The following list includes some of the more commonly-taught courses with connections to DEI-related themes in the Department of Romance Languages & Literatures. It is not meant to be exhaustive, nor are these courses offered every semester. Rather, the list is intended to help students familiarize themselves with the kinds of courses we teach.
Subject | Course | Title | Topic | Instructor | LSA Race & Ethnicity (R&E) Requirement |
FRENCH | 270 | French and Francophone Literature and Culture | Antisemitism and Islamophobia in French | Adi Saleem Bharat | |
FRENCH | 270 | French and Francophone LIterature and Culture | Literature and Justice | Michèle Hannoosh | |
FRENCH | 272 | French and Francophone Film, Media, and Culture | La Guerre d’Algérie au cinéma | George Hoffmann | |
FRENCH | 274 | French and Francophone Societies and Culture | Humor, Satire, and Islam(ophobia) in France | Adi Saleem Bharat | |
FRENCH | 350 | Special Topics in French and Francophone Studies | Caring | David Caron | |
FRENCH | 360 | French Asia Pacific | The French Pacific, Artificial Paradise | George Hoffmann | Satisfies LSA R&E requirement. Five-year approval, beginning Fall 2018. |
FRENCH | 372 | Film and Cinema Studies | Queer Bodies | David Caron | |
FRENCH | 374 | Problems in Society and Social Theory | Fanon | Adi Saleem Bharat | |
FRENCH | 374 | Problems in Society and Social Theory | "Unequal Lives" | David Caron | |
FRENCH | 385 | Contemporary France: Politics, Culture, and Society | Race, Religion, and Coloniality | Adi Saleem Bharat | Satisfies LSA R&E requirement. Approved October 2021. Recertify in Fall 2027. |
FRENCH | 385 | Contemporary France: Politics, Culture, and Society | Race, Humor, and Politics in France | Adi Saleem Bharat | Satisfies LSA R&E requirement. Approved December 2022. Recertify in Fall 2028. |
Subject | Course | Title | Topic | Instructor | LSA Race & Ethnicity (R&E) Requirement |
ITALIAN | 240 | Italian Mafia | (N/A) | Karla Mallette | Satisfies LSA R&E requirement. Five-year approval, beginning Fall 2020. |
ITALIAN | 311 | Making Difference in Italy | (N/A) | Paolo Squatriti | |
ITALIAN | 320 | Modern Italian Studies | Family Resemblances: Italy and Latin America | Ciulia Riccò | |
ITALIAN | 325 | Italian Novels and Films | (N/A) | Vincenzo Binetti | |
ITALIAN | 340 | Contemporary Italian Culture | Intellettuali e societa: dal dopoguerra ai nostri giorni | Vincenzo Binetti | |
ITALIAN | 374 | Topics in Italian Studies | Wild, Young, and Free: Youth Culture in Italy | Giulia Riccò | |
ITALIAN | 415 | Topics in Italian Studies | Italy and the Muslim World | Karla Mallette | |
ITALIAN | 415 | Topics in Italian Studies | Shades of Black: Italians and Race | Giulia Riccò | Satisfies LSA R&E requirement. Five-year approval, beginning Winter 2021. |
ITALIAN | 470 | Advanced Topics in Italian Studies | I movimenti politici degli anni '60 e '70 in Italia: testi e contesti | Vincenzo Binetti |
Subject | Course | Title | Topic | Instructor | LSA Race & Ethnicity (R&E) Requirement |
PORTUGUESE | 301 | Topics in Afro-Luso-Brazilian Cultures | Domestic Workers in Latin America | Victoria Langland |
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Course | Title | Topic | Instructor | LSA Race & Ethnicity (R&E) Requirement |
SPANISH | 232 | Second-Year Spanish, Continued (Topics) | Extraordinary Hispanic Communities |
Carla Iglesias-Garrido |
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SPANISH | 232 | Second-Year Spanish, Continued (Topics) | Flamenco: arte, ritmo y diversidad | Lisa Montes |
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SPANISH | 232 | Second-Year Spanish, Continued (Topics) | Gender Equality in Latin America |
Nina O'Connor | |
SPANISH | 232 | Second-Year Spanish, Continued (Topics) | The Hispanic World Through the Eyes of Its Women | Isabel Larrotiz | |
SPANISH | 280 | Conversation Through Spanish/Latin American Film | Black, Indigenous, and Asian: Cinematographic Representation of Minorities in the Spanish-speaking world | Youngkyun Choi | Satisfies LSA R&E requirement. One-year approval beginning Fall 2023 |
