Why should you take LLAS 1190? You knock out TWO gen ed requirements with ONE interesting class that will help you understand your Latino neighbors and family here in CT.
Have you ever wondered why Latin Americans migrated to the United States? Or what the history of those who have come to Connecticut is? Or why the two “new worlds” of the US and Latin America developed so differently? Or how US involvement in Latin America determined the course of history and migration for the hemisphere?
LLAS 1190 is a course that will allow you to explore how nations are shaped and how this shaping has determined a dyamics of race, class, gender and society today in the region. LLAS 1190 takes you on series of historical explorations, starting with the strangest encounter ever—that between Europeans and Native Americans. The course then considers the conquest and ensuing disease; colonialism and its repression of women; independence; bloody and bloodless revolutions; and contemporary realities in Latin America. The semester ends with a consideration of Latin American migration to the US and how it is changing the nature of our own communities.
Multidisciplinary exploration of the historical development of such aspects of Latin America and the Caribbean as colonization and nation formation; geography and the environment; immigration and migration; race, ethnicity, and gender in society, politics, economy, and culture. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
The class meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:30-1:45pm in BUSN 211 and is taught by Professor Anne Gebelein.
For more information, contact: El Instituto at 860-486-5508