europeans, this course trains a critical eye on early racialized systems that policed various boundaries of difference. Through legal documents, literature, and visual culture, students will grapple with the complex intersections of religious persecution, economic opportunity, and imperial expansion. By analyzing how premodern diasporic communities navigated social hierarchies, we will attempt to understand how migration and displacement shaped enduring racial and national identities, as well as how an array of cultural products both reinforced and challenged official ideologies. Class will be conducted in Spanish. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 11/15 Tags: CES-BM, CES-LSO, CES-RI
AS.215.429 (01)	Science in the Age of Cervantes	TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM	Johnson, Paul Michael	Shaffer 202	Fall 2026	Description: What did it mean to “know” something in an age of profound epistemological shift? This course explores the revolutionary transformations in scientific thought during the late Renaissance and early modern period (approximately 1550–1650), with particular focus on the cultural and intellectual world that produced Miguel de Cervantes. Students will examine how the Scientific Revolution unfolded alongside Spain’s so-called Golden Age of literature and art, investigating the tensions between emerging empirical methods and traditional scholastic authority, the impact of New World discoveries on European natural philosophy, and the relationship between literary imagination and scientific inquiry. Topics include the Copernican revolution, advances in anatomy and medicine, alchemy and chemistry, navigation and cartography, engineering and technology, and the role of observation and experiment in challenging Aristotelian cosmology. Through readings from various early modern scientific thinkers, and alongside Cervantes’s own works, students will consider how Don Quixote’s world was one where old certainties were crumbling and new ways of understanding nature were taking shape. Class will be conducted in Spanish. Credits: 3.00 Status: Waitlist Only Seats Available: 0/15 Tags: n/a
AS.215.431 (01)	Fiction and Philosophy: Jorge Luis Borges	TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM	Egginton, William	Krieger 302	Fall 2026	Description: In this course we will examine the works of the Argentine poet and short story writer Jorge Luis Borges, one of the most influential writers of the 20th-century, as a way of thinking though key problems in the philosophy of language, epistemology, the philosophy of mind, and cosmology. In addition to many of Borges’s most important stories, we will read work from thinkers like Immanuel Kant, Jacques Derrida, Martin Heidegger, and Simon de Beauvoir. Taught in English with the opportunity to do work and some discussion in Spanish for those in the major. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 7/20 Tags: n/a
AS.217.211 (01)	Introduction to Luso-Afro-Brazilian Literature	WF 1:30PM - 2:45PM	Bedran, Marina	Gilman 77	Fall 2026	Description: This discussion-based course focuses on a wide range of texts from the colonial period to the present. We’ll read seminal texts from Portugal, Brazil, and Lusophone Africa, paying close attention to language and context. How do forms, ideas, and genres travel across the Atlantic? What shape do they take according to different geographies, cultures, and histories? Topics include the legacies of European colonialism and imperialism, slavery and its aftermath, theoretical debates about the formation of Brazilian Literature, national identity, (post)colonialism and decolonization, representations of nature, and Indigeneity. Students will read innovative prose works by Machado de Assis and Clarice Lispector; the poetry of Fernando Pessoa; Brazilian concrete poetry, and modernist manifestos; among other things. This course will be taught in English. Students may complete coursework in Portuguese or Spanish to apply the course toward relevant Spanish, Portuguese, or RLL degree requirements. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 12/14 Tags: n/a
AS.230.150 (01)	Issues in International Development	MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM	Prasad, Monica	Gilman 119; Gilman 119	Fall 2026	Description: Is it possible to solve global poverty? For several decades the international development community has been trying to do so, with mixed results. In recent years many donor countries have dramatically reduced development aid, and there is need for new thinking on how to move forward. In this course we study what has been tried and what is being proposed now. Students leave the course with an understanding of economic development in Latin America, Africa, and Asia over the last century, as well as approaches to the study of development in different social science disciplines and an introduction to making a career in international development. Credits: 3.00 Status: Waitlist Only Seats Available: 0/15 Tags: INST-CP, INST-IR, INST-ECON, AGRI-ELECT
