Enrollment is limited to 25 students. This restriction will be enforced. The course readings are extremely diverse. Kim Leighton is a Ph.D. candidate in the Philosophy Department at UMass. Enrollment is limited to 20 students.
All seminars are four credit honors courses.
Enrollment for each seminar is limited to 20 students. This seminar will examine the construction of historical narratives in and about colonial Latin America by looking at how various episodes in the conquest of the Americas were characterized by participants - European conquistadors, settlers, missionaries and bureaucrats, as well as indigenous elites. Readings will include chronicles of the conquest, non-alphabetic texts, and some secondary materials. Karen Graubart holds a Ph.D. in Economic History. This seminar examines the relationship between economic restructuring, social conditions, and the politics of African, Latino and Asian Americans.