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In this First-Year Seminar, we examine inequalities in income, wealth, and working conditions in the United States today. What do the historical trends look like and how do economists explain them? Is economic inequality a significant problem? If so, why? And what tools do we have in the policy arsenal to address it? We will draw on diverse sources, including economics readings, op-eds, podcasts, and short vignettes from literature to motivate our weekly discussions. Students will have the opportunity to present group research and lead class discussions drawing on the economic concepts developed in class. At the end of the semester, students will complete an individual research project exploring some aspect of current inequality, inspired by their own selection from literature, poetry, music, or film.
In this First-Year Seminar, we examine inequalities in income, wealth, and working conditions in the United States today. What do the historical trends look like and how do economists explain them? Is economic inequality a significant problem? If so, why? And what tools do we have in the policy arsenal to address it? We will draw on diverse sources, including economics readings, op-eds, podcasts, and short vignettes from literature to motivate our weekly discussions. Students will have the opportunity to present group research and lead class discussions drawing on the economic concepts developed in class. At the end of the semester, students will complete an individual research project exploring some aspect of current inequality, inspired by their own selection from literature, poetry, music, or film.
Days/Times: W 9:00AM - 11:30AM
Instructor: Morgan, Barbara Anne
Room: Greenhouse 113
Status: Open
Seats Available: 8/12
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.001.144 (01)
FYS: Literary Multilingualism
MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Haubenreich, Jacob
Gilman 134
Fall 2023
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 First-Year Seminar, 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.”
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FYS: Literary Multilingualism AS.001.144 (01)
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 First-Year Seminar, 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.”
Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Haubenreich, Jacob
Room: Gilman 134
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/12
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.001.145 (01)
FYS: The Haitian Revolution
TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Kwass, Michael
Greenhouse 113
Fall 2023
Long overshadowed by the American and French Revolutions, the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) is now widely recognized as one of the most important events in modern history. The most radical of the Atlantic Revolutions, it began with a massive uprising of the enslaved against the institution of slavery and culminated in the independence of the nation of Haiti. This First-Year Seminar will examine the origins, course, and legacy of the Revolution, addressing such issues as colonialism, racism, slavery, emancipation, human rights, and national sovereignty – issues that continue to shape the contemporary world.
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FYS: The Haitian Revolution AS.001.145 (01)
Long overshadowed by the American and French Revolutions, the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) is now widely recognized as one of the most important events in modern history. The most radical of the Atlantic Revolutions, it began with a massive uprising of the enslaved against the institution of slavery and culminated in the independence of the nation of Haiti. This First-Year Seminar will examine the origins, course, and legacy of the Revolution, addressing such issues as colonialism, racism, slavery, emancipation, human rights, and national sovereignty – issues that continue to shape the contemporary world.
Days/Times: TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Instructor: Kwass, Michael
Room: Greenhouse 113
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/12
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.010.469 (01)
Quarried, Sculpted, Carved: Lifecycles of Mesoamerican Sculpture
M 4:30PM - 7:00PM
Popovici, Catherine H
Gilman 177
Fall 2023
Stelae, altars, colossal heads, thrones, figures, lintels. This course considers how artists created these stone monuments in Mesoamerica, the historical region that encompasses Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras, and El Salvador. Sculptors meticulously carved stone blocks to shape and then scribes expertly incised their surfaces with hieroglyphic text or iconography. These stone monuments were then transported and moved into position, their physical placements structuring social hierarchy and mediating interactions with the divine. In reviewing recent literature within the fields of art history and material studies, we will explore the full cycle of production for monumental works of art.
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Quarried, Sculpted, Carved: Lifecycles of Mesoamerican Sculpture AS.010.469 (01)
Stelae, altars, colossal heads, thrones, figures, lintels. This course considers how artists created these stone monuments in Mesoamerica, the historical region that encompasses Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras, and El Salvador. Sculptors meticulously carved stone blocks to shape and then scribes expertly incised their surfaces with hieroglyphic text or iconography. These stone monuments were then transported and moved into position, their physical placements structuring social hierarchy and mediating interactions with the divine. In reviewing recent literature within the fields of art history and material studies, we will explore the full cycle of production for monumental works of art.
Days/Times: M 4:30PM - 7:00PM
Instructor: Popovici, Catherine H
Room: Gilman 177
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/15
PosTag(s): HART-ANC, ARCH-ARCH
AS.070.132 (02)
Invitation to Anthropology
T 9:00AM - 10:15AM, Th 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Khan, Naveeda
Gilman 50
Fall 2023
This introductory course will focus on the theme of “encounter,” which has been central to anthropology’s self-formation. We will focus on the encounter with the other, the colonial encounter and the encounter with the possibility of human extinction to explore how newness comes into the world and how it may be structured by prior violence.
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Invitation to Anthropology AS.070.132 (02)
This introductory course will focus on the theme of “encounter,” which has been central to anthropology’s self-formation. We will focus on the encounter with the other, the colonial encounter and the encounter with the possibility of human extinction to explore how newness comes into the world and how it may be structured by prior violence.
Days/Times: T 9:00AM - 10:15AM, Th 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Khan, Naveeda
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/20
PosTag(s): ARCH-RELATE
AS.070.132 (03)
Invitation to Anthropology
T 9:00AM - 10:15AM, Th 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Khan, Naveeda
Gilman 50
Fall 2023
This introductory course will focus on the theme of “encounter,” which has been central to anthropology’s self-formation. We will focus on the encounter with the other, the colonial encounter and the encounter with the possibility of human extinction to explore how newness comes into the world and how it may be structured by prior violence.
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Invitation to Anthropology AS.070.132 (03)
This introductory course will focus on the theme of “encounter,” which has been central to anthropology’s self-formation. We will focus on the encounter with the other, the colonial encounter and the encounter with the possibility of human extinction to explore how newness comes into the world and how it may be structured by prior violence.
Days/Times: T 9:00AM - 10:15AM, Th 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Khan, Naveeda
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/20
PosTag(s): ARCH-RELATE
AS.070.132 (04)
Invitation to Anthropology
T 9:00AM - 10:15AM, Th 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Khan, Naveeda
Gilman 50
Fall 2023
This introductory course will focus on the theme of “encounter,” which has been central to anthropology’s self-formation. We will focus on the encounter with the other, the colonial encounter and the encounter with the possibility of human extinction to explore how newness comes into the world and how it may be structured by prior violence.
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Invitation to Anthropology AS.070.132 (04)
This introductory course will focus on the theme of “encounter,” which has been central to anthropology’s self-formation. We will focus on the encounter with the other, the colonial encounter and the encounter with the possibility of human extinction to explore how newness comes into the world and how it may be structured by prior violence.
Days/Times: T 9:00AM - 10:15AM, Th 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Khan, Naveeda
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/20
PosTag(s): ARCH-RELATE
AS.070.132 (05)
Invitation to Anthropology
T 9:00AM - 10:15AM, Th 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Khan, Naveeda
Gilman 50
Fall 2023
This introductory course will focus on the theme of “encounter,” which has been central to anthropology’s self-formation. We will focus on the encounter with the other, the colonial encounter and the encounter with the possibility of human extinction to explore how newness comes into the world and how it may be structured by prior violence.
