This concentration focuses on the political, economic, and socio-cultural transformations that have profoundly shaped the Americas over time. In addition, it explores the historical processes that have created and continue to shape the diverse people living in the Americas throughout the centuries, focusing specifically on the peoples of Latin American origins and calling attention to the complex interplay among Indigenous, African, European, Arab, Asian, and Semitic societies in the region. This concentration provides the methodological and theoretical tools to analyze longitudinally and comparatively key historical issues such as colonization, imperialism, militarism, revolution, the struggles for liberation and self-determination, nationalism, and the creation of borders and boundaries, as well as the development of unique art and literary expressions. Courses in this concentration also address issues such as authoritarian and democratic regimes of governance, state-interventionist and neoliberal economies, national and transnational forms of belonging, as well as the new modes of institutional exclusion and socio-cultural formation. In choosing this concentration, students will grapple with key figures, events, and movements in the Americas.
Course Requirements
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select six courses from the following: | 24 | |
| LATIN AMERICA TO 1765: LIFE BEFORE AND AFTER COLUMBUS | ||
| LATIN AMERICA, 1765-1914: THE LONG 19TH CENTURY | ||
| LATIN AMERICA, 1914-2010 | ||
| MEXICO AFTER INDEPENDENCE | ||
| MEXICO: FROMTHE OLMECS TO INDEPENDENCE | ||
| MAYA ART AND ARCHITECTURE | ||
| ART OF MESOAMERICA | ||
| ART IN THE SPANISH AMERICAN EMPIRE | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES | ||
| GLOBALIZATION IN THE AMERICAS | ||
| URBAN LATIN AMERICA: LABOR, HOUSING, ENVIRONMENT AND GENDER | ||
| INDIGENOUS POLITICAL STRUGGLES | ||
| REVOLUTIONS AND PEASANT REBELLIONS | ||
| LATIN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY | ||