Spring 2015
Smith College Program in Latin American and Latino/a Studies
Approved Courses
LAS 261 (L) National Latin America, 1821 to the Present
Same as HST 261. A thematic survey of Latin American history in the 19th and 20th centuries
focusing on the development of export economies and the consolidation of the state in the 19th
century, the growth of political participation by the masses after 1900, and the efforts of Latin
Americans to bring social justice and democracy to the region. Basis for the LALS major. {H}
Credits: 4
Ann Zulawski
Offered Spring 2015
T R 10:30-11:50am
LAS 301 Seminar: Topics in Latin American and Latino/a Studies
Topic: Indians, Spaniards, and Africans: The Archaeology of Colonialism and Slavery in
Spanish America and the Caribbean
TBA Credits: 4
Instructor: Maxine Oland
Offered Spring 2015
R 3:00-4:50pm
ANT 220 Collecting the Past: Art & Artifacts of the Ancient Americas
Elizabeth Klarich
Offered Spring 2015
At Amherst College
Teaching Times TBA
ANT 234 Culture, Power and Politics
Fernando Armstrong-Fumero
Offered Spring 2015
Teaching Times TBA
ANT 237 Native South Americans
Elizabeth Klarich
Offered Spring 2015
Teaching Times TBA
ARH 292 Collecting the Past
Dana Leibsohn
Offered Spring 2015
Teaching Times TBA
CLT 268 Transnational Latina Feminisms
Nancy Saporta Sternbach
Offered Spring 2015
M W F 11:00am-12:10pm
GOV 220 Introduction to Comparative Politics
Velma Garcia
Offered Spring 2015
T R 9:00-10:20am
GOV 237 Colloquium: Politics and the U.S./Mexico Border
Velma Garcia
Offered Spring 2015
T R 10:30-11:50am
POR 221 Portuguese and Brazilian Literature and Culture
Brazil x Five: A Journey through Its Multicultural Regions
Marguerite Itamar Harrison
Offered Spring 2015
M W F 11:00am-12:10pm
POR 381 Seminar in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
Angola, Brazil, and Cuba: Race, Nation, and Narrative
Malcolm McNee
Offered Spring 2015
T R 1:00-2:50pm
SPN 230 Latin American and Peninsular Literature
Doméstica: Precarious Subjects and the Politics of Intimacy in Literature and Film
Michelle Joffroy
Offered Spring 2015
T R 9:00-10:20am
SPN 240 From Page to Stage
Argentina 2000-2015: Searching from the Stage
María Harretche
Offered Spring 2015
T R 1:00-2:50pm
SPN 246 Latin American Literature
Zapatismo Now: Cultural Resistance on the "Other" Border
Michelle Joffroy
Offered Spring 2015
T R 10:30-11:50am
SPN 261 Survey of Latin American Literature II
Silvia Berger
Offered Spring 2015
M W 1:10-2:30pm
SPN 371 Seminar: Latin American Literature in a Regional Context
Centroamérica: Texts, Films, Music
Nancy Saporta Sternbach
Offered Spring 2015
M W 1:10-2:30pm