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Department of History 

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This course takes various approaches to the Latin American Colonial past:
     The text, Colonial Latin America by Mark A. Burkholder, provides a synthesis that we will discuss the second half of the term, after we have learned some specifics about Latin America from films, encyclopedias and other sources agreed upon by the instructor and student on an individual basis according to student interests.
     A list of most of the films and documentaries available at W&L (some of them to be seen in class, ten to be seen outside of class) is posted on the L:\ drive of the campus network:
          (L:\HIST\00fall\hist103.01 or hist103.02).
     Timelines complied by the instructor, introducing the major characters and specifying the major events in the films, and labeled with the name of the film, will serve to draw attention to the parts of the film that are also part of the historical record.
     A massive timeline that not only includes the timelines from the films, but also includes many of the major personalities and events in the history of Western Civilization (of which Latin American history has been increasingly a part since 1492), reaching back to its own formative period in Greece, Rome, and beyond serves to put Latin American colonial history in a broader context.
     Introductions of materials and discussions in class.

Course requirements include:
     Class attendance and active participation in discussion.
     Ten short quizzes on the films you have seen outside of class.   The quizzes will be come on Tuesdays at the beginning of class.
     Weekly contributions to a class timeline, taken from the 1910 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica that is in the reference section of the library, from the Catholic Encyclopedia (c.1910 ed.) that I will make available to you or from some other mutually agreed-upon source.  Notes from  books that are not in English must be in the original language, but the note-taker must be prepared to explain the entry to the class in English.  I am making every effort to make available to you some of the material compiled by last year's students, so that--after you correct it or certify it as absolutely accurate--you may make use of it (acknowledging both the source of the information and the contribution of the original compiler).  You may use Britannica Online or other sources to make information about location more precise, but you should acknowledge the source. You will be responsible for approximately 50 entries per week for a total of 500 entries by the end of the term. Each of your entries into the timeline must be entirely self-explanatory and must provide the closest approximation possible to the day, month, year, location (including city/town/village--or the closest one of these; province/state--or other regional unit of political administration, such as captaincies general and intendancies; and nation--or other sovereign entity to which it belongs, such as kingdoms, viceroyalties, duchies, etc.)
     A final examination in which 20% of the grade will be based on identifications, and 80% on an essay in which you describe a tour of Colonial Latin America.

     A list of film showing times and places for the films will be provided following the narrowing of choices to be carried out in class.

Latin American History Resources (Vaughan Stanley)

Finding Stuff for Latin American Colonial History (Hugh Blackmer)

A Gregorian ==> Maya calendar converter

Chronology Database - Calmecac