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 216
• Status: Waitlist Only
• Seats Available: 0/29
• PosTag(s): ARCH-ARCH, HART-ANC, MSCH-HUM

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: 2/15
• PosTag(s): HART-ANC, ARCH-ARCH

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: Krieger 302
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 8/15
• PosTag(s): ENGL-GLOBAL

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

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: 14/25
• PosTag(s): HIST-LATAM, INST-GLOBAL

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.

• Days/Times: WF 12:00PM - 1:15PM
• Instructor: Johnson, Jessica Marie
• Room: Macaulay 109
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/15
• PosTag(s): AGRI-ELECT, INST-NWHIST, MSCH-HUM, HIST-US, HIST-EUROPE

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

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: Open
• Seats Available: 1/5
• PosTag(s): INST-PT, INST-ECON

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: 4/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

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: 11/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

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: 10/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

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: Waitlist Only
• Seats Available: 0/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

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

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

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: 2/15
• PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM

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: Shriver Hall 001
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

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 216
• Status: Waitlist Only
• Seats Available: 0/20
• PosTag(s): INST-NWHIST, INST-GLOBAL, MLL-ENGL

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 216
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 1/3
• PosTag(s): INST-NWHIST, INST-GLOBAL, MLL-ENGL

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 426
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 1/17
• PosTag(s): ENVS-MAJOR, ENVS-MINOR, MSCH-HUM

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: Gilman 381
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 1/15
• PosTag(s): INST-PT

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: 11/18
• PosTag(s): n/a

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: 7/18
• PosTag(s): n/a

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

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
• Room: Gilman 55
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 3/20
• PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM

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: 4/12
• PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-IR, INST-ECON

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: 1/13
• PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-IR, INST-ECON

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: 5/12
• PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-IR, INST-ECON

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: 4/13
• PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-IR, INST-ECON

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.

• Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
• Instructor: Thornton, Christy
• Room: Ames 218
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 1/18
• PosTag(s): INST-ECON, INST-CP, INST-IR, INST-GLOBAL, MSCH-HUM

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: 6/15
• PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL

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: Open
• Seats Available: 2/20
• PosTag(s): HIST-LATAM, INST-GLOBAL, INST-CP

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.

• Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
• Instructor: Noah, Marcelo
• Room: Krieger 300
• Status: Waitlist Only
• Seats Available: 0/16
• PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL

No previous knowledge of Portuguese is required. This one-year sequence is a Portuguese introductory course for non-romance language speakers. The course introduces students to the basic skills in reading, writing, and speaking the language. Emphasis is placed on oral communication with extensive training in written and listening skills. Class participation is encouraged from the very beginning. Upon the successful completion of this course with a grade of C or higher, students may enroll in 210.172 Portuguese Elements II. May not be taken on a Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory basis. No Prereq. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): MLL-PORT, MLL-SPAN

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: Th 9:30AM - 12:00PM
• Instructor: Morgan, Barbara Anne
• Room: Greenhouse 113
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 12/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

The class will learn by readings from books such as The White Plague by Rene’ and Jean Dubos, The Microbe Hunters by Paul de Kruif, The Aetiology of Tuberculosis by Robert Koch and Fever by John Fuller, videos, class interactions and discussions, and after the introductory portion of the course, by presentations of research papers about M. tuberculosis pathogenesis and treatment.

• Days/Times: F 9:00AM - 11:30AM
• Instructor: Iwashyna, Theodore
• Room: Gilman 277
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 12/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course surveys the art and architecture of Mesoamerica, from the ancestral Puebloans in what is today the Southwestern United States, through the homelands of the Mexica, Maya, and Zapotec in Central America, to the Taíno and Chiriquí in the Circum-Caribbean. After first discussing the concept of “Mesoamerica,” we will then explore the material and spatial productions of these Indigenous groups. Each week we will focus on a different urban setting, examining the works communities made and used there, which included sculpture, ceramics, murals, manuscripts, textiles, metalwork, and earthen architecture. Course themes will include—but are not limited to—the portrayal of humans, animals, and sacred figures; urban design, construction, and monumentality; as well as how materials and spaces were used for religious and political purposes.

• Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
• Instructor: Staff
• Room: Gilman 177
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 19/19
• PosTag(s): HART-ANC, ARCH-ARCH

This course will grapple with modern art as it emerges in critically important locations around the world over the course of the twentieth century, with an emphasis on Asia, Africa, and South America. Anti-colonial movements, national formations, geopolitical alliances, institution-building, exhibition, fair, and biennial histories, art group manifestos, and the intertwined relations of race, ethnicity, Indigeneity, gender, class, and sexuality. Museum visits to view works of art in person will be incorporated into the course.

• Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
• Instructor: Brown, Rebecca Mary
• Room: Gilman 177
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 19/19
• PosTag(s): HART-MODERN

The question of what it means to be human requires continual investigation. Anthropology offers conceptual tools and an ethical groundwork for understanding humanity in all its diversity. This course familiarizes students with anthropological concepts and methods. We will engage in critical analysis of a broad range of subjects including language, exchange, class, race, gender, kinship, sexuality, religion, and capitalism.

• Days/Times: F 12:00PM - 1:15PM, W 12:00PM - 1:15PM
• Instructor: Angelini, Alessandro
• Room: Mergenthaler 111
• Status: Reserved Open
• Seats Available: 15/15
• PosTag(s): ARCH-RELATE

The question of what it means to be human requires continual investigation. Anthropology offers conceptual tools and an ethical groundwork for understanding humanity in all its diversity. This course familiarizes students with anthropological concepts and methods. We will engage in critical analysis of a broad range of subjects including language, exchange, class, race, gender, kinship, sexuality, religion, and capitalism.

• Days/Times: F 12:00PM - 1:15PM, W 12:00PM - 1:15PM
• Instructor: Angelini, Alessandro
• Room: Mergenthaler 111
• Status: Reserved Open
• Seats Available: 15/15
• PosTag(s): ARCH-RELATE

The question of what it means to be human requires continual investigation. Anthropology offers conceptual tools and an ethical groundwork for understanding humanity in all its diversity. This course familiarizes students with anthropological concepts and methods. We will engage in critical analysis of a broad range of subjects including language, exchange, class, race, gender, kinship, sexuality, religion, and capitalism.

• Days/Times: F 12:00PM - 1:15PM, W 12:00PM - 1:15PM
• Instructor: Angelini, Alessandro
• Room: Mergenthaler 111
• Status: Reserved Open
• Seats Available: 15/15
• PosTag(s): ARCH-RELATE

The question of what it means to be human requires continual investigation. Anthropology offers conceptual tools and an ethical groundwork for understanding humanity in all its diversity. This course familiarizes students with anthropological concepts and methods. We will engage in critical analysis of a broad range of subjects including language, exchange, class, race, gender, kinship, sexuality, religion, and capitalism.

• Days/Times: F 12:00PM - 1:15PM, W 12:00PM - 1:15PM
• Instructor: Angelini, Alessandro
• Room: Mergenthaler 111
• Status: Reserved Open
• Seats Available: 15/15
• PosTag(s): ARCH-RELATE

The question of what it means to be human requires continual investigation. Anthropology offers conceptual tools and an ethical groundwork for understanding humanity in all its diversity. This course familiarizes students with anthropological concepts and methods. We will engage in critical analysis of a broad range of subjects including language, exchange, class, race, gender, kinship, sexuality, religion, and capitalism.

• Days/Times: F 12:00PM - 1:15PM, W 12:00PM - 1:15PM
• Instructor: Angelini, Alessandro
• Room: Mergenthaler 111
• Status: Reserved Open
• Seats Available: 15/15
• PosTag(s): ARCH-RELATE

A class combining Latin American history since independence and digital humanities. Students will build guided research projects while thinking about questions of republicanism, freedom and unfreedom, migration, and development.

