National Autonomous University of Mexico

This course explores the history of the United States from the early 1900s to the present, providing a more international point of view as well as analyzing current events. It traces the actions of prominent US historical figures and analyzes US policies that have impacted the rest of the world.

This course explores different indigenous tribes from Latin America. The course considers how an indigenous group’s history contributes to their current status under the modern nation state. It discusses the role of language and speech throughout history, through analyzing primary sources written in indigenous dialects. The course also explores how the transition from empire to independent nations impacted indigenous populations. 

This course studies the phenomenon of migration and critically analyzes the development of international migration and the complexity it presents for the states involved and for society in general. 

This course examines the role of knowledge and technical skill in human society. It looks at the concepts of technology and science; knowledge and worldviews; scientific culture, and technological culture and knowledge. The course covers the following topics: social, axiological and epistemic problems of science, technology, and technoscience from an information society to a knowledge society, as well as reflections and challenges for Mexico and Latin America.

This course undertakes cartography—a visual, panoramic, and critical survey—of selected themes and issues within modern Mexican art. Drawing upon artistic objects and images produced from 1940 onward, the course poses questions designed to establish transatlantic connections, as well as intersections with other nations across the Americas, thereby complementing conceptual discussions regarding the shaping of modernity in the Global South. This mapping will not be strictly chronological but rather thematic, allowing for the exploration of mediations from various angles: the history of science and technology, print media, and gender perspectives, among others. In turn, this approach will be complemented by the acquisition of analytical tools for examining the plastic arts, architecture, artistic objects, and images—tools that will prove invaluable in your professional practice as historians.

The course delves into the stages of the history of the ancient West in which ties were forged not only with the rest of Mesoamerica but also with distant regions such as South America and the Southwest of the present-day United States. It addresses historiographical issues such as the centralist biases that have influenced and continue to influence the study of the West, as well as methodological issues by exploring how the study of works of art can be an important tool for addressing topics as difficult to document as oceanic contacts, extensive trade routes, and migrations. 

This course emphasizes the identification of the main researchers and institutions created for the study of the indigenous past of Mexico as well as the explanation of the development and cultural characteristics of the peoples who inhabited the different cultural areas between the Epiclassic and Late Postclassic periods. This elective is offered to first-semester students so that the historical overview also allows them to make the best use of the courses Historiography of Mexico II, other electives in the area of Ancient Mexico, and seminars (general, specialized, or research) that focus on indigenous peoples.

This class provides an overview and analysis of the socio-political history of Latin American countries during the 19th century.  The course explores how domestic social movements and civil wars; international conflicts based in Europe, as well as how the United States and neighboring countries laid the foundation for these nations in their foundational century.