Syllabi

This collection of syllabi is a joint project of H-LatAm and the Conference on Latin American History (CLAH) Teaching and Teaching Materials Committee. Please send syllabus submissions, corrections, and links to Marc Becker at marc@yachana.org.

Latin American Survey

General survey

• Introduction to Latin American Studies (Sandra Aguilar, Spring 2009)
• Latin American History: From Columbus to Chavez (Marc Becker, Spring 2009)
• Introduction to Latin American Civilizations (Kristina Boylan, Fall 2005)
• Latin American History (Marc Becker, Fall 2005)
• Introduction to Latin American Civilizations (Lessie Jo Frazier, Spring 2002)
• Introduction to Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies (Avi Chomsky, Fall 2001)
• Survey of Latin American History (Avi Chomsky, Spring 2001)
• Latin American Culture and Civilization II (Peter Guardino, Spring 1994)

Modern survey

• Latin America During the National Period (Marc Becker, Spring 2012)
• Latin America Since 1826 (Rich Slatta, online course, Spring 2010)
• Latin America: State & Nation since Independence (Steven Volk, Spring 2010)
• Modern Latin America: Nation and its Discontents (Chad Black, Spring 2007)
• The History of Latin America from 1914 to 2007 (John Womack, Jr., Spring 2007)
• Latin American History: National Period (Heather J. Abdelnur, Spring 2006)
• Modern Latin America (Nicola Foote, Spring 2006)
• Modern Latin America (Avi Chomsky, Fall 2001)
• Latin American Politics (Andrew Schlewitz, Fall 2001)
• History of Modern Latin America (Keith Haynes)

Colonial survey

• Latin American History The Colonial Experience: Encounter, Conquest, Interaction (Steven Volk, Fall 2009)
• Latin American History: Colonial Period (Heather J. Abdelnur, Fall 2008)
• Survey of Early Latin America (Chad Black, Fall 2008)
• Early Latin America- Culture, Community, Conquest (Chad Black, Fall 2007)
• Spanish Conquest of the Americas (Chad Black, Spring 2007)
• Colonial Latin America (Nicola Foote, Fall 2006)
• Hispanic American History; The colonial Background 1492-1808 (Francis Dutra, 1994)

Mexico

• The History of Mexico (Benjamin Earwicker, Spring 2010)
• The Mexican Revolution: Birth, Life, Death (Steven Volk, Fall 2008)
• Mexican History (Marc Becker, Fall 2008)
• History of the Mexican Revolution (Chad Black, Spring 2008)
• The History of Mexican Industry and Industrial Labor, 1546-2005 (John Womack, Jr., Fall 2006-2007)
• The Arts and Cultural Revolution: Mexico (Kristina Boylan, Fall 2006)
• History of Modern Mexico (Monica Rankin, Fall 2005)
• History of Mexico (Keith Haynes)

Central America and the Caribbean

• The History of the Caribbean (Nicola Foote, Spring 2007)
• History of Central America (Avi Chomsky, Spring 2002)
• Central America and the Caribbean (Keith Haynes)
• Caribbean Cultures (Avi Chomsky, Spring 2002)
• The Carribean Basin from c. 1800 (Ralph Woodward, 1994)
• The Carribean Basin to c. 1800 (Ralph Woodward, 1993)

Brazilian History

• Amazon History and Climate of a Rainforest (Michael Conniff, Summer 1994)
• Brazil 1800-Present (Michael L. Conniff, Spring 1994)
• Colonial Brazil (Francis Dutra, Winter, 1993)
• Modern Brazil (Francis Dutra, Spring 1994)

Andean and Southern Cone

• Resistance and Rebellion in the Andean World, upper-division undergrad seminar (Erick D. Langer, Fall 2007)
• Andean History (Marc Becker, Fall 2007)
• Southern South America (Michael Conniff, Spring 1993)

Gran Colombia

• Major Problems of Colombian History, 1400-2007: Conference Course (John Womack, Jr., Spring 2007)