SPANISH | 295 | Introduction to Literature, Culture, and the Arts in the Hispanic World |
(N/A) | (Various) | |
SPANISH | 232 | Second-Year Spanish, Continued (Topics) | Historia, instrumentos, bailes y música de Latinoamérica |
Mariela De La Torre | |
SPANISH | 355 | New World Spanish | Spanish in the U.S. | Teresa Satterfield | |
SPANISH | 373 | Topics in Hispanic Studies | iGol!: The Culture of Soccer in Latin America | Nilo Couret | |
SPANISH | 373 | Topics in Hispanic Studies | Youth Culture in Critical Times: Technology, Politics, and the Arts (1920-1940) | Juli Highfill | |
SPANISH | 373 | Topics in Hispanic Studies | Bilingualism in the Spanish-Speaking World | Teresa Satterfield | |
SPANISH | 375 | Topics in Hispano/Islamic/Sephardic Cultures | Race and the Representation of Muslims in Medieval and Early Modern Spanish Literature | Ryan Szpiech | Satisfies LSA R&E requirement. Five-year approval, beginning Fall 2021. |
SPANISH | 381 | Survey of Latin American Literature, I | Colonial Latin American Literature | Gustavo Verdesio | |
SPANISH | 385 | Race and Ethnicity in the Hispanic World |
Black Film in Latin America | Nilo Couret | Satisfies LSA R&E requirement. Five-year approval beginning Winter 2023. |
SPANISH | 385 | Race and Ethnicity in the Hispanic World | Immigration and Discrimination in Spain: Race, Ethnicity, Religion, and Gender | Javier Entrambasaguas | Satisfies LSA R&E requirement. Five-year approval, beginning Winter 2017. |
SPANISH | 385 | Race and Ethnicity in the Hispanic World | Language of Reggaetón | Teresa Satterfield | Satisfies LSA R&E requirement. Five-year approval, beginning Fall 2019. |
SPANISH | 385 | Race and Ethnicity in the Hispanic World | Race and "Blood Purity" ("Limpieza de Sangre") | Ryan Szpiech | Satisfies LSA R&E requirement. Five-year approval, beginning Fall 2024. |
SPANISH/ ROMLING |
416 | Spanish Sociolinguistics | (N/A) | Nicholas Henriksen | |
SPANISH/ ROMLING |
418 | Spanish Second Language Acquisition | (N/A) | Lorenzo García-Amaya | |
SPANISH | 420 | Latin American and Latino/a Film Studies | Cine Latinoamericano: Desplazamientos Y Movimientos Sociales | Alex Herrero | |
SPANISH | 426 | Film Genres in the Hispanic World | Film Genres in Modern and Contemporary Spain | Cristina Moreiras-Menor | |
SPANISH | 432 | Gender, Sexuality, and Culture | Feminisms in the Hispanic World | Ana Sabau | |
SPANISH | 438 | Political and Economic Thought in Latin America/Spain | Economy, Politics, and Ideology in Latin America | Javier Sanjinés | |
SPANISH | 440 | Literatures and Cultures of the Borderlands: The Politics of Language | (N/A) | Lawrence LaFountain-Stokes | |
SPANISH | 445 | Romance Studies: Introduction to French-Spanish Literary Relations | The Black Radical Imagination | Gavin Arnall | |
SPANISH | 458 | Early Modern Narrative | The Voice of the Other in Early Modern Spain | Enrique García Santo-Tomás | |
SPANISH | 470 | Colonial Latin America | First Images of the Americas |
Gustavo Verdesio | |
SPANISH | 470 | Colonial Latin America | Racism and Colonialism in Latin America | Daniel Nemser | |
SPANISH | 472 | Indigenous Societies | Indigenous Peoples of the Americas | Gustavo Verdesio | |
SPANISH | 473 | Colonial/Postcolonial Studies in Latin American Cultures | Colonial Discourse and Postcolonial Theory | Gustavo Verdesio | |
SPANISH | 473 | Colonial/Postcolonial Studies in Latin American Cultures | Latin American Wars | Sergio Villalobos Ruminott | |
SPANISH | 476 | Latin American Poetry | Poesia Latinoamericana | Kate Jenckes | |
SPANISH | 485 | Case Studies in Peninsular Spanish and Latin American Literature | Imperial Border: Mexico and the US | Ana Sabau | |
SPANISH/ ROMLING |
487 | Studies in Hispanic Linguistics | Do You Speak Andalusian? | Nicholas Henriksen | |
SPANISH / ROMLING |
487 | Studies in Hispanic Linguistics | Mock Spanish: Language, Mockery, and Racism | Teresa Satterfield | Satisfies LSA R&E requirement. Five-year approval, beginning Winter 2021. |
SPANISH | 488 | Topics in Hispanic Literatures and Cultures | Contemporary Limits: Human, Inhumane, Animal, Object | Gareth Williams |