History 2525A: Administrating Differences in Latin America: Historical Approaches

Professors Alejandro de la Fuente and Tamar Herzog. The Latin American History Seminar and Workshop is a yearlong research seminar and workshop that meets every other week to study a central question in Latin American history (in the fall) and provide opportunities for scholars to share their own work and learn about the scholarship of others in a workshop form (in the spring). In 2016-2017 we will discuss how differences were defined, negotiated, represented, and challenged in colonial Latin American, creating both inclusion and exclusion. Among differences considered would be distinctions between local and metropolitan; citizens and foreigners; narratives of origin and ancestry based on racial, ethnic, or religious criteria; and gender distinctions.  Students must complete both terms of this course (parts A and B) within the same academic year in order to receive credit.