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Invitation to Anthropology AS.070.132 (05)
This introductory course will focus on the theme of “encounter,” which has been central to anthropology’s self-formation. We will focus on the encounter with the other, the colonial encounter and the encounter with the possibility of human extinction to explore how newness comes into the world and how it may be structured by prior violence.
Days/Times: T 9:00AM - 10:15AM, Th 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Khan, Naveeda
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/20
PosTag(s): ARCH-RELATE
AS.100.127 (01)
Transatlantic Histories of Illicit Pleasure
TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Bilski, Emma Katherine
Maryland 114
Fall 2023
Through issues of illicit pleasure (sexuality, hallucination, play, etc.) in Black, Indigenous, queer, and women's history circa 1500-1850, we will investigate the politics of morality. Assessment will be based on "Un-Essay" projects instead of written exams.
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Transatlantic Histories of Illicit Pleasure AS.100.127 (01)
Through issues of illicit pleasure (sexuality, hallucination, play, etc.) in Black, Indigenous, queer, and women's history circa 1500-1850, we will investigate the politics of morality. Assessment will be based on "Un-Essay" projects instead of written exams.
Days/Times: TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Instructor: Bilski, Emma Katherine
Room: Maryland 114
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/18
PosTag(s): HIST-US, HIST-EUROPE, HIST-LATAM
AS.100.321 (01)
Political Thought and Social Transformation in the Haitian Revolution and Early Independent Mexico, c. 1789-1850
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Borocz-Johnson, Lee Michael
Croft Hall G02
Fall 2023
This course will examine both the Haitian Revolution and the early period of Mexican independence by engaging with the ideas of actors within these events in international contexts.
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Political Thought and Social Transformation in the Haitian Revolution and Early Independent Mexico, c. 1789-1850 AS.100.321 (01)
This course will examine both the Haitian Revolution and the early period of Mexican independence by engaging with the ideas of actors within these events in international contexts.
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Borocz-Johnson, Lee Michael
Room: Croft Hall G02
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/18
PosTag(s): HIST-LATAM, INST-GLOBAL
AS.210.277 (01)
Intermediate Portuguese I
MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina
Gilman 119
Fall 2023
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.210.278. May not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prereq: AS.210.275 or placement test. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM
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Intermediate Portuguese I AS.210.277 (01)
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.210.278. May not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prereq: AS.210.275 or placement test. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM
Days/Times: MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina
Room: Gilman 119
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.313 (01)
Medical Spanish
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Ramos, Rosario; Torres Burgos, Carmen
Gilman 55
Fall 2023
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.
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Medical Spanish AS.210.313 (01)
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.
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Ramos, Rosario; Torres Burgos, Carmen
Room: Gilman 55
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.313 (02)
Medical Spanish
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Ramos, Rosario; Torres Burgos, Carmen
Gilman 400
Fall 2023
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.
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Medical Spanish AS.210.313 (02)
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.
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Ramos, Rosario; Torres Burgos, Carmen
Room: Gilman 400
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.316 (01)
Conversational Spanish
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Ramos, Rosario
Gilman 479
Fall 2023
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.
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Conversational Spanish AS.210.316 (01)
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.
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Ramos, Rosario
Room: Gilman 479
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/12
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.317 (01)
Adv Spanish Composition
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Hubbard, Arancha; Martinez-Velez, Naiara
Gilman 443
Fall 2023
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. .
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Adv Spanish Composition AS.210.317 (01)
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. .
Chaffin, Benjamin M; De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina
Gilman 480
Fall 2023
Enjoy lunchtime while preparing for your future career. Portuguese for the professions is a comprehensive examination of vocabulary and grammar for students who either work or intend to work in a Portuguese speaking environment. It focuses on the development of advanced communication skills according to students’ individualized professional interests through conversations, readings, discussions, writings and media. The course also highlights cultural nuances of the professional Portuguese-speaking world. Grammar will be reviewed as needed in class, but most of it will be done outside of class with tutors or a TA, freeing class time for more communicative activities. May not be taken on a Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory basis.
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Portuguese for the professions AS.210.394 (01)
Enjoy lunchtime while preparing for your future career. Portuguese for the professions is a comprehensive examination of vocabulary and grammar for students who either work or intend to work in a Portuguese speaking environment. It focuses on the development of advanced communication skills according to students’ individualized professional interests through conversations, readings, discussions, writings and media. The course also highlights cultural nuances of the professional Portuguese-speaking world. Grammar will be reviewed as needed in class, but most of it will be done outside of class with tutors or a TA, freeing class time for more communicative activities. May not be taken on a Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory basis.
Days/Times: MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Chaffin, Benjamin M; De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina
Room: Gilman 480
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.211.394 (01)
Brazilian Culture & Civilization
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina
Shaffer 202
Fall 2023
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, but ONE extra credit will be given to students who wish to do the course work in Portuguese. Those wishing to do the course work in English for 3 credits should register for section 01. Those wishing to earn 4 credits by doing the course work in Portuguese should register for section 02. The sections will be taught simultaneously. Section 01: 3 credits Section 02: 4 credits (instructor’s permission required).
No Prereq. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM.
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Brazilian Culture & Civilization AS.211.394 (01)
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, but ONE extra credit will be given to students who wish to do the course work in Portuguese. Those wishing to do the course work in English for 3 credits should register for section 01. Those wishing to earn 4 credits by doing the course work in Portuguese should register for section 02. The sections will be taught simultaneously. Section 01: 3 credits Section 02: 4 credits (instructor’s permission required).
No Prereq. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM.
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina
Room: Shaffer 202
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL
AS.215.231 (01)
Introduction to Literature in Spanish
MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Rios Saavedra, Veronica
Gilman 219
Fall 2023
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.
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Introduction to Literature in Spanish AS.215.231 (01)
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.
Days/Times: MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Rios Saavedra, Veronica
Room: Gilman 219
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/20
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.215.231 (02)
Introduction to Literature in Spanish
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Patterson, David
Smokler Center 301
Fall 2023
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.
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Introduction to Literature in Spanish AS.215.231 (02)
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.
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Patterson, David
Room: Smokler Center 301
Status: Open
Seats Available: 13/17
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.215.306 (01)
Latin American Gothic
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Ugarelli Risi, Mariangela
Gilman 480
Fall 2023
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. Taught in Spanish.
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Latin American Gothic AS.215.306 (01)
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. Taught in Spanish.
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Ugarelli Risi, Mariangela
Room: Gilman 480
Status: Open
Seats Available: 13/17
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.215.380 (01)
Modern Latin American Culture
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Pinar Diaz, Alicia
Gilman 132
Fall 2023
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.
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Modern Latin American Culture AS.215.380 (01)
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.
