Academic Catalog

Latin American and Latinx Studies (C072)

GEC Coordinator: Clarisa Perez-Armendariz

This concentration provides frameworks to better understand the cultures, societies and environments of Latin America and its diasporas, including the many communities that historically pre-existed in the United States, people who have immigrated to the United States from various parts of Latin America, and their descendants.

Complete four credits from the Latin American and Latinx Studies program or designated with the (C072) GEC attribute; no more than two courses may be from any one department or program.

One non-Bates credit may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval. If studying abroad in Latin America, up to two non-Bates credits may be applied to the concentration if the above conditions are met. This concentration is not open to students who have declared a major or minor in Latin American and Latinx Studies or a major in History with a primary concentration on Latin America.

Active course offerings include:

AFR 225The Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World
AFR 309Visions of Freedom Before 1619 in the Iberian Black Atlantic
AFR 330Latina/o/xs in NYC Hip-Hop Culture
AMST 306DTheologies of Race and Liberation in the Americas: Black, Womanist, and Latinx
AMST 312Language Death and Revitalization
AMST 330Latina/o/xs Hip-Hop
ANTH S23Indigeneity in the Dominican Republic: Ethnographic Perspectives
ANTH 167Culture in the Americas
ANTH 289After Deportation Ethnographies from Latin America and the Caribbean
ANTH 312Language Death and Revitalization
ANTH 371Indigenous Women's Social Movements in Latin America
ASIA 343Geopolitics of Rising Powers: BRICS and Beyond
ENVR 223Politics of Wildlife Conservation
ENVR 228Latin America Debates Dependency and Development
ENVR 243International Development
GSS 301DRegulating Intimacy: Histories of the Labor of Sex in North America
GSS 371Indigenous Women's Social Movements in Latin America
HISP 222Short Narrative in the Spanish-speaking World
HISP 223Drama and Performance in the Spanish-speaking World
HISP 224Protest and Justice
HISP 226Race and Nation in the Ibero/American World
HISP 232Visions of Freedom Before 1619 in the Iberian Black Atlantic
HISP 304Poesía de resistencia: From Antipatriarchy to Anti-imperialism
HISP 308Poéticas del género y la memoria
HISP 317Screening Citizenship: Jewish Latin American Film
HISP 341Lectura americana de Cervantes
HIST S20Latina Power! U.S. Latina Labor History
HIST S26¡Revolución! Debating Mexico
HIST 181Creating Latin America: A History
HIST 214Revolutionary Americas, 1750-1848
HIST 225The Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World
HIST 268US Latinx History
HIST 270From Madrid to Manila: Globalization and the Spanish Empire
HIST 273US Immigration: Rise of the Immigration Regime
HIST 295Montezuma's Mexico: Aztecs and their World
HIST 301DRegulating Intimacy: Histories of the Labor of Sex in North America
HIST 301WLatin America during the Cold War
HIST 301YThe Spanish Inquisition
LALS S20Latina Power! U.S. Latina Labor History
LALS S23Indigeneity in the Dominican Republic: Ethnographic Perspectives
LALS S26¡Revolución! Debating Mexico
LALS S50Independent Study
LALS 167Culture in the Americas
LALS 181Creating Latin America: A History
LALS 208Latinx Politics
LALS 215Revolutionary Americas, 1750-1848
LALS 220Central America and The Caribbean
LALS 225The Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World
LALS 228Latin America Debates Dependency and Development
LALS 243International Development
LALS 249Politics of Latin America
LALS 268US Latinx History
LALS 270From Madrid to Manila: Globalization and the Spanish Empire
LALS 273US Immigration: Rise of the Immigration Regime
LALS 289After Deportation Ethnographies from Latin America and the Caribbean
LALS 295Montezuma's Mexico: Aztecs and their World
LALS 301DRegulating Intimacy: Histories of the Labor of Sex in North America
LALS 301WLatin America during the Cold War
LALS 303The Spanish Inquisition
LALS 304Poesía de resistencia: From Antipatriarchy to Anti-imperialism
LALS 306DTheologies of Race and Liberation in the Americas: Black, Womanist, and Latinx
LALS 309Visions of Freedom Before 1619 in the Iberian Black Atlantic
LALS 312Language Death and Revitalization
LALS 317Screening Citizenship: Jewish Latin American Film
LALS 330Latina/o/xs in NYC Hip-Hop Culture
LALS 338Political Challenges in Latin America
LALS 341Lectura americana de Cervantes
LALS 343Geopolitics of Rising Powers: BRICS and Beyond
LALS 353Political Violence in Latin America
LALS 360Independent Study
LALS 371Indigenous Women's Social Movements in Latin America
LALS 457Senior Thesis
LALS 458Senior Thesis
PLTC 208Latinx Politics
PLTC 228Latin America Debates Dependency and Development
PLTC 249Politics of Latin America
PLTC 268Global Political Economy of Development
PLTC 320Immigrants and Their Homelands
PLTC 338Political Challenges in Latin America
PLTC 343Geopolitics of Rising Powers: BRICS and Beyond
PLTC 353Political Violence in Latin America
REL 295Montezuma's Mexico: Aztecs and their World
REL 306DTheologies of Race and Liberation in the Americas: Black, Womanist, and Latinx
REL 314The Spanish Inquisition
SOC 289After Deportation Ethnographies from Latin America and the Caribbean