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Term and Course Number:

Winter 2012 – Course Number 97

Title/Subject

Our Neighbors to the South - History and Culture of Mexico

Instructor(s)/Presenter(s)

Professor Laura Klugherz
Department of Music and Africana/Latin American Studies
Colgate University

Sessions

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Session One - Who are the Mecicans?

* Indigenous cultures from the Olmecs to the Aztecs

Session Two - The Sword and the Cross

* Challenges of independence

Session Three - Whose Conjunto is it Anyway?

* Mexican music and dance from Hueheutl to Accordion

Session Four - A World of Diversity

* Mexican fork arts

Session Five - Searching for Identity

* Mexican art and the Muralist Movement

Session Six - Unanswered Questions

* The challenge of change in the 21st century

Dates

Monday - February 6, 2012
Wednesday - February 8, 2012
Monday - February 13, 2012
Wednesday - February 15, 2012
Monday - February 20, 2012
Wednesday - February 22, 2012

Time

3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Location

Hamilton Public Library

Special Notes or Instructions

Please note the departure from our "normal" Monday/Thursday format. Classes will start promptly at 3:00 and end by 4:00 at the latest since Professor Klugherz has a class on campus immediately following each session.

Registration Fee

$15.00

Registration Procedure (Advance registration required.)

To obtain a registration form, send an e-mail message to jggeyer@verizon.net. Please indicate the title of the course and include your name, address, and phone number. A registration form will be sent to you about one month prior to the start of the course.