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Pinar Diaz, Alicia
Room: Gilman 132
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/18
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-CP
AS.215.410 (01)
MLAL: Narratives of the Environment
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Heffes, Gisela
Krieger 307
Fall 2023
This survey of Latin American literature and culture introduces students to a mixture of canonical and lesser-known works with a focus on the environment. We will explore a wide variety of ecocultural texts from Latin America, ranging from accounts of Europeans’ first arrival to the foundation of the Nation-States, followed by neoliberalism, globalization and the crisis of mass extinction and anthropogenic climate change today. Through the reading of a significant mix of styles and genres––including poetry, essays, prose fiction and speeches–– we will map out connections between environmental thought and the region’s long and multi-layered history of colonialism. Some questions we will address are what these texts teach us about the relationship between nature and human beings, and how does climate science and scientific evidence reproduce (pos)colonial relations of power? This class is taught in Spanish.
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MLAL: Narratives of the Environment AS.215.410 (01)
This survey of Latin American literature and culture introduces students to a mixture of canonical and lesser-known works with a focus on the environment. We will explore a wide variety of ecocultural texts from Latin America, ranging from accounts of Europeans’ first arrival to the foundation of the Nation-States, followed by neoliberalism, globalization and the crisis of mass extinction and anthropogenic climate change today. Through the reading of a significant mix of styles and genres––including poetry, essays, prose fiction and speeches–– we will map out connections between environmental thought and the region’s long and multi-layered history of colonialism. Some questions we will address are what these texts teach us about the relationship between nature and human beings, and how does climate science and scientific evidence reproduce (pos)colonial relations of power? This class is taught in Spanish.
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Heffes, Gisela
Room: Krieger 307
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/17
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.230.244 (01)
Race and Ethnicity in American Society
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Greif, Meredith
Shriver Hall 001
Fall 2023
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.
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Race and Ethnicity in American Society AS.230.244 (01)
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.
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Greif, Meredith
Room: Shriver Hall 001
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/20
PosTag(s): INST-AP, MSCH-HUM
AS.361.300 (01)
Documentary Cinema in Latin America: Memory, Politics, Poetics
MW 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Noah, Marcelo
Maryland 104
Fall 2023
How can films create and reframe historical narratives? How do films convey collective histories, such as the struggle to defend the rights of nature in the Amazon rainforest, the post-revolutionary racialization of Afro-Cuban farmworkers in the outskirts of La Habana, or the bloody 1973 coup d’état in Chile? How can experimental aesthetics settle with a population struggling with hunger in Brazil? This seminar delves into the documentary mode within Latin American cinema, exploring the intricate relationship between personal and collective memories, politics, and the poetics of filmmaking. Despite being broadly defined by a commitment to concepts like “fact” and “reality,” documentaries blur the distinction between fictional and non-fictional narratives. Documentaries denounce, interpret, and construct the telling of historical events; they also investigate, reflect, and reenact autobiographical accounts. Our course takes a multidisciplinary approach, analyzing several films as both works of art and historical documents, that is, works that recount the region’s social, aesthetic, political, and economic realities. We will examine various topics, including memory, identity, politics, ethics, aesthetics, nature, human and more-than-human rights, and social justice, by analyzing productions from countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, México, and more. We’ll draw from various fields and disciplines, including film and media studies, performance studies, philosophy, anthropology, and memory studies. This course presents an exceptional opportunity to expand our knowledge and understanding of Latin America by analyzing some of the most thought-provoking films ever made.
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Documentary Cinema in Latin America: Memory, Politics, Poetics AS.361.300 (01)
How can films create and reframe historical narratives? How do films convey collective histories, such as the struggle to defend the rights of nature in the Amazon rainforest, the post-revolutionary racialization of Afro-Cuban farmworkers in the outskirts of La Habana, or the bloody 1973 coup d’état in Chile? How can experimental aesthetics settle with a population struggling with hunger in Brazil? This seminar delves into the documentary mode within Latin American cinema, exploring the intricate relationship between personal and collective memories, politics, and the poetics of filmmaking. Despite being broadly defined by a commitment to concepts like “fact” and “reality,” documentaries blur the distinction between fictional and non-fictional narratives. Documentaries denounce, interpret, and construct the telling of historical events; they also investigate, reflect, and reenact autobiographical accounts. Our course takes a multidisciplinary approach, analyzing several films as both works of art and historical documents, that is, works that recount the region’s social, aesthetic, political, and economic realities. We will examine various topics, including memory, identity, politics, ethics, aesthetics, nature, human and more-than-human rights, and social justice, by analyzing productions from countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, México, and more. We’ll draw from various fields and disciplines, including film and media studies, performance studies, philosophy, anthropology, and memory studies. This course presents an exceptional opportunity to expand our knowledge and understanding of Latin America by analyzing some of the most thought-provoking films ever made.
Days/Times: MW 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Instructor: Noah, Marcelo
Room: Maryland 104
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/20
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL
AS.376.342 (01)
Caribbean Music
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Diggs-Thompson, Marilynne
Smokler Center 213
Fall 2023
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”.
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Caribbean Music AS.376.342 (01)
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”.
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Diggs-Thompson, Marilynne
Room: Smokler Center 213
Status: Open
Seats Available: 8/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.010.398 (01)
Tombs for the Living
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Deleonardis, Lisa
Hodson 303
Spring 2024
Drawing on case studies from North America, Mesoamerica, and the Andes this course considers various approaches to entombment and funerary ritual. Our analyses bear upon beliefs about death and the afterlife, ancestor veneration, fear of the dead, and the body as a site of embodied values. Tombs provide a specific context for interpreting object offerings and their attendant meanings. Collections study in regional museums.
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Tombs for the Living AS.010.398 (01)
Drawing on case studies from North America, Mesoamerica, and the Andes this course considers various approaches to entombment and funerary ritual. Our analyses bear upon beliefs about death and the afterlife, ancestor veneration, fear of the dead, and the body as a site of embodied values. Tombs provide a specific context for interpreting object offerings and their attendant meanings. Collections study in regional museums.
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Deleonardis, Lisa
Room: Hodson 303
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/25
PosTag(s): ARCH-ARCH, HART-ANC, MSCH-HUM
AS.010.445 (01)
Picturing Power across the Ancient Americas
M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Popovici, Catherine H
Gilman 177
Spring 2024
In the ancient Americas, power was told through objects and objects told of power. Portraits rendered a king’s visage in stone while mural programs depicted formidable deities. Towering pyramids were climbed by rulers and the open plazas below were structured spaces for spectacles. Hieroglyphic texts could picture authoritative narratives. Literacy was controlled by those who wielded power, yet pictographic literacy could place power in the hands of the viewer. But how did powerful images or places of power come into being? And how were these works of art received, and challenged, by those not in power?
Extending geographically from North to South America, this course explores how power was imaged during the ancient period (beginning in the 2nd millennium BCE). The last third of the course will be devoted to exploring not only how powerful images were received by Spanish invaders but also how the Indigenous elite continued to garner power through art under the rulings of New Spain.
