Interdisciplinary Approaches to Latin American & Caribbean Studies
LACS 5000W / MGDS 5002C / HIST 5713W
(Crosslisted)
Winter 2025
Instructor: Professor Audra Diptee
Course Description:
This interdisciplinary graduate seminar is designed to support students as they advance their intended Masters level research projects. It does this through both its content coverage content as well as by providing students with specific strategies for research and project development. The seminar is organized around the following three elements:
- It introduces students to Latin American and Caribbean social and political thought. Readings will explore the ways in which people from the region have perceived, articulated, and responded to the challenges they faced when confronted by the realities of colonialism and imperialism.
- It explores the ways in which colonialism and imperialism have shaped the trajectory of Latin America and the Caribbean through an analysis of various case studies. In so doing, students will be better prepared to apply theoretical and methodological approaches that will enable critical and sophisticated analyses of discourses produced in various public arenas that are relevant to Latin America and the Caribbean.
Learning Outcomes:
- Analyze Latin American and Caribbean social and political thought.
- Examine and evaluate evidence based on case studies from countries in Latin American and Caribbean.
Course Material
- Iván Márquez, Contemporary Latin American Social and Political Thought (2008).
- Selections from the following:
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- Aaron Kamugisha, Caribbean Political Thought: The Colonial State to Caribbean Internationalisms (2013).
- Aaron Kamugisha, Caribbean Political Thought: Theories of the Post-Colonial State (2013).
Brightspace Access: Professor Diptée will make digital selections from the books listed above available on Brightspace as necessary.