HIST 1952: Readings in Latinx Studies

Professor Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof. This course is designed to help graduate and advanced undergraduate students acquire a basic grounding in key texts, events, periods, and debates in the history of Latina/o/x people in North America since European colonization.  The goal is not to provide coverage, but rather to explore this dynamic field through important recent publications that provide a window into key methods, debates, and comparisons.  The course will benefit students contemplating thesis or other research projects in Latinx history or adjacent fields.  It may also serve as a starting place for students who will develop examination fields in Latinx History.  All are welcome. 

Readings in Latinx History is paired with a lecture series that will bring the authors of some of the books we will read to campus for research presentations.  We will have the good fortune attend their public lectures and to welcome them to our seminar for discussions of their books and research trajectories.