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Picturing Power across the Ancient Americas AS.010.445 (01)
In the ancient Americas, power was told through objects and objects told of power. Portraits rendered a king’s visage in stone while mural programs depicted formidable deities. Towering pyramids were climbed by rulers and the open plazas below were structured spaces for spectacles. Hieroglyphic texts could picture authoritative narratives. Literacy was controlled by those who wielded power, yet pictographic literacy could place power in the hands of the viewer. But how did powerful images or places of power come into being? And how were these works of art received, and challenged, by those not in power?
Extending geographically from North to South America, this course explores how power was imaged during the ancient period (beginning in the 2nd millennium BCE). The last third of the course will be devoted to exploring not only how powerful images were received by Spanish invaders but also how the Indigenous elite continued to garner power through art under the rulings of New Spain.
Days/Times: M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Popovici, Catherine H
Room: Gilman 177
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/15
PosTag(s): HART-ANC, ARCH-ARCH
AS.060.351 (01)
The Latin Asian Imagination
W 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Crisostomo, Johaina Katinka
Hodson 311
Spring 2024
This course explores the transnational convergence of Asians/Asian Americans and Latinxs/ Latinx Americans from a history of multiple imperialisms to the neoliberal, globalized present. We will situate the racialization of Asian and Latinx peoples within a larger, global framework and think critically about areas of solidarity and tension between these two multi-ethnic groups through readings in literature, history, and sociology.
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The Latin Asian Imagination AS.060.351 (01)
This course explores the transnational convergence of Asians/Asian Americans and Latinxs/ Latinx Americans from a history of multiple imperialisms to the neoliberal, globalized present. We will situate the racialization of Asian and Latinx peoples within a larger, global framework and think critically about areas of solidarity and tension between these two multi-ethnic groups through readings in literature, history, and sociology.
Days/Times: W 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Instructor: Crisostomo, Johaina Katinka
Room: Hodson 311
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/15
PosTag(s): ENGL-GLOBAL
AS.070.305 (01)
Law after Mass Violence in Latin America
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Wherry, Anna Elisabeth
Mergenthaler 426
Spring 2024
This course invites students to examine an idea central to theories of transitional justice: that holding perpetrators of mass violence legally accountable enables transitions from war to peace and authoritarianism to democracy. We will examine this idea by focusing on Latin America, where social movements for legal accountability and human rights prosecutions have flourished since the 1980s, influencing law and transitional justice mechanisms globally. By engaging ethnographies of transition, we will critically examine concepts such as justice, accountability, catastrophic violence, transition, and the rule of law, comparing how anthropologists and lawyers reason, formulate questions, and engage evidence.
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Law after Mass Violence in Latin America AS.070.305 (01)
This course invites students to examine an idea central to theories of transitional justice: that holding perpetrators of mass violence legally accountable enables transitions from war to peace and authoritarianism to democracy. We will examine this idea by focusing on Latin America, where social movements for legal accountability and human rights prosecutions have flourished since the 1980s, influencing law and transitional justice mechanisms globally. By engaging ethnographies of transition, we will critically examine concepts such as justice, accountability, catastrophic violence, transition, and the rule of law, comparing how anthropologists and lawyers reason, formulate questions, and engage evidence.
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Wherry, Anna Elisabeth
Room: Mergenthaler 426
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/18
PosTag(s): INST-CP
AS.100.395 (01)
History of Global Development
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Lurtz, Casey Marina
Krieger 304
Spring 2024
This course explores development as an ideology and a practice. From colonialism to the Cold War to contemporary NGOs, we will interrogate the history of our attempts to improve the world. This iteration of the course will have a particular focus on the intersections between development and the environment. Graduate students welcome.
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History of Global Development AS.100.395 (01)
This course explores development as an ideology and a practice. From colonialism to the Cold War to contemporary NGOs, we will interrogate the history of our attempts to improve the world. This iteration of the course will have a particular focus on the intersections between development and the environment. Graduate students welcome.
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Lurtz, Casey Marina
Room: Krieger 304
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/25
PosTag(s): HIST-LATAM, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.450 (04)
History Research Lab: Digital History
WF 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Johnson, Jessica Marie
Spring 2024
In this course, students participate in a research “laboratory,” engaging in direct research on an area of faculty’s research, leading to the development of a collective, digital humanities project.
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History Research Lab: Digital History AS.100.450 (04)
In this course, students participate in a research “laboratory,” engaging in direct research on an area of faculty’s research, leading to the development of a collective, digital humanities project.
History Research Lab: Black Intellectuals in South Africa
Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Thornberry, Elizabeth
Spring 2024
This course will use the archives of South Africa’s black newspapers as a tool to analyze black political thought in the early twentieth century. We will start by collectively examining responses to major political developments including the creation of the Union of South Africa and the Native Lands Act; students will then formulate individual research projects.
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History Research Lab: Black Intellectuals in South Africa AS.100.450 (08)
This course will use the archives of South Africa’s black newspapers as a tool to analyze black political thought in the early twentieth century. We will start by collectively examining responses to major political developments including the creation of the Union of South Africa and the Native Lands Act; students will then formulate individual research projects.
Business, Finance, and Government in East Asia explores the dynamics of East Asia's economic growth (and crises) over the last fifty years. We will examine Japan's post-war development strategy, the Asian tiger economies, and China's dramatic rise. Centered on case studies of major corporations, this course examines the interplay between politics and economics in East Asia, and considers the following questions: How have businesses navigated East Asia’s complex market environment? In what ways can the state foster economic development? How has the financial system been organized to facilitate investment? What are the long-term prospects for growth in the region?
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Business, Finance, and Government in E. Asia AS.190.348 (01)
Business, Finance, and Government in East Asia explores the dynamics of East Asia's economic growth (and crises) over the last fifty years. We will examine Japan's post-war development strategy, the Asian tiger economies, and China's dramatic rise. Centered on case studies of major corporations, this course examines the interplay between politics and economics in East Asia, and considers the following questions: How have businesses navigated East Asia’s complex market environment? In what ways can the state foster economic development? How has the financial system been organized to facilitate investment? What are the long-term prospects for growth in the region?
Days/Times: Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Yasuda, John Kojiro
Room: Ames 234
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-ECON
AS.190.489 (01)
Marxisms: Ecological, Feminist, Racial, and Latin American Approaches to Historical Materialism
T 9:00AM - 11:30AM
Valdez, Inés
Macaulay 101
Spring 2024
This seminar explores the intellectual origins and ongoing intellectual productivity of the historical materialist account of political economy inaugurated with Karl Marx. It considers, in particular, how fatal couplings between power and difference are leveraged by capitalism as a tool of accumulation. Women’s labor and social reproduction, nature’s availability for mastery and the destructive exploitation of land and natural resources, racial inferiority and exploitative conditions of labor, and Global South peoples conscription into hyper-exploitative labor. The seminar will explore and interrogate the political dimensions of these transformations: how are relationships of political rule entangled with capitalist priorities of accumulation and which peoples/political subjects get to do the ruling and why? How did patriarchal and racial arrangements came to be, how do they relate to the production of value, and how are they sustained politically today? How do historical political transformations (including formal decolonization, democratic transitions, and the onset of free trade and structural adjustment, among others) inaugurate new forms of accumulation and how do these forms and their politics take different shape in the North and the Global South? A sample of the readings include Karl Marx, Rosa Luxemburg, W. E. B. Du Bois, Silvia Federici, Andreas Malm, Ruy Mauro Marini, and others.
