Class Roster - Spring 2016 - Subject - Latin American Studies

LATA 1960

Modern Latin America

A survey of the social, political, cultural and economic history of Latin America from roughly 1800 to the present. Primary aim is to develop a mental map of the history of Latin America - of prominent ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 1960
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

17059 LATA 1960 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MW 2:55pm - 4:10pm Mcgraw Hall 165
- Instructors
  
  Craib, R
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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LATA 2063

Anarchism: History, Theory, Practice

Anarchism. What is it good for? A political philosophy and approach to social organization that arose simultaneous with other grand "–isms," anarchism, perhaps more than any other idea and practice, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2063
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

17064 LATA 2063 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- MW 7:30pm - 8:45pm McGraw Hall 145
- Instructors
  
  Craib, R
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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LATA 2150

Contemporary Latin American Survey

Readings and discussion of representative texts of the 19th and 20th centuries from various regions of Latin America. Among the authors considered are Sarmiento, Hernández, Martí, Darío, Agustini, Cortázar, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SPAN 2150
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

5310 LATA 2150 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- MWF 12:20pm - 1:10pm Goldwin Smith Hall G20
- Instructors
  
  Monterroso, G
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Additional Information

Prerequisites: SPAN 2070 or 2090 or CASE Q+, or permission of instructor. Conducted in Spanish. This is a core course for the major.

LATA 2170

Early Modern Iberian Survey

This course explores major texts and themes of the Hispanic tradition from the 11th to the 17th centuries. We will examine general questions on literary analysis and the relationship between literature ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MEDVL 2170, SPAN 2170
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

5312 LATA 2170 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 10:10am - 11:25am Uris Hall 312
- Instructors
  
  Pinet, S
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Additional Information

Prerequisite: SPAN 2070 or SPAN 2090 or CASE Q+, or permission of instructor. Course is conducted in Spanish. This is a core course for the major.

LATA 2200

Perspectives on Latin America

Interdisciplinary course offered every spring. Topics vary by semester, but readings always focus on current research in various disciplines and regions of Latin America. The range of issues addressed ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LSP 2201, SPAN 2200
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

8212 LATA 2200 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MW 2:55pm - 4:10pm Statler Hall 445
- Instructors
  
  McDaniel, S
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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LATA 3010

Hispanic Theatre Production

Students develop a specific dramatic text for full-scale production. The course involves selection of an appropriate text, close analysis of the literary aspects of the play, and group evaluation of its ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3010, LSP 3010
Credits and Grading Basis

1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

7602 LATA 3010 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- MW 7:30pm - 10:30pm Goldwin Smith Hall G22
- Instructors
  
  Castillo, D
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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LATA 3015

Sweetness: How Sugar Built the Modern World

Rice, wheat, and maize are examples of crops that sustained the civilizations in which they were cultivated for centuries. Sugar is different. Not only is sugar cane a relatively recent transplant, originating ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 3010
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18352 LATA 3015 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- TR 8:40am - 9:55am Stimson Hall 206
- Instructors
  
  Aching, G
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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LATA 3065

Immigrant America: Race and Citizenship in Modern Working-Class History

Immigration discourse and policy has played a central role in shaping the modern American nation-state, including its composition, values, and institutions. This course begins in the late nineteenth century, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3065, ILRLR 3065, LSP 3065
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))

Class Number & Section Details

8648 LATA 3065 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- TR 1:25pm - 2:40pm Ives Hall 105
- Instructors
  
  Martinez-Matsuda, V
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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LATA 3256

Ancient Civilizations of the Andes

This course is a survey of the rise and decline of civilizations in the Andean region of western South America before the European invasion. We begin with a consideration of Andean environments and an ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3256, ANTHR 7256, ARKEO 3256, ARKEO 7256, LATA 7256
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

16803 LATA 3256 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- TR 1:25pm - 2:40pm McGraw Hall B65
- Instructors
  
  Henderson, J
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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LATA 3480

Brazilian Culture Through its Music

Few areas of cultural expression can rise to the importance of music in Brazilian life. This seminar-style course employs discussion, critical reading and listening – and hands-on music-making – to investigate ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 3480, MUSIC 3480, PORT 3480
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

17540 LATA 3480 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MW 2:55pm - 4:10pm Lincoln Hall B20
- Instructors
  
  Pond, S
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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LATA 3609

Brazilian Ensemble - Deixa Sambar

Deixa Sambar performs several styles of samba, Brazil's national music. Members need not have prior background in music-making, but a good sense of rhythm is desirable. Members include students as well ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 3609
Credits and Grading Basis

1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

16460 LATA 3609 STU 501
Meeting Pattern
- R 7:00pm - 9:00pm Lincoln Hall B20
- Instructors
  
  Pond, S
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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LATA 3613

Cornell Steel Band

The Cornell Steel Band explores the wide variety of music for an orchestra of instruments fashioned from 55-gallon oil drums, and an "engine room" of non-pitched percussion. Interwoven into the focus on ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 3613
Credits and Grading Basis

0-1 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

7203 LATA 3613 STU 501
Meeting Pattern
- W 4:40pm - 6:40pm Bailey Hall 101
- Instructors
  
  Miller, C
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Audition required.