• Days/Times: MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 9:00AM - 9:50AM
• Instructor: Lurtz, Casey Marina
• Room: Ames 218
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 19/20
• PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HIST-LATAM

A class combining Latin American history since independence and digital humanities. Students will build guided research projects while thinking about questions of republicanism, freedom and unfreedom, migration, and development.

• Days/Times: MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
• Instructor: Lurtz, Casey Marina
• Room: Ames 218
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 20/20
• PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HIST-LATAM

Help build a set of digital and visual resources on local histories of Baltimore-area Asian diasporic communities. Training in research and curatorial tools such as critical oral history and digital storytelling will be provided. Opportunities to collaborate with local community organizations will be available. No prior experience necessary.

• Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
• Instructor: Kim, Yumi
• Room: Krieger 308
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 11/12
• PosTag(s): HIST-US, AGRI-ELECT

No previous knowledge of Portuguese is required. This one-year sequence is a Portuguese introductory course for non-romance language speakers. The course introduces students to the basic skills in reading, writing, and speaking the language. Emphasis is placed on oral communication with extensive training in written and listening skills. Class participation is encouraged from the very beginning. Upon the successful completion of this course with a grade of C or higher, students may enroll in 210.172 Portuguese Elements II. May not be taken on a Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory basis. No Prereq. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM.

• Days/Times: TTh 5:00PM - 6:15PM
• Instructor: Staff
• Room: Bloomberg 278
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 15/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF PORTUGUESE IS REQUIRED. This fast-paced one-semester course covers all content for Portuguese Elementary. This course is designed as an accelerated introductory course for speakers with a sound knowledge of Spanish OR other romance languages (e.g. French and Italian). The course will cover introductory aspects of Portuguese grammar and present relevant points of the cultures of the Portuguese speaking countries. Upon the successful completion of this course with a grade of C or higher, students may enroll in 210.271 Portuguese Intermediate. May not be taken on a Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory basis. No Prereq. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM.

• Days/Times: MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM
• Instructor: De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina; Staff
• Room: Gilman 381
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 15/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF PORTUGUESE IS REQUIRED. This fast-paced one-semester course covers all content for Portuguese Elementary. This course is designed as an accelerated introductory course for speakers with a sound knowledge of Spanish OR other romance languages (e.g. French and Italian). The course will cover introductory aspects of Portuguese grammar and present relevant points of the cultures of the Portuguese speaking countries. Upon the successful completion of this course with a grade of C or higher, students may enroll in 210.271 Portuguese Intermediate. May not be taken on a Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory basis. No Prereq. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM.

• Days/Times: MWF 12:00PM - 12:50PM
• Instructor: Chaffin, Benjamin M
• Room: Gilman 381
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 15/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF PORTUGUESE IS REQUIRED. This fast-paced one-semester course covers all content for Portuguese Elementary. This course is designed as an accelerated introductory course for speakers with a sound knowledge of Spanish OR other romance languages (e.g. French and Italian). The course will cover introductory aspects of Portuguese grammar and present relevant points of the cultures of the Portuguese speaking countries. Upon the successful completion of this course with a grade of C or higher, students may enroll in 210.271 Portuguese Intermediate. May not be taken on a Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory basis. No Prereq. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM.

• Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
• Instructor: Chaffin, Benjamin M
• Room: Hodson 301
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 15/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

Intermediate Portuguese I is designed for students who have attained an advanced elementary level in the language. The course offers training in the skills of the language with emphasis on expanding grammatical knowledge and vocabulary, while developing ease and fluency in the language through the use of a multifaceted approach. Course materials immerse students in the cultures of Brazil, Portugal, and Portuguese-speaking Africa, and reflect the mix of cultures at work in the contemporary Lusophone world. Upon the successful completion of Intermediate Portuguese I, students may enroll in the next level, Intermediate Portuguese II – AS.210.272. May not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prereq: AS.210.275 or placement test. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM

