Historical Processes and Interpretations of the Americas

The courses in this concentration explore 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 by 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.

Course Requirements

• Choose six courses from the following list*:

• LST 121 LATIN AMERICA TO C. 1765: PRE-COLUMBIAN SOCIETIES AND THE COLONIAL PERIOD
• LST 122 LATIN AMERICA, 1765-1914: THE LONG 19TH CENTURY
• LST 123 LATIN AMERICA, 1914-2010
• LST 204 FILM AND LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
• LST 205 MEXICO AFTER INDEPENDENCE
• LST 206 MEXICO: FROM THE OLMECS TO INDEPENDENCE
• LST 218 SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
  
• LST 243 MAYA ART AND ARCHITECTURE
• LST 244 ART OF MESOAMERICA
  
• LST 245 ART OF THE ANDES
  
• LST 246 ART IN THE SPANISH AMERICAN EMPIRE
• LST 247 ART OF THE ANCIENT AMERICAS
• LST 249 MODERN LATIN AMERICAN ART
• LST 268 MEXICAN ART
• LST 297 IMPERIAL SPAIN, 1469-1808
  
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : TIME AND HISTORY IN LATIN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : COLONIAL LATIN AMERICAN ART
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : SURVEY OF LATIN AMERICAN ART
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : PRE-COLUMBIAN ART
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : BORDER ACTIVISM
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : ARABS IN THE AMERICAS
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : CARIBBEAN VISIONS
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : LATIN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : LATIN AMERICAN/NEW GLOBAL ECONOMY
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN BRAZIL
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : LITERATURE/IDENTITY/LATIN AMERICA
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : PERFORMING POWER IN BRAZIL
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : ARCHAEOLOGY/CATHOLIC MISSIONS
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : INDIGENOUS POLITICAL STRUGGLES
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : COLONIAL PARADOX OF PUERTO RICO
• LST 300 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES : REVOLUTIONS & PEASANT REBELLIONS
• LST 321 GLOBALIZATION IN THE AMERICAS
• LST 336 EXPERIENCING MEXICAN ART
  
• LST 338 COLONIAL LATIN AMERICAN ART
• LST 348 INDIGENOUS POLITICAL STRUGGLES
• LST 358 REVOLUTIONS AND PEASANT REBELLIONS
  

* Courses from other departments may count towards this concentration; consult your LALS advisor for more information.

Open Electives

Open elective credit also is required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours.

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