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Marxisms: Ecological, Feminist, Racial, and Latin American Approaches to Historical Materialism AS.190.489 (01)
This seminar explores the intellectual origins and ongoing intellectual productivity of the historical materialist account of political economy inaugurated with Karl Marx. It considers, in particular, how fatal couplings between power and difference are leveraged by capitalism as a tool of accumulation. Women’s labor and social reproduction, nature’s availability for mastery and the destructive exploitation of land and natural resources, racial inferiority and exploitative conditions of labor, and Global South peoples conscription into hyper-exploitative labor. The seminar will explore and interrogate the political dimensions of these transformations: how are relationships of political rule entangled with capitalist priorities of accumulation and which peoples/political subjects get to do the ruling and why? How did patriarchal and racial arrangements came to be, how do they relate to the production of value, and how are they sustained politically today? How do historical political transformations (including formal decolonization, democratic transitions, and the onset of free trade and structural adjustment, among others) inaugurate new forms of accumulation and how do these forms and their politics take different shape in the North and the Global South? A sample of the readings include Karl Marx, Rosa Luxemburg, W. E. B. Du Bois, Silvia Federici, Andreas Malm, Ruy Mauro Marini, and others.
Days/Times: T 9:00AM - 11:30AM
Instructor: Valdez, Inés
Room: Macaulay 101
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/5
PosTag(s): INST-PT, INST-ECON
AS.210.275 (01)
Fast Portuguese for Spanish Speakers and speakers of other Romance Languages I
MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM
De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina
Gilman 134
Spring 2024
NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF PORTUGUESE IS REQUIRED. This fast-paced one-semester course covers all content for Portuguese Elementary I and II. Upon the successful completion of this course with a grade of C or higher, students may enroll in 210.277 Portuguese Intermediate. 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. All classes are conducted in Portuguese. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM. May not be taken on a Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory basis.
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Fast Portuguese for Spanish Speakers and speakers of other Romance Languages I AS.210.275 (01)
NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF PORTUGUESE IS REQUIRED. This fast-paced one-semester course covers all content for Portuguese Elementary I and II. Upon the successful completion of this course with a grade of C or higher, students may enroll in 210.277 Portuguese Intermediate. 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. All classes are conducted in Portuguese. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM. May not be taken on a Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory basis.
Days/Times: MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina
Room: Gilman 134
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.275 (02)
Fast Portuguese for Spanish Speakers and speakers of other Romance Languages I
MWF 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Chaffin, Benjamin M
Gilman 186
Spring 2024
NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF PORTUGUESE IS REQUIRED. This fast-paced one-semester course covers all content for Portuguese Elementary I and II. Upon the successful completion of this course with a grade of C or higher, students may enroll in 210.277 Portuguese Intermediate. 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. All classes are conducted in Portuguese. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM. May not be taken on a Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory basis.
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Fast Portuguese for Spanish Speakers and speakers of other Romance Languages I AS.210.275 (02)
NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF PORTUGUESE IS REQUIRED. This fast-paced one-semester course covers all content for Portuguese Elementary I and II. Upon the successful completion of this course with a grade of C or higher, students may enroll in 210.277 Portuguese Intermediate. 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. All classes are conducted in Portuguese. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM. May not be taken on a Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory basis.
Days/Times: MWF 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Instructor: Chaffin, Benjamin M
Room: Gilman 186
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.275 (03)
Fast Portuguese for Spanish Speakers and speakers of other Romance Languages I
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Chaffin, Benjamin M
Krieger 308
Spring 2024
NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF PORTUGUESE IS REQUIRED. This fast-paced one-semester course covers all content for Portuguese Elementary I and II. Upon the successful completion of this course with a grade of C or higher, students may enroll in 210.277 Portuguese Intermediate. 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. All classes are conducted in Portuguese. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM. May not be taken on a Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory basis.
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Fast Portuguese for Spanish Speakers and speakers of other Romance Languages I AS.210.275 (03)
NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF PORTUGUESE IS REQUIRED. This fast-paced one-semester course covers all content for Portuguese Elementary I and II. Upon the successful completion of this course with a grade of C or higher, students may enroll in 210.277 Portuguese Intermediate. 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. All classes are conducted in Portuguese. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM. May not be taken on a Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory basis.
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Chaffin, Benjamin M
Room: Krieger 308
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.277 (01)
Intermediate Portuguese I
MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Chaffin, Benjamin M; De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina
Maryland 104
Spring 2024
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.210.278. May not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prereq: AS.210.275 or placement test. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM
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Intermediate Portuguese I AS.210.277 (01)
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.210.278. May not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prereq: AS.210.275 or placement test. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM
Days/Times: MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Chaffin, Benjamin M; De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina
Room: Maryland 104
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.278 (01)
Intermediate Portuguese II
MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Chaffin, Benjamin M; De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina
Gilman 313
Spring 2024
Intermediate Portuguese II is designed for students who have attained a mid-intermediate level in the language or completed Intermediate Portuguese I AS.210.277. 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.210.391. May not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prereq: AS.210.277 or placement test. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM.
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Intermediate Portuguese II AS.210.278 (01)
Intermediate Portuguese II is designed for students who have attained a mid-intermediate level in the language or completed Intermediate Portuguese I AS.210.277. 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.210.391. May not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prereq: AS.210.277 or placement test. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM.
Days/Times: MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Chaffin, Benjamin M; De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina
Room: Gilman 313
Status: Open
Seats Available: 8/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.313 (01)
Medical Spanish
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Ramos, Rosario; Torres Burgos, Carmen
Gilman 381
Spring 2024
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.
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Medical Spanish AS.210.313 (01)
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.
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Ramos, Rosario; Torres Burgos, Carmen
Room: Gilman 381
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.210.313 (02)
Medical Spanish
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Ramos, Rosario; Torres Burgos, Carmen
Gilman 381
Spring 2024
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.
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Medical Spanish AS.210.313 (02)
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.
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Ramos, Rosario; Torres Burgos, Carmen
Room: Gilman 381
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/15
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.210.316 (01)
Advanced Spanish Conversation
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Hubbard, Arancha; Ramos, Rosario; Sanchez Paraiso, Maria
Spring 2024
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.
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Advanced Spanish Conversation AS.210.316 (01)
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.
