LACS 1000 Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Studies The interdisciplinary study of Latin America and the Caribbean. Examination of ethnic and cultural diversity and issues of gender, race, class, and culture within Latin American and Caribbean society. Consideration will also be given to the historical, political, economic, geographic, and social experiences of Latin American and Caribbean ethnic and cultural groups with special attention to their diversity and unity. Dr. Jorge Derpic. T/R 11:35 a.m. to 12:55 p.m.Dr. Pablo Lapegna. T/R 1:15 to 2:35 p.m. LACS 4311/6311 Critical Concepts in Latin American and Caribbean Studies Covers a range of theories and perspectives instrumental to Latin American and Caribbean Studies across disciplines and over time. Examples include dependency theory, liberation theology, subaltern studies, the decolonial turn, indigenous epistemologies, and Latin American feminisms. Concepts addressed may include colonialism, imperialism, coloniality, criollismo, indigenismo, mestizaje, hybridity, testimonio, and lo popular. Dr. Jorge Derpic. T/R 2:55 to 4:15 p.m. LACS 4911/6911Topics in Latin American and Caribbean Studies (Split level) To enhance the knowledge gained and deepen the appreciation of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Students will demonstrate proficiency in the major regional language of choice. Dr. Jorge Derpic. T/R 1:15 to 2:35 p.m. LACS 5060. Telenovelas, Culture and Society Examination of the connections between media, culture, and society as participants study the world's most watched television genre: the Latin American telenovela. The class focuses on the genre's contexts of production, consumption, regulation, and globalization, and analyzes telenovelas as a public forum for the negotiation of sociocultural issues. Dr. Carolina Acosta-Alzuru. T/R 3:55 to 5:10pm QUEC 1001Elementary Quechua Language & Culture This course is an introduction to the Quechua language and an overview of the Andean region. What is Quechua? Quechua is the most widely spoken Indigenous language in Latin America, with approximately 10 million speakers throughout Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and parts of Chile and Argentina. Dr. Bethany Bateman. T/R 9:55 to 10:50 a.m. SPAN 8100Poetry / Poetics This graduate course examines 20th and 21st Century Hispanic and Latinx poets/poetry moving from a humanistic to a post-humanistic poetics as society/culture/literature. Using poetry as the most experimental type of writing, we will observe the changes in conceiving the place of literature in today’s techno-society. The theoretical/critical work of Gerard Genette, Guillermo Sucre, Christopher Domínguez Michael, Scott Weintraub, Magda Sepúlveda, among others, and the work of selected poets will serve to understand and further discuss of current debates about canonical/experimental, urban/indigenous writing practices/concerns, old/new humanistic studies, print/digital/AI cultures. This critical-artistic dialogue around questions of literary and (post/trans)humanistic condition will be exemplified with analysis/performance of key poetic works. We will also have telematic encounters with poets from Bolivia, Uruguay, Ecuador, Mexico, USA… TEXTS and other materials (online or sent as pdf-s, etc.) . Dr. Luis Correa-Díaz. T/R 11:35 a.m. to 12:55 p.m. INTL(LACS) 4380 Latin American Politics The factors leading to democratic transitions in the region and the problems associated with the consolidation of democratic rule. Prerequisite: INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 Dr. Natán Skigin. T/R 2:55 to 4:15 p.m.
