Fall 2013
Smith College Program in Latin American and Latino/a Studies
Approved Courses
LALS Courses:
LAS 201
Colloquium in Latin American and Latino/a Studies
Topics course.
Environment and Society in the History of Latin America
From the development of sugar as the major slave commodity of the 18th century Caribbean to the
“Water Wars” in the Bolivian highlands at the turn of the 21st century, race, labor, and imperialism
in Latin America have been shaped in relation to the natural environment. This course explores the
role of the environment in the colonial and modern history of Latin America. Together, we will
examine how the environment shaped the processes of conquest, displacement, settlement, and
trade, as well as how these processes transformed the natural environment throughout the
hemisphere. As we will see, an environmental approach to the past opens up new ways of thinking
about important themes such as slavery, empire, nationalism, and economic development.
Daniel Rodriguez
Offered Fall 2013 (Monday/Wednesday, 1:10-2:30 PM)
LAS 260
(L) Colonial Latin America, 1492-1821
Same as HST 260. The development of Latin American society during the period of Spanish and Portuguese rule.
Social and cultural change in Native American societies as a result of colonialism. The contributions of Africans,
Europeans and Native Americans to the new multi-ethnic societies that emerged during the three centuries of
colonization and resistance. The study of sexuality, gender ideologies and the experiences of women are integral to
the course and essential for understanding political power and cultural change in colonial Latin America. Basis
for LALS major.
{H} Credits: 4
Ann Zulawski
Offered Fall 2013 (Tuesday/Thursday, 10:30-11:50 AM), Fall 2014
Cross-Listed Courses:
ANTH 216 Collecting the Past: Art & Artifacts of the Ancient Americas
Offered at Mount Holyoke College, Fall 2013 (Tuesday/Thursday, 1:15-2:30 PM)
Elizabeth Klarich
ECO 213
The World Food System
Offered Fall 2013 (Tuesday/Thursday, 10:30-11:50 AM)
Nola Reinhardt
198 The Global Coffee Trail
Offered Fall 2013 (Tuesday/Thursday, 3:00-4:30 PM)
Nola Reinhardt
GOV 226
Latin American Political Systems
Offered Fall 2013 (Tuesday/Thursday, 9:00-10:20 AM)
Velma Garcia
GOV 322
Seminar in Comparative Government.
Topic: Latin American Social Movements
Offered Fall 2013 (Tuesday, 1:00-2:50 PM)
Velma Garcia
HST 260
Same as LAS 260
(L) Colonial Latin America, 1492-1821
Offered Fall 2013 (Tuesday/Thursday, 10:30-11:50 AM), Fall 2014
Ann Zulawski
HST 361
Problems in the History of Spanish America and Brazil, Topic: Public Health, Race and Nation in Latin
America, 1850-Present
Offered Fall 2013 (Thursday, 3:00-4:50 PM)
Ann Zulawski
SOC 214
Sociology of Hispanic Caribbean Communities in the United
States
Offered Fall 2013 (Monday/Wednesday/Friday, 10:00-11:00 AM; Lab Wednesday (7:30-9:30 PM)
Ginetta Candelario
POR 220
Topics in Portuguese and Brazilian Literature and Culture.
Topic: Brazil in the News: Media, Society and Popular Culture
Offered Fall 2013 (Monday/Wednesday/Friday, 10:00-10:50 AM)
Simone Gugliotta
POR 381
Seminar in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies.
Topic: Brasil Profundo: Landscape and the Environmental Imaginary in Brazilian Culture
Offered Fall 2013 (Monday/Wednesday, 2:40-4:00 PM)
Malcolm McNee
SPN 246
Topics in Latin American Literature.
Topic: Reinterpreting Magical Realism in Literature and Film
Offered Fall 2013 (Monday/Wednesday, 9:00-10:20 AM)
Maria Helena Rueda
SPN 260
Survey of Latin American Literature I
Offered Fall 2013 (Monday/Wednesday/Friday, 11:00-12:00 PM)
Patricia Gonzalez
SPN 372
Seminar: Topics in Latin American and Iberian Studies.
Topic: Argentina 2000-12/Teatro x la Identidad
Offered Fall 2013 (Tuesday/Thursday, 1:00-2:50 PM)
Maria Estela Harretche
SPN 373
Seminar: Literary Movements in Spanish America.
Topic: Decoding Love: Affect and Subjectivity in Contemporary Latin American Culture
Offered Fall 2013 (Monday/Wednesday, 1:10-2:30 PM)
Maria Helena Rueda