What happened when European settlers arrived in North America? How and why was first contact documented?
What forms of resistance did Indigenous and involuntary Afrodiasporic communities use to fight colonial rule?
What does this all mean for the study of North America?
In this seminar we will attempt to tackle these questions to gain insight into the spatial and temporal domain known as colonial North America. Taking a turn towards the west, we will explore materials documenting Spanish colonial presence across what is today known as the US-American Southwest and Middle and Central America. In our discussions of these spaces, we will also examine examples of European presence in the Caribbean to understand how resistance movements traveled across geographic and cultural boundaries. Students will gain knowledge in various theories, methods, and approaches used to research colonialism in the Americas. Students may participate in optional excursion.
This class will allow students to improve their Global Learning, Information Literary, Inquiry & Analysis, Teamwork, and Written Communication competences. |