• Days/Times: MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
• Instructor: De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina; Staff
• Room: Gilman 381
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 14/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

Intermediate Portuguese II is designed for students who have attained a mid-intermediate level in the language or completed Intermediate Portuguese I AS.210.271. The course offers training in the skills of the language with emphasis on advancing grammatical knowledge, expanding vocabulary, and developing fluency in the language through the use of a multifaceted approach. Course materials immerse students in the cultures of Brazil, Portugal, and Portuguese-speaking Africa, and reflect the mix of cultures at work in the contemporary Lusophone world. Successful completion of Intermediate Portuguese II will prepare students for the next level Advanced Portuguese I – AS.210.371. May not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prereq: AS.210.271 (old AS.210.277) or placement test. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM.

• Days/Times: MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
• Instructor: Chaffin, Benjamin M
• Room: Gilman 217
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 15/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

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: Torres Burgos, Carmen
• Room: Gilman 10
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 12/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

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: Torres Burgos, Carmen
• Room: Gilman 10
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 12/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

Spanish for international business is an overview of business topics in an international Spanish-speaking context with an emphasis on deep review of grammar and vocabulary acquisition. On completion of this course the student will have developed the ability to read and critically discuss business and government relations in Latin America and will have examine entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, business ethics, human resources and commerce in the Spanish speaking world. In completing the course’s final project students will apply, synthesize, and reflect on what has been covered in the class by creating a professional dossier individualized to their own professional interests. Concepts learned in this course will be directly applicable to careers linked to international relations and will apply to various careers in business. There is no final exam. May not be taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory. Not open to native speakers of Spanish. No new enrollments permitted after the third class session. Language Program Director: Loreto Sanchez-Serrano

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Hubbard, Arancha
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

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: Sanchez Paraiso, Maria
• Room: Hodson 305
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 12/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

Designed to sharpen students’ abilities in contemporary spoken and written Portuguese. This third-year course fosters the development of complex language skills that enhance fluency, accuracy and general proficiency in Portuguese and its appropriate use in professional and informal contexts. Students will briefly review previous grammar structures and concentrate on new complex grammar concepts. Using a variety of cultural items such as current news, short stories, plays, films, videos, newspaper articles, and popular music, students discuss diverse topics followed by intense writing and oral discussion with the aim of developing critical thinking and solid communication skills. Successful completion of Advanced Portuguese I will prepare students for the next level, Advanced Portuguese II, AS.210.372. May not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prereq: AS.210.272 or (old AS.210.278) or placement test. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM.

• Days/Times: MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM
• Instructor: De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina; Staff
• Room: Gilman 400
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 15/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

Did you know that Brazil is very similar to the United States? This course is intended as an introduction to the culture and civilization of Brazil. It is designed to provide students with basic information about Brazilian history, politics, economy, art, literature, popular culture, theater, cinema, and music. The course will focus on how Indigenous, Asian, African, and European cultural influences have interacted to create the new and unique civilization that is Brazil today. The course is taught in English. No Prereq. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM.

• Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
• Instructor: De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina
• Room: Gilman 75
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 19/20
• PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL

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: Walls, Alfredo
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 12/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

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: Staff
• Room: Gilman 443
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 15/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

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:
• Instructor: Heffes, Gisela
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 12/12
• PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM

This course examines Latin American insertion into the global capitalist economy from the colonial period to the present. Examining various historical, sociological, and political-economic theories, this course will ask not only how Latin American economies and societies have developed their particular characteristics, but also how theorists within and outside the region have understood Latin American development over time. development over time.

• Days/Times: T 3:00PM - 5:30PM
• Instructor: Thornton, Christy
• Room:  
• Status: Reserved Open
• Seats Available: 14/15
• PosTag(s): INST-ECON, INST-GLOBAL, INST-CP

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 301
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 14/15
• PosTag(s): n/a