Women and Gender in Latin America

• Food, Class and Women in Latin America (Sandra Aguilar, Fall 2010)
• Women and Gender Relations in Latin America: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (Susan Besse, Spring 2009)
• Wayward Women: Crime and Punishment in Latin America (Heather J. Abdelnur, Spring 2009)
• Women in Latin American Society (Allyson Poska, Spring 2009)
• History of Women in Latin America (Gretchen Pierce, Spring 2009)
• Women and Gender in Latin America (Francie R. Chassen-López, Spring 2008)
• Women in Latin American History (Marc Becker, Spring 2008)
• Women in Early Latin America (Chad Black, Fall 2006)
• Women and Gender in Latin America (Nicola Foote, Spring 2006)
• Gender and Sexuality in Latin(a) America (Lessie Jo Frazier Lennon, Spring 2005)
• Gender in Latin American History (Avi Chomsky, Fall 2001)
  

Revolutions in 20th Century Latin America

• Latin America Revolutions (Marc Becker, Spring 2012)
• Strike! Resistance and Exploitation in Latin America (Louise Walker, Freshman Seminar, Fall 2011)
• Rebellion and Revolution in Twentieth-Century Latin America (Robert Alegre, Spring 2009)
• Latin American Revolutions: Personal Narratives (Marc Becker, Spring 2009)
• Latin American Revolutions (Marc Becker, Spring 2006)
• Revolution in the Twentieth-Century (Keith Haynes, Spring 2000)
• Twentieth-Century Latin American Revolutions (Gillian McGillivray)
• Revolution and Development in Mexico and Central America (Klesner, Spring 1994)

U.S. - Latin American Relations

• Inter-American Affairs (Heather Abdelnur, Spring 2010)
• Latin America in the U.S. Imagination (Steven Volk, Fall 2009)
• US-Latin American Relations (Rich Slatta, online course, 2009)
• US in Latin America (Dennis Hidalgo, Fall 2008)
• Twentieth-Century U.S. Latin American Relations (Keith Haynes, Spring 2000)
• Latin America and the World (Michael Conniff, Winter 1994)

Indigenous and Peasant Peoples

• Indigenous Movements in Latin American History (Sándor John, Spring 2011)
• History of Indigenous Peoples of Latin America (Chad Black, Fall 2007)
• Race, Class and Gender in Latin America (Marc Becker, Fall 2007)
• Indians and the State in Latin America, introductory grad course (Erick D. Langer, Spring 2006)
• The "Indian Question" in the Americas (Andrew Schlewitz, Spring 2001)
• Peasants and Revolution in Latin America (La Trobe University 1998)
• Agrarian Societies in Latin American History (Tom Holloway, Spring 1996)
• The Minority Experience in Latin America (Jeff Lesser)

Borderlands and Chicano/a

• History of Latinos in the United States (Avi Chomsky, Spring 2001)
• History 725: Latinos in the United States (Avi Chomsky, Fall 2000)
• The American Southwest (Stephen Colston)
  

Latin American Environmental History

• Environmental History of Latin America (Mark Carey, Winter 2010)
• Amazonian Societies and the Environment (Rosineide Bentes, Winter 2002)

Economic History

• Latin American Societies: Coffee and Bananas (Heather J. Abdelnur, Spring 2008)
• Social and Economic History of Latin America (Lessie Jo Frazier, Spring 2003)

Culture and Art

• Latin American History at the Movies (Marc Becker, Spring 2012)
• Art in Latin America (Cynthia Marie Canejo, Fall 2009)
• Latin American History at the Movies (Marc Becker, Spring 2009)
• Modern Latin American History through Film (Chad Black, Spring 2008)
• How Images Matter: Latin America Through U.S. Eyes (Steven Volk)
• Latin America: History, Art and Literature (Jack Child, Spring 1998)
• America Latina: Historia, Arte, Literatura (Jack Child, Spring 1998)
• Cultural Movements in Latin America (Jack Child, Spring 1998)

Social Movements

• Social Movements (Marc Becker, Spring 2006)
• Latin American Social Movements (Bruce A. Erickson, Spring 2004, pdf)

Iberian Influence

• Culture, Power, and Authority in the Early Modern Spanish World (Grad Seminar, Chad Black, Fall 2006)
• Portugal Overseas, 1415-1825 (Francis Dutra, Winter 1994)
• Comparative Seaborne Empires, 1415-1700 (Francis Dutra, Fall 1992)

Other courses

• Dirty Wars & Democracy (Steven Volk, Fall 2006)

Syllabi collections

• Chad Black
• Marc Becker