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Introduction to issues debates, and approaches in the study of Latin America, Spain and Portugal, and the Latinx world, from an interdisciplinary perspective. Topics considered include history, culture, society, and literature from various places and times.

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Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in LAIS 10.

Enrollment Comments: Taught in Spanish. Knowledge of Spanish is required.

Honors discussion section for students enrolled in LAIS 10. This discussion section will be taught in Spanish.

Designed to acquaint students with current research on the main areas of Latin American and Iberian Studies.

Eligible students are invited to enroll in the honors seminar which is generally taught by the course instructor.

Designed to acquaint students with current research on the main areas of Latin American and Iberian Studies. Taught in Spanish.

Issues central to the study of Latin America and Iberia across the social sciences and history. Topics include nationalism, revolution, politics and the state, economic development and international relations, labor, popular culture, race, gender, religion, migration, environment, imperialism, and colonialism.

Issues central to the study of Latin America and Iberia across the social sciences and history. Topics include nationalism, revolution, politics and the state, economic development and international relations, labor, popular culture, race, gender, religion, migration, environment, imperialism, and colonialism. Taught in Spanish.

Issues pertinent to the diverse cultures, languages, and literatures of Latin America and Iberia. Disciplines and approaches may include: pre-Columbian studies, Spanish and Spanish American literatures, Portuguese and Brazilian literatures, translation studies, cultural, gender, and queer studies, romance language and linguistics.

Issues pertinent to the diverse cultures, languages, and literatures of Latin America and Iberia. Disciplines and approaches may include: pre-Columbian studies, Spanish and Spanish American literatures, Portuguese and Brazilian literatures, translation studies, cultural, gender, and queer studies, romance language and linguistics. Taught in Spanish.

Introduces students to Latin American theories, practices and representations about the media, analyzing from a cross-cultural and comparative perspective various cultural productions of the Spanish-speaking world that cross the domains of word, image, and sound.

Designed for students interested in expanding and applying their knowledge of Spanish to the medical field. Students will learn and apply targeted vocabulary/grammar and develop bicultural/bilingual competency of healthcare issues in Hispanic countries and the US.

Explores the experiences of Africans and their descendants in the Americas, mostly in Latin America and the Caribbean. Looks at ways in which men and women (enslaved and free) negotiated their imposed conditions from the colonial period to the present. Considers the methodological challenges of writing a history of people who did not produce primary sources. Underscores the contribution that people of African-descent have made and the debates that continue shaping the discipline.

A general survey of the social, economic, institutional, and intellectual history of colonial Spanish America (1492-1800), with comparisons to colonial Brazil.

A Spanish-language version of LAIS 151A. A general survey of the social, economic, institutional, and intellectual history of colonial Spanish America (1492-1800), with comparisons to colonial Brazil, taught in Spanish and drawing on Spanish-language materials.

A survey on nineteenth-century Latin America. Topics include: the independence movements, the formation of national states, nationalism, liberalism, the construction of race and racial imaginings, slavery and the struggles for citizenship.

A survey on twentieth-century Latin America with an emphasis on social and political history, revolutions, the rise of U.S. hegemony, the Cold War, military dictatorships and human rights, neoliberalism, indigenous movements, and the continued struggle for citizenship.

A history of Cuba from the colonial era to the present, with an emphasis on the social and political processes of the 19th to 21st centuries.

A weekly reading seminar on special topics in the history of Latin America. Depending on the topic, it may include primary sources and works of fiction. Written assignments required.

Explores the intersectionality of honor, gender, race, and class during the colonial period and the nineteenth century, in the Americas, with an emphasis in Iberoamerica. Looks into the ways in which these notes, ideas, or concepts served as a metaphor for policies, rights, inclusion, and discrimination. Through the reading of secondary and primary sources, we explore ways in which women and men from different backgrounds and ethnicities negotiated, internalized and resisted hegemonic, imposed assumptions about their honor or lack of it. Lastly, we consider ways in which the sequels of these assumptions linger up to the present and shape the way we perceive on another.

The history of the Andean region broadly defined from pre-Columbian times to the colonial period. Topics include the Incas and their predecessors; indigenous societies in the Northern and Southern Andes; the formation and development of colonial societies; religion; the economy; and global connections.

The birth of the modern Andean republics; the shaping of national identity; the problem of "race"; Indigenismo; political movements and revolutions from the early nineteenth century to the present.

Through readings, films, and discussion, students explore a topic or problem in the history of the Andean region. Students conduct historical research using both primary and secondary sources to produce an original and substantial 15-20 page research paper.

The history of colonial New Spain, from California to Central America and from the Philippines to the Caribbean. Topics include pre-Columbian societies, including the Aztecs; the formation and development of colonial societies; religion; the economy; and global connections.

This course focuses on literature, music and culture of certain ethnic groups inhabiting the Andean region of South America including, but not limited to, the Aymara and Quechua peoples, their cosmovision and their languages. Through literary texts belonging to different genres, and through films, special attention is placed on expressions of syncretism in seasonal festivals in which pre-Hispanic, European, and African music traditions and religions were shaped due to forced migration, wars and colonization. A strong emphasis on the ecological regions of the nations that share the Andean mountain range contextualizes current indigenous movements of resistance against the degradation of its environment and the impact on its culture.

Study of three or four Hispanic novels vis-a-vis their film versions, permitting analysis of narrative in both genres, using existing films and videos based on masterpieces of Hispanic literature. Taught in Spanish.

A survey of the poetry of the Spanish-American avant-guarde focusing on its three main tendencies: colloquial or antipoetic poetry, existentially or politically committed poetry, and self-referential, narcissistic poetry.

An introduction to nineteenth- and twentieth-century Spanish American women's writings. Themes may include women's participation in the formation of national literatures, their engagement with a tradition of women's writing, and issues of authorship and authority.

Individual study with the advisor for the purpose of writing a major interdisciplinary research paper on a topic of sufficient depth and sophistication.

Individual study with the advisor for the purpose of writing a major interdisciplinary research paper on a topic of sufficient depth and sophistication.

Students learn the mechanics of formulating a research problem and choose a faculty advisor, and submit a project proposal.

The description of any one 199 must not be identical to any existing coursedescription.

Seminar designed to acquaint students with current research on the main areas of Latin American and Iberian studies as well as the faculty associated with the program. Knowledge of Spanish is highly desirable.

Issues central to the study of Latin America and Iberia across the social sciences and history. Topics may include nationalism, revolution, politics and the state, economic development and international relations, labor, popular culture, race, gender, religion, migration, environment, imperialism, colonialism.

Introduces students to digital and paper library and archival resources and research. Students will learn effective use of library and online research strategies from the instructor and the LAIS librarian.

Mestizaje has been one of the longest racial projects in the American continent, both as a de facto phenomena and as an ideology. This course critically engages with contemporary debates. Explores Mestizaje as resistance, as well as domination.

Supervised teaching of LAIS discussion sessions at UCSB.

Individual independent study which could include work with EAP. A written proposal for each tutorial must be approved by student's program adviser and by the department chair. The number of units that a student may take depends on the nature of the program and the consent of the adviser or the graduate committee.

Only for research and writing of the thesis under the direction of a faculty member in the program and with the approval of the chair.