Course	LAIS 110 Latin America: From Discovery to Modern Nation-States Creation
Professor	Pierre Ostiguy
CRN	18462
Schedule	TuTh 4:00 -5:20 pm Olin 309
Distribution	History/ Rethinking Difference

Cross-listed: History

This course is an introduction to the history, politics, and societies of “Latin” America, from the time this hemisphere was “discovered” and first conquered by Christian Iberian men, to the long colonial era in the Indias, to the continental independence movements that carved out distinct nations in the early 19th century, to the rise of caudillos and the insertion of Latin America in the capitalist world economy and the creation of modern states. The course will start with the three main pre-Colombian civilizations; cover the conquest of what is now Mexico and Andean South America by daring and death-provoking Conquistadores in the 16th century, as well as the creation of Brazil; and deal with the stable (17th and 18th century) class and racial, as well as religious and administrative system of colonial Spanish America and Brazil, as well as the introduction of African slaves in the plantation economies. We then turn to Creole restiveness and the importation of Enlightenment ideas, the creation of the concept of “America” and the violent drive for independence in the early 19th century in racially hierarchical and unequal societies (with the leading role of Bolivar and San Martin), resulting in the creation of a myriad of countries in Spanish America, in contrast to monarchic continuity in Brazil. As many of Latin American specificities stem from the 19th century, we examine the lofty independence ideals, the later social and cultural emergence of macho caudillos, and conclude with the liberal era of constitutional rule, Latin America’s capitalist transformation as exporter of raw materials, and the novel yet fragile notions of elitist citizenship, individualism, and secularism under Liberal rule.   On-line registration

(Descriptions of courses cross-listed in LAIS can be found in the primary section.)

Course	PS 253 Introduction to Latin American Politics
Professor	Pierre Ostiguy
CRN	18461
Schedule	Mon Wed 3:00 -4:20 pm Olin 202
Distribution	Social Science/ Rethinking Difference

 

Course	SPAN 202 Intermediate Spanish II
Professor	TBA
CRN	18086
Schedule	M T W Th 9:20 - 10:20 am
Distribution	Foreign Language, Literature, and Culture

Course	ARTH / SPAN 239 Surrealism in Latin American Literature & Art
Professor	Melanie Nicholson / Susan Aberth
CRN	18083
Schedule	Mon Wed 1:30 -2:50 pm Olin 202
Distribution	Analysis of Art/ Rethinking Difference

Course	SPAN 302 Introduction to Latin American Literature
Professor	TBA
CRN	18087
Schedule	Mon Wed 3:00- 4:20 pm Olin 301
Distribution	Foreign Language, Literature, and Culture

LAIS Core Course

Course	ARTH 160 Survey of Latin American Art
Professor	Susan Aberth
CRN	18334
Schedule	Tu Th 4:00 -5:20 pm Olin 102
Distribution	Analysis of Art/ Rethinking Difference

Cross-listed: LAIS (core course)