Procupez
Limit 60
W 4:30-7:00 PM Class Dates: March 3, March 10 and March 24, March 31
This course provides a brief, four-week, one-credit introduction to the cultural, political and aesthetic domains of Latin American cinema through thematically focused discussions of four feature-length films.
Reitsma
Limit 50
T 1:30-3:50
Through the interdisciplinary lens of anthropology, political science, history, literature, and film, this course explores issues related to ethnic identity, social movements, and politics in Bolivia, Ecuador, Mexico, Colombia, and Argentina.
Gonzalez
Limit 30
T/TH 10:30-11:45
The course examines an extensive range of topics beginning with the European conflict for the dominion of North America during the 18th century and concluding with 19th and 20th centuries issues and present day U.S.- Mexico border problems as migration, drug smuggling, and international trade. A multidisciplinary and binational approach to those subjects will be emphasized.
Smith
Limit 35
W 1:30-3:50
This course consists of a series of case studies in US decision making related to Cuba from 1959 to the present, everything from the initial decision signed by Eisenhower to launch effors to remove the Castro government (which led to the Bay of Pigs) to President Bush’s decision last May to launch new measures to remove the Castro regime. Cross-listed with Political Science
Alonso
M 1:30-3:50
Argentina has long puzzled historians and social scientists. The country reached relatively high levels of development and possesses a large educated middle class, but has consistently “underperformed”. By focusing on the country’s politics from Independence to the present day, this course attempts to unravel Argentina’s many paradoxes.
Igel
Limit 25
F 1:30-3:50
Course focuses on traditional and contemporary Brazilian fiction, in English, complemented by movies and PPoint. Some of the authors examined are: Machado de Assis, Lispector, G. Rosa, Telles, Scliar, Hatoum.
McCarthy
Limit 25
Th 1:30-3:50
The return of the Left to power throughout Latin America is an example of unexpected political change. In this course we examine the causes, consequences, and challenges of the on-going ‘Left Turn.’ It starts by addressing the historical foundations of the Left and then examines different literature that attempts to account for this shift and assess the trajectory of the current Leftist governments.
Cross-listed: Political Science
Khan/Obarrio
Limit 80
W/F 3-4:15
Is every crime forgivable? Does faith have to be sincere and spontaneous? Is money real? Is it possible to plan for a catastrophe? With these questions in mind we invite you to an exploration of anthropology. We will draw upon the archives of the discipline to provide you historical, ethnographic and comparative perspectives on law, religion, money and the environment.
Cervone
Limit 25
M/W 12-1:15
This course analyzes theories of development that have been guiding international cooperation in developing countries since the late 1940s. Case studies focus on Latin America, the Caribbean, India, and Africa.
Obarrio
Limit 25
TH 2-4
For/giving? Anthropologies (Mauss, Sahlins) and philosophies (Derrida, Marion, Nancy) of the gift. Theories of justice: Rawls and the debates on community, liberal rights and utilitarianism.
Shell-Weiss
Debates over who should come, who is eligible for citizenship and rights as old as the process of immigration to the United States itself. Beginning with the end of Reconstruction and continuing through the 20th century interwar period, this course explores who came, why, how they were received, how these waves of newcomers transformed American politics, society and culture, and what these debates can teach us about debates over contemporary immigration today. Class is conducted twice weekly lecture format, with separate required discussion sections.
Russel-Wood
Limit 50
M/W 12-1:15
Exploration and Portuguese settlement in Africa, Asia and America, and integration of these regions into an inter-continental and multi-oceanic system. Emphasis on political, commercial, military, cultural, and social aspects and European/non-European relations.
Knight
Comparative examinations of revolutionary political changes in Haiti, Mexico, Bolivia, and Cuba.
Russel-Wood
Limit 15
Portuondo
This course surveys a various national contexts to illustrate major themes in western science and technology in Hispanic America (1492 to the present)
Keck
Sections (01-04)
A survey of modern Latin American politics and political development. (CP/IR)
Bensabat Ott
Pre-requisites: 210.391 or equivalent score on placement test.
This third-year Portuguese course focuses on reading, writing, and oral expression. Under supervision of the instructor, students will read one or two complete works by major Brazilian, Portuguese, and/or Afro-Portuguese writers each semester, followed by intensive writing and oral discussion on the topic covered. Grammar will be reviewed as necessary. Lab work required. The course is conducted entirely in Portuguese. May not be taken on a P/F basis.
Vitaliti
Pre-requisites: Advanced Spanish I 210.311 or appropriate S-Cape score
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 tests, movies, songs, pictures, and paintings, in relation to their social, political, and cultural contests. Taught in Spanish. May not be taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory.
Bensabat Ott
(section 01—3.0 credits, section 01—4.0 credits)
This course is intended as an introduction to the culture and civilization of Brazil. It is designed to provide the student with basic information about Brazilian history, art, literature, popular culture, theater, cinema and music. The course will focus on how indigenous Asian, African and European culture 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 give to student who wish to do the course work in Portuguese.
Limit Section 01—35
Limit Section 02—10 (Course work in Portuguese; Permission Required for sec. 2 only)
Castro-Klaren
The course introduces students to the study of Argentine literary culture in the first three quarters of the twentieth century. Its objective is to instruct the students in methods of close reading and develop perspectives in critical thinking.
Gonzalez
His detractors often compare him to Hitler while many of his admirers see in him a saint and a martyr like Jesus Christ. Cuban school children are taught to be like him. Che was killed in 1967, the same year in which Gabriel García Márquez published Cien años de soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitute). We will study Guevara's life as a militant revolutionary through his own writings and the exorbitant style known as realismo mágico, crafted by García Márquez, one of Che's great admirers. Four movies will anchor our visual take on the myth and the man: Los diarios de motocicleta (Walter Salles, 2004), Che I and Che II (Steven Soderbergh, 2008), and Wall Street (Oliver Stone, 1987). The nineteen-eighties narcotraffic boom in Colombia and the cocaine-driven financial high times during the late Reagan years will frame our study.
von der Heydt-Coca
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