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Hubbard, Arancha; Ramos, Rosario; Sanchez Paraiso, Maria
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.210.391 (01)
Advanced Portuguese I
MWF 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Staff
Spring 2024
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.210.392. May not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prereq: AS.210.278 or placement test. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM.
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Advanced Portuguese I AS.210.391 (01)
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.210.392. May not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prereq: AS.210.278 or placement test. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM.
Days/Times: MWF 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Instructor: Staff
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.211.316 (01)
Brazilian Cinema and Topics in Contemporary Brazilian Society
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina
Hodson 303
Spring 2024
Course is taught in ENGLISH. Did you know that one of the first Latin American actresses to conquer Hollywood was Brazilian? Did you know that cinema has existed in Brazil since 1895, just six months after the first screening in Paris?
This course is an introduction to both the academic study of cinema as a communicative art and to Brazilian film. The films selected focus on the late 1950s to the present and highlight import episodes and challenges in the advancement of Brazilian society as well as its cinematic production. Film aesthetics are analyzed through a number of critical perspectives, including class, race, gender as well as ethnicity, nationalism or national identity, colonialism, social changes, and the politics of representation. In this sense, the films, and documentaries that we will be watching and studying encompass the period from the rise of New Cinema (Cinema Novo) up to films exploring the most recent trends, including movies launched up to 2022. Students wishing to do the course work in English for 3 credits should register for section 01. Those wishing to earn 4 credits by doing the course work in Portuguese should register for section 02. No Prereq.
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Brazilian Cinema and Topics in Contemporary Brazilian Society AS.211.316 (01)
Course is taught in ENGLISH. Did you know that one of the first Latin American actresses to conquer Hollywood was Brazilian? Did you know that cinema has existed in Brazil since 1895, just six months after the first screening in Paris?
This course is an introduction to both the academic study of cinema as a communicative art and to Brazilian film. The films selected focus on the late 1950s to the present and highlight import episodes and challenges in the advancement of Brazilian society as well as its cinematic production. Film aesthetics are analyzed through a number of critical perspectives, including class, race, gender as well as ethnicity, nationalism or national identity, colonialism, social changes, and the politics of representation. In this sense, the films, and documentaries that we will be watching and studying encompass the period from the rise of New Cinema (Cinema Novo) up to films exploring the most recent trends, including movies launched up to 2022. Students wishing to do the course work in English for 3 credits should register for section 01. Those wishing to earn 4 credits by doing the course work in Portuguese should register for section 02. No Prereq.
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina
Room: Hodson 303
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): INST-NWHIST, INST-GLOBAL, MLL-ENGL
AS.211.316 (02)
Brazilian Cinema and Topics in Contemporary Brazilian Society
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Chaffin, Benjamin M; De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina
Hodson 303
Spring 2024
Course is taught in ENGLISH. Did you know that one of the first Latin American actresses to conquer Hollywood was Brazilian? Did you know that cinema has existed in Brazil since 1895, just six months after the first screening in Paris?
This course is an introduction to both the academic study of cinema as a communicative art and to Brazilian film. The films selected focus on the late 1950s to the present and highlight import episodes and challenges in the advancement of Brazilian society as well as its cinematic production. Film aesthetics are analyzed through a number of critical perspectives, including class, race, gender as well as ethnicity, nationalism or national identity, colonialism, social changes, and the politics of representation. In this sense, the films, and documentaries that we will be watching and studying encompass the period from the rise of New Cinema (Cinema Novo) up to films exploring the most recent trends, including movies launched up to 2022. Students wishing to do the course work in English for 3 credits should register for section 01. Those wishing to earn 4 credits by doing the course work in Portuguese should register for section 02. No Prereq.
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Brazilian Cinema and Topics in Contemporary Brazilian Society AS.211.316 (02)
Course is taught in ENGLISH. Did you know that one of the first Latin American actresses to conquer Hollywood was Brazilian? Did you know that cinema has existed in Brazil since 1895, just six months after the first screening in Paris?
This course is an introduction to both the academic study of cinema as a communicative art and to Brazilian film. The films selected focus on the late 1950s to the present and highlight import episodes and challenges in the advancement of Brazilian society as well as its cinematic production. Film aesthetics are analyzed through a number of critical perspectives, including class, race, gender as well as ethnicity, nationalism or national identity, colonialism, social changes, and the politics of representation. In this sense, the films, and documentaries that we will be watching and studying encompass the period from the rise of New Cinema (Cinema Novo) up to films exploring the most recent trends, including movies launched up to 2022. Students wishing to do the course work in English for 3 credits should register for section 01. Those wishing to earn 4 credits by doing the course work in Portuguese should register for section 02. No Prereq.
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Chaffin, Benjamin M; De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina
Room: Hodson 303
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/3
PosTag(s): INST-NWHIST, INST-GLOBAL, MLL-ENGL
AS.211.365 (01)
Environmental Justice
MW 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Heffes, Gisela; Loiselle, Ken
Mergenthaler 431
Spring 2024
This class will explore the intersections of environmental and social justice issues through an analysis of literary fiction, documentaries and films, art, media, and archival materials. We will study how environmental issues are deeply connected with issues of race, class, gender, ethnicity, and the legacies of colonialism. We will pay close attention to the tensions encountered by notions such as environmentalism of the poor and the disparities that arise from a comparative and historical perspective Global South vis-à-vis Global North, and within the North, among the most vulnerable communities. We will consider the generative potential of storytelling and the arts for imagining an alternative socioeconomic and culture paradigm predicated on environmental sustainability and economic and social equity. This class is profoundly interdisciplinary, bringing together knowledge from all parts of students’ life. By the end of this course, students will see many connections between literary and cultural studies, environmental ethics, social justice, and civic engagement.
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Environmental Justice AS.211.365 (01)
This class will explore the intersections of environmental and social justice issues through an analysis of literary fiction, documentaries and films, art, media, and archival materials. We will study how environmental issues are deeply connected with issues of race, class, gender, ethnicity, and the legacies of colonialism. We will pay close attention to the tensions encountered by notions such as environmentalism of the poor and the disparities that arise from a comparative and historical perspective Global South vis-à-vis Global North, and within the North, among the most vulnerable communities. We will consider the generative potential of storytelling and the arts for imagining an alternative socioeconomic and culture paradigm predicated on environmental sustainability and economic and social equity. This class is profoundly interdisciplinary, bringing together knowledge from all parts of students’ life. By the end of this course, students will see many connections between literary and cultural studies, environmental ethics, social justice, and civic engagement.
Days/Times: MW 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Heffes, Gisela; Loiselle, Ken
Room: Mergenthaler 431
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/17
PosTag(s): ENVS-MAJOR, ENVS-MINOR, MSCH-HUM
AS.211.387 (01)
Theories of Peace from Kant to MLK
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Frey, Christiane; Seguin, Becquer D
Spring 2024
That the nations of the world could ever work together seems utopian, but also unavoidable: migration, war, and not least climate change make some form of global coordination increasingly necessary. This course will give historical and philosophical depth to the idea of a cosmopolitan order and world peace by tracing it from its ancient sources through early modernity to today. At the center of the course will be the text that has been credited with founding the tradition of a world federation of nations, Immanuel Kant’s "Toward Perpetual Peace" (1795). Confronting recent and current political discourse, literature, and philosophy with Kant’s famous treatise, we will work to gain a new perspective on the idea of a world order. In addition to Kant, readings include Homer, Erasmus, Pico della Mirandola, Rousseau, Jeremy Bentham, Emily Dickinson, Tolstoy, Whitman, Rosa Luxemburg, Gandhi, Hannah Arendt, John Lennon, and Martin Luther King as well as lesser-known authors such as the Abbé de Saint-Pierre, Ellen Key, Odette Thibault, Simone Weil, and Claude Lefort. Taught in English.
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Theories of Peace from Kant to MLK AS.211.387 (01)
That the nations of the world could ever work together seems utopian, but also unavoidable: migration, war, and not least climate change make some form of global coordination increasingly necessary. This course will give historical and philosophical depth to the idea of a cosmopolitan order and world peace by tracing it from its ancient sources through early modernity to today. At the center of the course will be the text that has been credited with founding the tradition of a world federation of nations, Immanuel Kant’s "Toward Perpetual Peace" (1795). Confronting recent and current political discourse, literature, and philosophy with Kant’s famous treatise, we will work to gain a new perspective on the idea of a world order. In addition to Kant, readings include Homer, Erasmus, Pico della Mirandola, Rousseau, Jeremy Bentham, Emily Dickinson, Tolstoy, Whitman, Rosa Luxemburg, Gandhi, Hannah Arendt, John Lennon, and Martin Luther King as well as lesser-known authors such as the Abbé de Saint-Pierre, Ellen Key, Odette Thibault, Simone Weil, and Claude Lefort. Taught in English.
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Frey, Christiane; Seguin, Becquer D
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/15
PosTag(s): INST-PT
AS.215.231 (01)
Introduction to Literature in Spanish
MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Ugarelli Risi, Mariangela
Hodson 301
Spring 2024
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.
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Introduction to Literature in Spanish AS.215.231 (01)
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.
Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Ugarelli Risi, Mariangela
Room: Hodson 301
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/18
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.215.231 (02)
Introduction to Literature in Spanish
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Williams, Rachel C
Hodson 216
Spring 2024
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.
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Introduction to Literature in Spanish AS.215.231 (02)
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.
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Williams, Rachel C
Room: Hodson 216
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/18
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.215.380 (01)
Modern Latin American Culture
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Rios Saavedra, Veronica
Gilman 186
Spring 2024
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.
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Modern Latin American Culture AS.215.380 (01)
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.
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Rios Saavedra, Veronica
Room: Gilman 186
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/22
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST, INST-CP
AS.215.426 (01)
Narratives of Sickness and Healing in Latin America Time
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Heffes, Gisela; Sanchez, Loreto
Gilman 55
Spring 2024
What is an illness? How do we define a sick body? How can literature, films and art convey suffering and healing? How do traditional histories of medicine structure sickness? Is there a perception––and representation––of illness that can be specific to Latin American culture? How does the Spanish language address issues of sickness, disability, and pain? This course will explore experiences of illness, suffering, pain, and healing through the readings of narratives, works of theory and criticism, and the writings of artists themselves, as well as film, artistic practices, and documentaries. Discussions will place the narratives of illness in the intersections with the history of public health, biomedical history, and the sociocultural history of disease in Latin America. Within the framework of the Medicine, Science, and the Humanities major, students will learn to recognize the value and relevance of literature and art to their personal, educational, and professional growth.
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Narratives of Sickness and Healing in Latin America Time AS.215.426 (01)
What is an illness? How do we define a sick body? How can literature, films and art convey suffering and healing? How do traditional histories of medicine structure sickness? Is there a perception––and representation––of illness that can be specific to Latin American culture? How does the Spanish language address issues of sickness, disability, and pain? This course will explore experiences of illness, suffering, pain, and healing through the readings of narratives, works of theory and criticism, and the writings of artists themselves, as well as film, artistic practices, and documentaries. Discussions will place the narratives of illness in the intersections with the history of public health, biomedical history, and the sociocultural history of disease in Latin America. Within the framework of the Medicine, Science, and the Humanities major, students will learn to recognize the value and relevance of literature and art to their personal, educational, and professional growth.
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Heffes, Gisela; Sanchez, Loreto
Room: Gilman 55
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.230.150 (01)
Issues in International Development
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Edwards, Zophia
Olin 305
Spring 2024
Why do billions of people continue to live in poverty? What obstacles stand in the way of secure and dignified lives for all? Who is most likely to bring about change, what strategies should they follow, and what kinds of institutions should they put in place? This course will introduce the main theoretical perspectives, debates, and themes in the field of international development since the mid-20th century. It has three sections. The first section focuses on debates over the optimal conditions and strategies for generating economic growth and on the relationship between growth, human welfare, and inequality. The second section presents critical assessments of development interventions from various perspectives. The third section considers the role of social movements in shaping development and social change in the 21st century.
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Issues in International Development AS.230.150 (01)
Why do billions of people continue to live in poverty? What obstacles stand in the way of secure and dignified lives for all? Who is most likely to bring about change, what strategies should they follow, and what kinds of institutions should they put in place? This course will introduce the main theoretical perspectives, debates, and themes in the field of international development since the mid-20th century. It has three sections. The first section focuses on debates over the optimal conditions and strategies for generating economic growth and on the relationship between growth, human welfare, and inequality. The second section presents critical assessments of development interventions from various perspectives. The third section considers the role of social movements in shaping development and social change in the 21st century.
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Edwards, Zophia
Room: Olin 305
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/12
PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-IR, INST-ECON
AS.230.150 (02)
Issues in International Development
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Edwards, Zophia
Olin 305
Spring 2024
Why do billions of people continue to live in poverty? What obstacles stand in the way of secure and dignified lives for all? Who is most likely to bring about change, what strategies should they follow, and what kinds of institutions should they put in place? This course will introduce the main theoretical perspectives, debates, and themes in the field of international development since the mid-20th century. It has three sections. The first section focuses on debates over the optimal conditions and strategies for generating economic growth and on the relationship between growth, human welfare, and inequality. The second section presents critical assessments of development interventions from various perspectives. The third section considers the role of social movements in shaping development and social change in the 21st century.
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Issues in International Development AS.230.150 (02)
Why do billions of people continue to live in poverty? What obstacles stand in the way of secure and dignified lives for all? Who is most likely to bring about change, what strategies should they follow, and what kinds of institutions should they put in place? This course will introduce the main theoretical perspectives, debates, and themes in the field of international development since the mid-20th century. It has three sections. The first section focuses on debates over the optimal conditions and strategies for generating economic growth and on the relationship between growth, human welfare, and inequality. The second section presents critical assessments of development interventions from various perspectives. The third section considers the role of social movements in shaping development and social change in the 21st century.
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Instructor: Edwards, Zophia
Room: Olin 305
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/13
PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-IR, INST-ECON
AS.230.150 (03)
Issues in International Development
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Edwards, Zophia
Olin 305
Spring 2024
Why do billions of people continue to live in poverty? What obstacles stand in the way of secure and dignified lives for all? Who is most likely to bring about change, what strategies should they follow, and what kinds of institutions should they put in place? This course will introduce the main theoretical perspectives, debates, and themes in the field of international development since the mid-20th century. It has three sections. The first section focuses on debates over the optimal conditions and strategies for generating economic growth and on the relationship between growth, human welfare, and inequality. The second section presents critical assessments of development interventions from various perspectives. The third section considers the role of social movements in shaping development and social change in the 21st century.
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Issues in International Development AS.230.150 (03)
Why do billions of people continue to live in poverty? What obstacles stand in the way of secure and dignified lives for all? Who is most likely to bring about change, what strategies should they follow, and what kinds of institutions should they put in place? This course will introduce the main theoretical perspectives, debates, and themes in the field of international development since the mid-20th century. It has three sections. The first section focuses on debates over the optimal conditions and strategies for generating economic growth and on the relationship between growth, human welfare, and inequality. The second section presents critical assessments of development interventions from various perspectives. The third section considers the role of social movements in shaping development and social change in the 21st century.
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Edwards, Zophia
Room: Olin 305
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/12
PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-IR, INST-ECON
AS.230.150 (04)
Issues in International Development
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Edwards, Zophia
Olin 305
Spring 2024
Why do billions of people continue to live in poverty? What obstacles stand in the way of secure and dignified lives for all? Who is most likely to bring about change, what strategies should they follow, and what kinds of institutions should they put in place? This course will introduce the main theoretical perspectives, debates, and themes in the field of international development since the mid-20th century. It has three sections. The first section focuses on debates over the optimal conditions and strategies for generating economic growth and on the relationship between growth, human welfare, and inequality. The second section presents critical assessments of development interventions from various perspectives. The third section considers the role of social movements in shaping development and social change in the 21st century.
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Issues in International Development AS.230.150 (04)
Why do billions of people continue to live in poverty? What obstacles stand in the way of secure and dignified lives for all? Who is most likely to bring about change, what strategies should they follow, and what kinds of institutions should they put in place? This course will introduce the main theoretical perspectives, debates, and themes in the field of international development since the mid-20th century. It has three sections. The first section focuses on debates over the optimal conditions and strategies for generating economic growth and on the relationship between growth, human welfare, and inequality. The second section presents critical assessments of development interventions from various perspectives. The third section considers the role of social movements in shaping development and social change in the 21st century.
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Instructor: Edwards, Zophia
Room: Olin 305
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/13
PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-IR, INST-ECON
AS.230.397 (01)
The Political Economy of Drugs and Drug Wars
MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Thornton, Christy
Smokler Center Library
Spring 2024
In the United States, we spend more than $100 billion annually on illegal drugs—and the government spends more than $50 billion a year to combat their sale and use. These statistics raise important and complicated social questions. This course will examine the production, sale, use, and control of illegal drugs from a historical and sociological perspective. We will have three objectives: to understand the social construction of drug use and illegality in the United States and other rich countries; to uncover the political and economic consequences of drug trafficking in those countries that produce drugs, particularly in Latin America; and to examine the political economy of drug control through the so-called War on Drugs, both domestically and internationally.
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The Political Economy of Drugs and Drug Wars AS.230.397 (01)
In the United States, we spend more than $100 billion annually on illegal drugs—and the government spends more than $50 billion a year to combat their sale and use. These statistics raise important and complicated social questions. This course will examine the production, sale, use, and control of illegal drugs from a historical and sociological perspective. We will have three objectives: to understand the social construction of drug use and illegality in the United States and other rich countries; to uncover the political and economic consequences of drug trafficking in those countries that produce drugs, particularly in Latin America; and to examine the political economy of drug control through the so-called War on Drugs, both domestically and internationally.
Learn the basics of ArcGIS, data management, and the history of maps and censuses as you help Prof. Lurtz build a digital historical atlas of Mexico. No experience necessary, graduate students welcome.
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Humanities Research Lab: Making Maps of Mexico AS.360.420 (01)
Learn the basics of ArcGIS, data management, and the history of maps and censuses as you help Prof. Lurtz build a digital historical atlas of Mexico. No experience necessary, graduate students welcome.
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Lurtz, Casey Marina
Room: Hodson 315
Status: Open
Seats Available: 8/15
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL
AS.361.100 (01)
Introduction to Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies
MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Cotler, Angelina
Gilman 219
Spring 2024
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.
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Introduction to Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies AS.361.100 (01)
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.
Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Cotler, Angelina
Room: Gilman 219
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 2/20
PosTag(s): HIST-LATAM, INST-GLOBAL, INST-CP
AS.361.200 (01)
Popular Music in Latin America: Dissent, Resistance, Tranformation
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Noah, Marcelo
Krieger 300
Spring 2024
Popular music is central to Latin American cultural practices. From Carmen Miranda to Bad Bunny, from Carlos Gardel to Karol G, this course examines the works of numerous performers and songwriters who have defined the Latin American songbook, elevating it to one of the most sophisticated art forms in the Americas. We will explore a vast range of musical genres that constitute the diverse soundscape of Latin American popular music, from Argentine Tango and Brazilian Samba to Colombian Salsa, Dominican Dembow, and Son Cubano. Our exploration will encompass its Afro-diasporic, Indigenous, and European origins, the impact of the cultural industry, and its intersections with the region’s social and political history. We will delve into the stories behind the songs, reflecting on their instrumental roles in shaping identity, citizenship, sensibility, political dissent, and resistance. Through listening sessions, critical and theoretical texts, and open discussions, participants will enhance their understanding of the musical and artistic forces that have shaped Latin American history and culture.
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Popular Music in Latin America: Dissent, Resistance, Tranformation AS.361.200 (01)
Popular music is central to Latin American cultural practices. From Carmen Miranda to Bad Bunny, from Carlos Gardel to Karol G, this course examines the works of numerous performers and songwriters who have defined the Latin American songbook, elevating it to one of the most sophisticated art forms in the Americas. We will explore a vast range of musical genres that constitute the diverse soundscape of Latin American popular music, from Argentine Tango and Brazilian Samba to Colombian Salsa, Dominican Dembow, and Son Cubano. Our exploration will encompass its Afro-diasporic, Indigenous, and European origins, the impact of the cultural industry, and its intersections with the region’s social and political history. We will delve into the stories behind the songs, reflecting on their instrumental roles in shaping identity, citizenship, sensibility, political dissent, and resistance. Through listening sessions, critical and theoretical texts, and open discussions, participants will enhance their understanding of the musical and artistic forces that have shaped Latin American history and culture.