Email
histadm1@uconn.edu
STUDY HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
Phone
860.486.3722
Latin American,
Caribbean &
Latino History
CONTACT US
University of Connecticut
History Department
241 Glenbrook Road
Storrs, CT 06269-2103
TO APPLY VISIT www.grad.uconn.edu
Mail
History Department
University of Connecticut
241 Glenbrook Road
Storrs, CT 06269-2103
RESOURCES
In addition to a vast collection of related secondary
materials held in the University’s Homer Babbidge
Library, the Archives & Special Collections Department of the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center houses
a large number of special research collections in
Puerto Rican and other Latin American and Caribbean
histories and cultures. The University of Connecticut
participates in the New England Consortium for Latin
American Studies with Yale and Brown Universities
and the University of Massachusetts. The Consortium
provides our students access to expanded library
borrowing privileges for special research projects at
partner schools, as well as the option for graduate
students to take classes at any of those institutions.
Students and faculty also have the opportunity to
attend and present their work at several different
annual on-campus lecture series.
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Institute for Puerto Rican and Latino Studies
Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Center
Institute for African American Studies
Human Rights Institute
Humanities Institute
Email
histadm1@uconn.edu
STUDY HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
Phone
860.486.3722
Latin American,
Caribbean &
Latino History
CONTACT US
University of Connecticut
History Department
241 Glenbrook Road
Storrs, CT 06269-2103
TO APPLY VISIT www.grad.uconn.edu
NON-PROFIT ORG.
U.S. POSTAGE
PAID
STORRS, CT
PERMIT NO.3
RELATED INSTITUTES AND CENTERS AT UCONN
Latin
American,
Caribbean &
Latino History
Mail
History Department
University of Connecticut
241 Glenbrook Road
Storrs, CT 06269-2103
RESOURCES
In addition to a vast collection of related secondary
materials held in the University’s Homer Babbidge
Library, the Archives & Special Collections Department of the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center houses
a large number of special research collections in
Puerto Rican and other Latin American and Caribbean
histories and cultures. The University of Connecticut
participates in the New England Consortium for Latin
American Studies with Yale and Brown Universities
and the University of Massachusetts. The Consortium
provides our students access to expanded library
borrowing privileges for special research projects at
partner schools, as well as the option for graduate
students to take classes at any of those institutions.
Students and faculty also have the opportunity to
attend and present their work at several different
annual on-campus lecture series.
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Institute for Puerto Rican and Latino Studies
Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Center
Institute for African American Studies
Human Rights Institute
Humanities Institute
NON-PROFIT ORG.
U.S. POSTAGE
PAID
STORRS, CT
PERMIT NO.3
RELATED INSTITUTES AND CENTERS AT UCONN
Latin
American,
Caribbean &
Latino History
LATIN
LATIN AMERICAN,
AMERICAN, CARIBBEAN
CARIBBEAN
&
LATINO
HISTORY
&
LATINO
HISTORY
at the University of Connecticut GRADUATE STUDY IN HISTORY
at the University of Connecticut The graduate program in Latin American, Caribbean and Latino History at the University of Connecticut examines the study of societies, politics, cultures, and economies of the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean from a hemispheric
perspective. Our faculty shares a commitment to explore the cross-border, transnational experiences that link the Americas as well as their relationship to national and
The History Department offers graduate training in a
variety of geographical and comparative fields, leading to
both the M.A. and the Ph.D. degree. The department’s
areas of strength in the United States, Europe, Latin
America, and comparative study are complemented by offerings in African, Asian, Middle Eastern, and Ancient history, as well as in topical areas. These include colonialism
and imperialism, gender and sexuality, race and ethnicities, human rights, international relations, environmental
history, ideas and ideologies, state and political culture,
and science, medicine, and technology. Small seminars
and an emphasis on departmental community facilitate
maximum interaction between faculty and students.
local histories. In our research and teaching, we aim to bridge divides among Latino,
African Diaspora, and Latin American/Caribbean Studies approaches.
PARTICIPATING FACULTY
Karen Spalding
Andean History; Social and Ethnohistory; Colonial America;
Social Movements
Blanca G. Silvestrini
Puerto Rico, Colonial Medicine, Law and Society;
Conceptions of Citizenship
Melina Pappademos
20th Century African Diaspora; Cuba; Racial Consciousness,
Political Cultures
SELECTED COURSE OFFERINGS
Mark Overmyer-Velázquez
Modern Mexico; U.S. Latino/as; Migration; Empire
Empire, Nations, and Migration: Latinos in the U.S.
The Making of the African Diaspora
Paul B. Goodwin (Emeritus)
Argentina, Latin America and the World
Medicine and Colonialism
History of 20th Century U.S. Foreign Relations
Topics in Latin American History
Frank Costigliola
U.S. Foreign Relations, Twentieth-Century U.S.
Gender and Sexuality in Latin/o America
Latin American Ethnohistory
Roger N. Buckley
Caribbean and British Imperial History
Historical Literature of Latin America
Human Rights in Latin America
Nationalism & Visual Culture in Latin America
TO LEARN MORE VISIT
LATIN AMERICAN, CARIBBEAN
& LATINO HISTORY
http://web.uconn.edu/laclh
GRADUATE STUDY IN HISTORY
at the University of Connecticut The graduate program in Latin American, Caribbean and Latino History at the University of Connecticut examines the study of societies, politics, cultures, and economies of the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean from a hemispheric
perspective. Our faculty shares a commitment to explore the cross-border, transnational experiences that link the Americas as well as their relationship to national and
The History Department offers graduate training in a
variety of geographical and comparative fields, leading to
both the M.A. and the Ph.D. degree. The department’s
areas of strength in the United States, Europe, Latin
America, and comparative study are complemented by offerings in African, Asian, Middle Eastern, and Ancient history, as well as in topical areas. These include colonialism
and imperialism, gender and sexuality, race and ethnicities, human rights, international relations, environmental
history, ideas and ideologies, state and political culture,
and science, medicine, and technology. Small seminars
and an emphasis on departmental community facilitate
maximum interaction between faculty and students.
local histories. In our research and teaching, we aim to bridge divides among Latino,
African Diaspora, and Latin American/Caribbean Studies approaches.
PARTICIPATING FACULTY
Karen Spalding
Andean History; Social and Ethnohistory; Colonial America;
Social Movements
Blanca G. Silvestrini
Puerto Rico, Colonial Medicine, Law and Society;
Conceptions of Citizenship
Melina Pappademos
20th Century African Diaspora; Cuba; Racial Consciousness,
Political Cultures
SELECTED COURSE OFFERINGS
Empire, Nations, and Migration: Latinos in the U.S.
The Making of the African Diaspora
Medicine and Colonialism
History of 20th Century U.S. Foreign Relations
Topics in Latin American History
Gender and Sexuality in Latin/o America
Mark Overmyer-Velázquez
Modern Mexico; U.S. Latino/as; Migration; Empire
Paul B. Goodwin (Emeritus)
Argentina, Latin America and the World
Frank Costigliola
U.S. Foreign Relations, Twentieth-Century U.S.
Latin American Ethnohistory
Historical Literature of Latin America
Human Rights in Latin America
Roger N. Buckley
Caribbean and British Imperial History
Nationalism & Visual Culture in Latin America
TO LEARN MORE VISIT
http://web.uconn.edu/laclh