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Latin American Area Studies

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LAAS Faculty

Latin American Area Studies is an interdisciplinary program, taught by instructors from across the UMM faculty with a wide range of expertise, including:

Jacqueline Alvarez-Ogbesor
Spanish

LAAS courses:

Span 3601 - Seminar: Reality Born on Paper in Colonial Latin American Literature

Span 3602 - Seminar: Contemporary
(Re-)Visions of Colonial Latin America: Revenge or Re-Match?

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Stacey Parker Aronson
Spanish

LAAS courses:

Span 2101 - Associated Languages: Intensive Portuguese

Span 3651 - Seminar: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha

Span 3652 - Seminar: María de Zayas: Literary Minorities in Early Modern Spain

Span 3652 - Seminar: María de Zayas: Literary Violence in Golden Age Spain

Span 3654 - Seminar: Sex, Love and Marriage in Golden Age Spanish Literature

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Vicente Cabrera
Spanish

LAAS courses:

Span 3101 - Introduction to Hispanic Literature

Span 3621 - Seminar: Confessions and Letters in Latin American Fiction

Span 3622 - Seminar: Exile and Emigration in Latin American Fiction

Span 3623 - Seminar: Ecology and Nature in Latin American Literature

Hum 1561- Hispanic Film

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Donna Chollett
Anthropology
LAAS Coordinator

LAAS courses:

Anth/Soc 3601 - Social Change and Development in Latin America

Anth/Soc 3602 - Women in Latin America

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Harold Hinds
History

LAAS courses:

Hist 1601 - Latin American History: A Basic Introduction

Hist 3601 - Great Books

Hist 3606 - Ancient Maya Civilization

LAAS 4101 - Senior Tutorial

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Arne Kildegaard
Economics

LAAS courses:

LAAS 3100 - Contemporary Latin America

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Tom Turner
Spanish

LAAS courses:

Span 3671 - Seminar: Origins of the Spanish Character

Span 3672 - Seminar: Reform in Spain: The Saint and the Journalist

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James Wojtaszek
Spanish

LAAS courses:

Span 3681 - Seminar: Romanticism and Revolution in 19th Century Spain

Span 3682 - Seminar: Realism and Reform in 19th Century Spain

Span 3683 - Seminar: Modernity and Identity in Spain: 1900-1930

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