AS.230.150 (02)	Issues in International Development	MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM	Prasad, Monica	Gilman 119; Latrobe 107	Fall 2026	Description: Is it possible to solve global poverty? For several decades the international development community has been trying to do so, with mixed results. In recent years many donor countries have dramatically reduced development aid, and there is need for new thinking on how to move forward. In this course we study what has been tried and what is being proposed now. Students leave the course with an understanding of economic development in Latin America, Africa, and Asia over the last century, as well as approaches to the study of development in different social science disciplines and an introduction to making a career in international development. Credits: 3.00 Status: Waitlist Only Seats Available: 0/15 Tags: INST-CP, INST-IR, INST-ECON, AGRI-ELECT
AS.230.244 (01)	Race and Ethnicity in American Society	TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM	Greif, Meredith	Gilman 186	Fall 2026	Description: Race and ethnicity have played a prominent role in American society and continue to do so, as demonstrated by interracial and interethnic gaps in economic and educational achievement, residence, political power, family structure, crime, and health. Using a sociological framework, we will explore the historical significance of race and its development as a social construction, assess the causes and consequences of intergroup inequalities and explore potential solutions. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 1/20 Tags: INST-AP, CES-RI, CES-CC, MSCH-HUM
AS.230.317 (01)	Sociology of Immigration	MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM	Hao, Lingxin	Hodson 315	Fall 2026	Description: In 2020 immigrant adults and their foreign-born and U.S.-born children counted approximately 85.7 million people, or 26 percent of the overall U.S. population. This course covers post-1965 immigration to the U.S. The inflows, stocks, and incorporation of immigrant generations make immigration one of the most important topics in sociology. Through in-depth readings, student-selected presentations, and student-led discussions, the course engages students in understanding and critiquing contentious perspectives in the potential impacts of immigration on the economic and social dynamics of American society. Credits: 3.00 Status: Waitlist Only Seats Available: 0/15 Tags: INST-IR
AS.230.375 (01)	Arrighi Center Undergraduate Seminar	F 1:30PM - 4:30PM	Silver, BEVERLY Judith	Mergenthaler 526	Fall 2026	Description: The seminar involves discussions (including with visiting authors) of readings related to the Arrighi Center’s four thematic priorities: (1) Continuity and Change in the Dynamics of Global Capitalism; (2) Changing Structures and Norms of Global Governance; (3) Global Inequality and Development; and (4) Land, Labor and Environmental Rights and Struggles. Participants include faculty and students (graduate and undergraduate) from a wide range of social science and humanities departments as well as visiting scholars from around the world. Undergraduates signing up under 230.375 will participate in both the main seminar with faculty and graduate students, followed by a special discussion session for undergraduates. Credits: 3.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 7/8 Tags: n/a
AS.230.388 (01)	Caribbean Baltimore	Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM	Edwards, Zophia	Bloomberg 178	Fall 2026	Description: Caribbean immigrants have long been an integral part of Baltimore’s rich and diverse Black community, shaping the city’s neighborhoods, politics, culture, and movements for justice. In this community-based learning course, students will explore the historical and contemporary experiences of Caribbean immigrants in Baltimore, with particular attention to migrants from the Anglophone Caribbean. Moving beyond the classroom, students will engage directly with Caribbean activists, educators, artists, and cultural workers whose lives and labor animate the city. Through oral history interviews, ethical and reflexive community engagement, and justice-driven archival practices, students will gain hands-on experience researching and co-creating an archival record of Caribbean immigrant life in Baltimore. This course is taught in partnership with Nati Kamau-Nataki of Everyone’s Place Bookstore and African Cultural Center. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 2/10 Tags: CDS-SSMC, CDS-MB, CSC-CE
AS.376.342 (01)	Caribbean Music	W 1:30PM - 4:00PM	Diggs-Thompson, Marilynne	Smokler Center 301	Fall 2026	Description: This course will explore the many genres of traditional and popular music that have emerged among the peoples and cultures of the Caribbean region and its Diaspora. We will examine the social, political, and economic issues that have shaped the region’s music and how that music may have intersected with migration, colonization, ethnicity, race and tourism. Using a “participant observation” approach, students will read about, listen to and research a variety of musical experiences within the relevant sociopolitical context. Students should expect to fully participate in discussions about the assigned readings and music, and should be prepared to conduct their own research and share their own or newly acquired knowledge of contemporary and “historical/traditional” musical themes, and local and regional artists. Our collective goal will be to enjoy as well as to think critically about music, culture and performance and within a more informed understanding of the complex, multi-varied and multi-vocal context—know as “The Caribbean”. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 9/15 Tags: n/a