Indigenous peoples and social movements  in Bolivia Quechua and Aymara people of the Andes, and the indigenous nations from the  Lowlands have been key in grassroots movements in Bolivia in the 21st century. We will study  historical and present indigenous decolonial and environmental struggles, tackling issues of political representation and self-representation. We will look at indigenist literature and film, the Constitution of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, and indigenous journalism and  performance. The Bolivian case will be placed in context with other social movements in the region and the Global South.

Latin America in Paris/Paris in Latin  America Paris has been central in cultural exchanges with Latin America, as a model of an ideal city, a  rejected cipher of coloniality, and a place of encounters. Many Latin American intellectuals  and artists, such as Cesar Vallejo and Remedios Varo, lived and created in Paris. Tango  became an Argentinean national symbol after having been recognized in the Parisian night scene. In this course we will study phenomena such as these to understand the dynamics of translation and exchange of people and ideas, and their profound impact on both Latin America and Paris.

Beginning Spanish I This course is an introduction to the fundamentals of grammar and focuses on the development of four skills in Spanish: comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Emphasis will be placed on active communication aimed at the development of oral and comprehension skills. This course is for students who have not previously studied Spanish. Students are expected to continue with SPAN 0102 and SPAN 0103 after successful completion of SPAN 0101.

Intermediate Spanish II A course for students seeking to perfect their academic writing skills in Spanish. The course is also an introduction to literary analysis and critical writing and will include reading and oral discussion of literary texts. The course will also include a thorough review of grammar at a fairly advanced level. This course may be used to fulfill the foreign languages distribution requirement.

An Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Literature This course in literature and advanced language is designed to introduce students to literary analysis and critical writing. The work will be based on the reading of a number of works in prose, drama, and poetry. Frequent short, critical essays will complement readings and provide students with practice in writing.

Irina Feldman

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I love Professor Feldman.  She is so passionate and understanding.  If you're taking a Spanish, take it with her.  This course only really has three major assignments, two oral presentations and a paper, and she uses this model for all of her classes.  She is great and the work is mangable.

She was so passionate about the topic and really effective in her teaching! I found all the lectures and readings very engaging and interactive. As a class, she let us guide the direction of some of the topics to what interested us the most. I really enjoyed this and would definitely take a class with her if you can!

Professor Feldman was super helpful and encouraging. She was very passionate about the subjects we covered and was very understanding. There was a lot of grammar covered throughout the course, but I do not think the homework and 3 exams were unreasonable. I would not take it again only because I would like to move on to other Spanish courses and I feel like I learned a lot in 220. 