{"id":2837,"date":"2025-02-06T19:07:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T19:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/latinam\/?p=2837"},"modified":"2025-02-06T19:07:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T19:07:16","slug":"spring-2025-course-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/latinam\/news\/spring-2025-course-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2025 course list"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spring registration is fast approaching! Join Latin American and Caribbean Studies faculty members this winter for a diverse range of coursework.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Latin American History Courses<\/b><\/h2>\n

HSTCMP 251 \/ 290: CROSSING BORDERS: BECOMING LATINX IN THE UNITED STATES<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructor: Ileana M. Rodriguez-Silva<\/span><\/p>\n

TTh | 12:30-2:20 p.m. | SAV 264<\/span><\/p>\n

5 credits (SSc) | SLN: 15308<\/span><\/p>\n

Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n

Examines special topics in history.<\/span><\/p>\n

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HSTLAC 321 \/ 490: ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF PANAMA: NATURE AND IMPERIAL CROSSROADS<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructor: Jess Cavalari<\/span><\/p>\n

TTh | 2:30-4:20 p.m. | SMI 307<\/span><\/p>\n

2-5 credits (SSc) | SLN: 21409<\/span><\/p>\n

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HSTLAC 384 Latin America: Inter-American and Intra-Continental Relations<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructor: Vanessa Freije<\/span><\/p>\n

MW | 12:30-2:20 p.m. | SAV 264<\/span><\/p>\n

5 credits (SSc) | SLN: 21585<\/span><\/p>\n

Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n

Inter-American relations, focusing on the United States’ diplomatic and military responses to the problems of Latin America since 1776. Intra-Latin American relations and regional organizations (e.g., the Organization of American States).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Contemporary Latin American Courses<\/b><\/h2>\n

JSIS A 323: Inter-American Relations<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructor: Vanessa Freije<\/span><\/p>\n

MW | 12:30-2:20 p.m. | SAV 264<\/span><\/p>\n

5 credits (DIV, SSc) | SLN: 15810<\/span><\/p>\n

Course description<\/b><\/p>\n

Explores the Americas’ evolving political, economic, and social relationships since the 1900s. Focuses on state policies of genocide, extraction, and colonial occupation, as well as social practices of migration and transnational movements of resistance and solidarity. Examines how race, gender, labor, and class have shaped inter-American dynamics, moving beyond U.S.-focused perspectives to highlight Latin America’s role in reshaping the region.<\/span><\/p>\n

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JSIS A 492: Latin American Studies Seminar<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructor: Vanessa Freije<\/span><\/p>\n

W | 3:30-6:20 p.m. | THO 215<\/span><\/p>\n

5 credits (SSc, W) | SLN: 15824<\/span><\/p>\n

Course description<\/b><\/p>\n

Media and politics in Latin America.<\/span><\/p>\n

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SPAN 474: Latin American Fiction: Twentieth Century<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructor: Elizabeth Hochberg<\/span><\/p>\n

TTh | 2:30-4:20 p.m. | ART 006<\/span><\/p>\n

5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 19959<\/span><\/p>\n

Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n

Study of prose fiction in Latin America in the twentieth century.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Latin American Electives<\/b><\/h2>\n

CHSTU 256: Chicanas: Gender and Race Issues<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructor: Elizabeth Ramirez Arreola<\/span><\/p>\n

MW | 11:30 a.m.-1:20 p.m. | MUS 223<\/span><\/p>\n

5 credits (SSc) | SLN: 12378<\/span><\/p>\n

Course description<\/b><\/p>\n

Contemporary issues in the Chicana movement since the 1940s. Issues range from feminism and Chicana political, educational, and social organizations, to work, family, health, and the arts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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CHSTU 320: Food Sovereignty Movements in Mexico and the United States<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructor: Devon Pena<\/span><\/p>\n

TTh | 3:30-5:20 p.m. | MUS 223<\/span><\/p>\n

5 credits (SSc) | SLN: 12379<\/span><\/p>\n

Course description<\/b><\/p>\n

Interdisciplinary study of agrifood systems and food sovereignty movements in Mexico and Mexican-origin communities in the United States. Uses the methods and materials of ethnography, agroecology, and political ecology in concert with environmental history, rural sociology, deconstructive discourse analysis, eco-criticism, and predictive ecology.<\/span><\/p>\n

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CHSTU 405: Advanced Chicano Studies in Social Science<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructor: Carolyn Pinedo-Turnovsky<\/span><\/p>\n

MW | 10:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. | MUE 154<\/span><\/p>\n

5 credits (DIV, SSc) | SLN: 12380<\/span><\/p>\n

Course description<\/b><\/p>\n

Advanced study of historical, cultural, social, political, and economic experiences of Chicanas\/os and Latinas\/os in the U.S. across the Americas and diaspora through social science theories and methods. Topics include ethnicity, gender, labor, the military, family, migration, diasporic and transborder communities, indigeneity, social movements, global health, the law, politics, and the environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ENGL 362: Latino Literary Genres<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructor: Alexandria Ramos<\/span><\/p>\n

TTh | 11:30 a.m.-1:20 p.m. | ART 317<\/span><\/p>\n

5 credits (A&H, DIV) | SLN: 14135<\/span><\/p>\n

Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n

Considers how conventions of genre have been distributed in U.S Latino literature and beyond in networks of Latino transnationalism and trans-border exchanges. Links the relationship between generic forms to questions of power within social, cultural, and historical contexts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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SPAN 338: Spanish and Latin American Literary Journalism<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructor: Samuel Jaffee<\/span><\/p>\n

MW | 12:30-2:20 p.m. | SAV 164<\/span><\/p>\n

5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 21436<\/span><\/p>\n

Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n

Covers print and digital selections of literary journalism. Explores cultural and narrative reportage with a social purpose, and profiles of individual experiences in Spanish and Latin American societies.<\/span><\/p>\n

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SPAN 395: Special Topics in Latin American Literature<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructor: Elizabeth Hochberg<\/span><\/p>\n

TTh | 12:30-2:20 p.m. | SAV 158<\/span><\/p>\n

3, 5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 19956<\/span><\/p>\n

Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n

Focuses on an individual Latin American author or a special topic in Latin American literature.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Language courses<\/b><\/h2>\n

PORT 201: Intermediate Portuguese<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructors: Eduardo Viana Da Silva, Felipe Carneiro de Figueredo<\/span><\/p>\n

MTWThF | 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. | MEB 251<\/span><\/p>\n

TTh | 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. | SAV 164<\/span><\/p>\n

5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 19077, 19076<\/span><\/p>\n

Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n

Modern texts, compositions, conversation, and a systematic review of grammar. First in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n

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SPAN 203: Intermediate Spanish<\/b><\/p>\n

Instructor: TBD<\/span><\/p>\n

MTWThF | 8:30-9:20 a.m. | SAV 157<\/span><\/p>\n

MTWThF | 9:30-10:20 a.m. | LOW 112<\/span><\/p>\n

5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 19941, 19942<\/span><\/p>\n

Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n

Intensive practice in speaking, reading, and writing. Review of Spanish grammar. Oral practice based on literary and cultural readings. Third in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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