Modern and Contemporary History of Latin America (22259)
Degree/study:Grade in Humanities
Year: 3rd. -4th
Term: 2nd
Number of ECTS credits: 5 credits
Hours of studi dedication: 125
Teaching language or languages: english
Teaching Staff: Alexandre Coello de la Rosa
1. Presentation of the subject
Study and interpretation of the fundamental episodes, as well as the assumptions and consequences, of the history of Latin America during modern and contemporary times, paying special attention to the role of the Catholic Church and popular religion throughout the different historical moments to present.
2. Competences to be attained
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General competences |
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1. Instrumental competences:
1.1. Oral and written communication skills in presenting historical phenomena in academic works. -Correction and precision in both oral and written expositions. - Skills in transmitting the main ideas of texts. - Writing skills, that is, capacity to meet the academic standards and to use sources and sound arguments. -Skills in presenting positions with sound arguments and textual cohesion in front of an audience. - Skills in developing and using analytical mind when interpreting opinions, both from professor or classmates and from texts used in class. -Using analytical skills while being precise and using documented data. -Using specific historical terminology to explain the studied processes and events.
1.2. Analytical skills: -Synthesis skills and inference skills. -Capacity to interiorise and separate the constitutive elements of texts. -Capacity to organise the diverse elements of text into a hierarchy. -Initiative and capacity to complement information by using basic texts. - Capacity to use analytical mind with historical texts. -Capacity to understand that some elements about a historical moment are simply explanatory and others are directly connected to the current times. -Skills in analysing both past and present complex social realities. -Understanding of the importance of "thinking historically" about past societies.
1.3. Investigating skills: -Control over the procedures and instruments used in historical science. -Capacity to search specialised information in different contexts (written and audiovisual material, internet and so on). -Capacity to understand and interpret primary and secondary data. -Capacity to select information and order it. -Capacity to present results in a logical and systematical way.
2. Interpersonal competences: -Teamwork skills. -Use of cooperative spirit to improve results. -Initiative and responsibility in teamwork. -Interaction with the professor and the classmates about the development of autonomous work and teamwork. -Capacity to work in a diverse context and be receptive with diversity.
4.3. Systemic competences: -Reflection and learning skills. -Skills in integrating knowledge and methods from different disciplines. -Ability to answer historical questions related to different fields (politics, economy, society, culture and so on). -Capacity to put into practice the theoretical knowledge acquired. -Capacity to use common sense with the new knowledge acquired.
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3. Contents
Unit 1. The Spanish Conquest and evangelisation of the New World (16th century)
Unit 2. Missions and frontiers (17th century)
Unit 3. Catholicism and the "extirpation of idolatries" (16th-17th centuries)
Unit 4. Saints and sanctity of the New World (16th-18th centuries)
Unit 5. Genre, power and institutional control in the Catholic Church (16th-18th centuries)
Unit 6. The expulsion of the Society of Jesus (18th century)
Unit 7. The Church and the Construction of the Nation-States (19th century)
Unit 8. The modernisation of the Church in Latin America (20th century)
Unit 9. Catholicism and Popular Religiosity (20th century)
Unit 10. The impact of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) and Medellín (1968) in Latin America (20th century).
*The full version with the sections 4. Assessment, 5. Bibliography and teaching resources, 6. Methodology and 7. Planning of activities is available in the original version.
4. Assessment
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5. Bibliography and teaching resources
5.1. Basic bibliography
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5.2. Complementary bibliography
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5.3. Teaching resources
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6. Metodology
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7. Planning of activities
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