Course	LAIS / PS 203 Modern Latin American History
Professor	Pierre Ostiguy
CRN	16099
Schedule	Tu Th 8:00 - 9:20 pm ASP 302
Distribution	OLD: C/D	NEW: Social Science / Rethinking Difference

(LAIS Core course) Cross-Listed: GISP; SRE

This course deals with the varied national histories of Latin American countries. It covers the period from independence at the beginning of the 19^th century through the 1950s, but will also consider more recent times. In contrast to Africa or Asia, Latin America achieved independence not long after North America, and earlier than several countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Nonetheless, torn by internal strife, it stagnated in the mid-19^th century and, later, became heavily dependent on the rapidly industrializing United States and Western Europe. The course will deal simultaneously with the changing insertion of Latin America in the world economy and with individualized country histories. The class will therefore address issues of nation and state formation during the 19^th century, competing ideologies in the 19^th century, and the later success of the agro-exporting model in Latin America. The major transformations brought to the continent by the depression of the 1930s and the collapse of its economic model will be studied through the lens of national histories. Inward development, industrialization, and populism, followed by the rise of the left and the conservative authoritarian reactions in the 1960s up to the 1980s will be briefly addressed. The main purpose of the class is to familiarize students with the divergent historical paths taken by Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Central American and Caribbean republics, Venezuela, and the Andean countries. Much as the modern United States as we know it today is a product of 19^th-century westward expansion, rise of capitalism, and civil war (with the racial issue), contemporary Latin America is the product of its unique 19^th-century and early 20^th-century independent experience. On-line

Course	ARTH 229 Topics in Contemporary Latin American Art
Professor	Susan Aberth
CRN	16380
Schedule	Mon Wed 3:00 -4:20 pm OLIN 102
Distribution	OLD: A	NEW: Analysis of Arts

LAIS Core course

Related Interest: Africana Studies

This course will present a comprehensive overview of the artistic practices and intellectual discourses relevant to contemporary art production in Latin America. Painting, sculpture, photography, video, glass, ceramics, textiles, performance and installation art will all be examined, along with the theoretical issues that inform them. Some of the many topics to be discussed include post-colonial theory, the history of abstraction in Latin America, national identities, the legacy of Muralism, religious syncretism, ecologies, and Border issues. Although this course is open to all students, taking Survey of Latin American Art prior to this is highly suggested.

Course	PS 259 From Anarchy to Democracy: Contemporary Spanish Politics
Professor	Omar Encarnacion
CRN	16100
Schedule	Mon Wed 3:00 -4:20 pm OLIN 201
Distribution	OLD: C	NEW: History

LAIS Core course

During the 20^th century, Spain went from a paradigm of anarchist politics, civil war and fascist uprising during the inter-war years to an emblematic example of right-wing authoritarianism during the cold war to a stunning case of “Third Wave” democratization by the late 1970s. What explains this series of political transformations and what do they teach us about the domestic and international factors that condition political development in general and the rise of democracy in particular? This class explores these questions together with a variety of subjects that animate democratic politics in present-day Spain. Among them: the recovery of the memory of civil war and dictatorship, the rise of separatist politics and terrorist activity in the Basque country, the recent wave of Latin American immigrants to major Spanish cities, and Spain’s rising profile in international affairs. On-line

Course	SPAN 302 Introduction to Latin American Literature
Professor	Melanie Nicholson
CRN	16058
Schedule	Mon Wed 1:30 -2:50 pm OLIN 301
Distribution	OLD: B	NEW: FOREIGN LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, & CULTURE

LAIS Core Course

This course serves as an introduction to the interpretation of literary texts from Latin America. It covers a broad range historically—from pre-Conquest times to the present—and presents all literary genres, including poetry, short stories, novels, essays, and plays. This course is intended to prepare students for more advanced and specialized courses in Hispanic literature. A great deal of attention is paid to the development of critical skills, both verbally and in writing. Frequent essays with revisions; class discussions and presentations. Please note: Spanish 301 or 302 are prerequisites for all 300-level literature seminars in Spanish. Prospective students must speak with instructor prior to registration.

Course	PS 214 US-Latin American Relations
Professor	Omar Encarnacion
CRN	16101
Schedule	Mon Wed 12:00 -1:20 pm OLIN 201
Distribution	OLD: C	NEW: Social Science

See Political Studies section for description.

Course	ARTH 323 Crossroads of Civilization: The Art of Medieval Spain
Professor	Jean French
CRN	16383
Schedule	Mon 4:30 -6:50 pm Fisher Annex
Distribution	OLD: A	NEW: Analysis of Arts

See Art History section for description.

Course	ARTH 375 Mexican Muralism
Professor	Susan Aberth
CRN	16390
Schedule	Tu 1:30 -3:50 pm Fisher Annex
Distribution	OLD: A/C	NEW: Analysis of Arts

See Art History section for description.

Course	SPAN 334 The Sweet Waist of the Americas: Introduction to Central American Literature
Professor	Nicole Caso
CRN	16059
Schedule	Tu 9:30 - 11:50 am OLIN 306
Distribution	OLD: D	NEW: FOREIGN LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, & CULTURE

See Spanish section for description.

Course	SPAN 346 America and Europe from the Hispanic Perspectives: Two Centuries of Spanish and Latin American Travel Writing
Professor	Ronald Briggs
CRN	16060
Schedule	Tu Th 1:30 -2:20 pm OLIN 107
Distribution	OLD: D	NEW: FOREIGN LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, & CULTURE

See Spanish section for description.