Analysis and discussion of contemporary Latin American history and the sociocultural forces that have contributed to define this area's national identities. Taught in Spanish.

Survey of pre-Columbian poetry and of texts dating from the time of Columbus to the end of the Colonial period.

An expansive study of art, material culture, and popular culture by people of African descent in the U.S. South, and of Afro-Caribbean lineage, which understands these two regions as importantly intertwined.