HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA

-Provide students with a clear theoretical and empirical framework to understand History of Latin America, especially in the early modern period (15th – 19th centuries)
-Analyze History of Latin America in a multidisciplinary perspective able to encompass political, economic and cultural factors
-Analyze History of Latin in global perspective, namely considering the networks of cultural, economic and political relations, especially with Europe and North America
The above-mentioned three specific objectives aim to give students the instruments necessary to develop a critical view of the topics discussed and to develop an independent and multidisciplinary methodology for the analysis of historical phenomena to better understand the present.

1. Knowledge and understanding
- Understand the general framework of the historical analysis of Latin America
- Understand the specificity of the early modern period and its heritage
- Understand the multidisciplinary character of the historical analysis
2. Ability of applying knowledge and understanding
- Understand the general framework of the historical analysis of History of Latin America > Ability of discussing subjects related to the field (History of Latin America) in a specialized language and according to an historical methodology
- Understand the specificity of the early modern period and its heritage > Ability of pinpointing the characters of the early modern period, recognizing how they shaped contemporary Latin America, and confronting them with the following ages
- Understand the multidisciplinary global character of the historical analysis > Ability of applying the historical methodology acquired also to other fields of study (e.g. other courses, final dissertation)
3. Judgement abilities
- Ability of connecting the facts and data learnt during lessons
- Ability of organizing the course materials (lessons and readings) in a coherent interpretation
4. Communicative abilities
- Ability of presenting the issues related to the field of study using specialized language
- Ability of presenting the knowledge acquired from lessons and readings in a coherent discourse
5. Learning abilities
- Ability of taking notes during lessons
- Ability of critically reading the assigned bibliography
- Ability of connected the knowledge acquired to nowadays issues

A good knowledge of general history (15th – 19th centuries)

This course will take into account major issues in History of Latin American with specific focus on the following aspects: Latin America and the Atlantic World and Latin America in a Global perspective, cultural aspects and cultural transfers. Main contents will be:
- 16th century travels
- The European Conquest of America
- Pre-Columbian societies in America and in Europe
- The Columbian Exchange
- The political and cultural foundations of Spanish America and Brazil
- Colonial societies in Spanish America and Brazil
- Colonial economies
- Plantation societies and slave trade
- Colonial culture
- The Jesuits in America and in exile
- The Enlightenment reforms in Spanish America and Brazil
- The concept of empire and its crisis
- The Independence in Spanish America and Brazil
- Politics after the Independence: the Enlightenment and the Napoleonic heritage

Students who regularly attend the class should prepare the exam on:
1. their class notes and the slides (available on moodle)
2. textbook: Mara Loveman, National colors: racial classification and the state in Latin America, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2014

Students who do not attend the class regularly, should prepare the exam on:
1. textbook: Mara Loveman, National colors: racial classification and the state in Latin America, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2014
2. Edwin Williamson, The Penguin History of Latin America, 2009 (Parte One: The Age of Empire and Part Two: The Challenge of the Modern World)
3. the following articles (AVAILABLE ON MOODLE): Jorge Flores, The Iberian Empires, in The Cambridge World History. Vol. VI The Construction of a Global World, 1400-1800 CE, Part I: Foundations, ed. By J. H. Bentley, S. Subrahmanyam, M. E. Wiesner-Hanks, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2015, pp. 271-296; Julie A Charlip, Latin America in World History. 1750-21century, in The Cambridge World History. Vol. VII Production, Destruction and Connection, 1750-Present, Part I: Structures, Spaces and Boundary Making, ed. by J. R. McNeill, K. Pomeranz, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2015, pp. 526-555; Jaime E. Rodriguez, Atlantic revolutions: a reinterpretation, in The Cambridge World History. Vol. VII Production, Destruction and Connection, 1750-Present, Part I: Structures, Spaces and Boundary Making, ed. by J. R. McNeill, K. Pomeranz, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2015, pp. 273-298

Final oral exam. The exam aims to assess the critical understanding of the contents discussed during the course and the individual reflection on the assigned bibliography. It will therefore consist of three questions. The approximate duration is 25-30 minutes.
The first question will ask the student to present a chosen subject (taken from lessons or bibliography), so that he/she can show his/her ability of organizing information in a coherent discourse and in a historical perspective (expected learning results 1.Knowledge and understanding and 4. Communicative abilities).
The second and third questions will be on an issue explored during lessons or in the texts assigned so that the student can show his/her ability of personal re-elaboration, critical reading and understanding of scholarly literature (expected learning results 2.Ability of applying knowledge, 3.Judgement abilities and 5.Learning abilities).

Lectures
Case study analysis
Ppt presentations
Written, figurative and audiovisual sources
Digital Humanities

English

The professor is always available for questions concerning the course at her office hours and by email at giulia.delogu@unive.it. Emails have to be written in a formal style (not "Hi prof." or "Salve prof.", but "Good morning", "Buongiorno", "Dear Professor" and the likes). The professor will not reply to messages asking questions whose answer can be found in the information contained in this syllabus.

Students with disabilities can contact the Disability and Accessibility Office (disabilita@unive.it) to take advantage of the services available (e.g. alternative examination methods, readers, etc.).

Students interested in carrying out a bachelor's degree thesis in History of Latin America can contact the professor for the appropriate vademecum (by writing directly to giulia.delogu@unive.it) or they can meet to the professor in her office hours. A preliminary vademecum is available at the Notices section of the professor's webpage.

oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Poverty and inequalities" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development