LATA 3800

Poetry and Poetics of the Americas

As globalization draws the Americas ever closer together, reshaping our sense of a common and uncommon American culture, what claims might be made for a distinctive, diverse poetry and poetics of the America? ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3820, COML 3800, ENGL 3910, SPAN 3800
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

17407 LATA 3800 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- MWF 11:15am - 12:05pm Klarman Hall KG42
- Instructors
  
  Monroe, J
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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LATA 4010

Experience Latin America: Rural and Urban Realities I

Acquaints students with the cultural, historical, socio-political, literary, anthropological, health, agricultural, and development issues in southern Mexico. The lectures/discussions establish the global ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: IARD 4010
Credits and Grading Basis

2 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

7130 LATA 4010 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- F 1:25pm - 2:40pm Emerson Hall 135
- Instructors
  
  Castillo, D
  Hobbs, P
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Additional Information

There is an optional Spanish language discussion section offered for IARD/LATA 4010.

LATA 4211

Rebel Blacks and the Atlantic(s)

This course will read the historical archive as literature alongside contemporary and canonical theoretical texts that attempt to negotiate ideas of being and blackness. We will interrogate the position ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4215, AMST 6215, ASRC 4211, ASRC 6211, LATA 6211
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

18660 LATA 4211 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 10:10am - 11:25am Uris Hall 498
- Instructors
  
  Wilson, R
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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LATA 4970

Independent Study in Latin American Studies

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

6221 LATA 4970 IND 601
Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Instructors
  
  Devoogd, T
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Department Consent Required (Add)

LATA 6011

Student-Community Partnerships in Ecuador II

This is the second part of the course (IARD 4011 or LATA 4011 is first taken in the fall) taken on return from Ecuador. Partners students with community practitioners in a rural region of Ecuador after ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: IARD 6011, NTRES 6011
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

7993 LATA 6011 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- W 7:30pm - 8:20pm Plant Science Building G37
- Instructors
  
  Lassoie, J
  Morreale, S
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Prerequisites: Junior, Senior or Graduate students. International Experience and some conversational Spanish preferred. Students have to take IARD4011 as a pre-requisite to taking 6011

LATA 6211

Rebel Blacks and the Atlantic(s)

This course will read the historical archive as literature alongside contemporary and canonical theoretical texts that attempt to negotiate ideas of being and blackness. We will interrogate the position ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4215, AMST 6215, ASRC 4211, ASRC 6211, LATA 4211
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

18661 LATA 6211 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 10:10am - 11:25am Uris Hall 498
- Instructors
  
  Wilson, R
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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LATA 7256

Ancient Civilizations of the Andes

This course asks how anthropologists articulate the relevance of our work in theoretical and political terms by staging an encounter between three disparate strands of scholarship: anthropology of the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3256, ANTHR 7256, ARKEO 3256, ARKEO 7256, LATA 3256
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

17259 LATA 7256 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- TR 1:25pm - 2:40pm McGraw Hall B65
- Instructors
  
  Henderson, J
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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LATA 1960 Modern Latin America

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LATA 2063 Anarchism: History, Theory, Practice

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LATA 2150 Contemporary Latin American Survey

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LATA 2170 Early Modern Iberian Survey

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LATA 2200 Perspectives on Latin America

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LATA 3010 Hispanic Theatre Production

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LATA 3015 Sweetness: How Sugar Built the Modern World

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LATA 3065 Immigrant America: Race and Citizenship in Modern Working-Class History

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LATA 3256 Ancient Civilizations of the Andes

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LATA 3480 Brazilian Culture Through its Music

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LATA 3609 Brazilian Ensemble - Deixa Sambar

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LATA 3613 Cornell Steel Band

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LATA 1960

Modern Latin America

LATA 2063

Anarchism: History, Theory, Practice

LATA 2150

Contemporary Latin American Survey

LATA 2170

Early Modern Iberian Survey

LATA 2200

Perspectives on Latin America

LATA 3010

Hispanic Theatre Production

LATA 3015

Sweetness: How Sugar Built the Modern World

LATA 3065

Immigrant America: Race and Citizenship in Modern Working-Class History

LATA 3256

Ancient Civilizations of the Andes

LATA 3480

Brazilian Culture Through its Music

LATA 3609

Brazilian Ensemble - Deixa Sambar

LATA 3613

Cornell Steel Band

LATA 3800

Poetry and Poetics of the Americas

LATA 4010

Experience Latin America: Rural and Urban Realities I

LATA 4211

Rebel Blacks and the Atlantic(s)

LATA 4970

Independent Study in Latin American Studies

LATA 6011

Student-Community Partnerships in Ecuador II

LATA 6211

Rebel Blacks and the Atlantic(s)

LATA 7256

Ancient Civilizations of the Andes