Arts, Sciences, and Engineering History
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-6-6231 HIST 255-1 1492 and Beyond: Identity & Culture in Latin America Fall 2020 4.0 - 0.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
TR 1105 AM 1220 PM Morey Room 321
Enrollment: Enrolled     
26 		Capacity     
27
Co-Located: CLTR 246C-1, HIST 255-1 (P), HIST 255W-1, SPAN 255-1
Instructors: Pablo Sierra; Ryan Prendergast
Description: This course examines the writings of Spanish American residents from 1492 through the end of the seventeenth century. By focusing on conquerors, nuns, indigenous intellectuals and African-descended militiamen, we will analyze the uses of literary, historical, race, and gender studies for the analysis of colonial rule and identity in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, Mexico, Peru and other spaces. A broad range of sources such as journal entries, poems, and chronicles will inform our understanding of religion, society, identity, and politics. Readings will include: Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortes, El Inca Garcilaso, Sor Juana Inés del la Cruz, Chimalpahin and others. Course is taught in English. This course satisfies the SP203 requirement for the SP major. *Students taking the course for Spanish credit must have taken SP 200 and will do some reading and most of the writing in Spanish. 
Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-6-6232 HIST 255W-1 1492 and Beyond: Identity & Culture in Latin America Fall 2020 4.0 - 0.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
TR 1105 AM 1220 PM Morey Room 321
Enrollment: Enrolled     
26 		Capacity     
27
Co-Located: CLTR 246C-1, HIST 255-1 (P), HIST 255W-1, SPAN 255-1
Instructors: Pablo Sierra; Ryan Prendergast
Description: This course examines the writings of Spanish American residents from 1492 through the end of the seventeenth century. By focusing on conquerors, nuns, indigenous intellectuals and African-descended militiamen, we will analyze the uses of literary, historical, race, and gender studies for the analysis of colonial rule and identity in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, Mexico, Peru and other spaces. A broad range of sources such as journal entries, poems, and chronicles will inform our understanding of religion, society, identity, and politics. Readings will include: Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortes, El Inca Garcilaso, Sor Juana Inés del la Cruz, Chimalpahin and others. Course is taught in English. This course satisfies the SP203 requirement for the SP major. *Students taking the course for Spanish credit must have taken SP 200 and will do some reading and most of the writing in Spanish. 
Offered: Fall Spring Summer