HIST-327 Mexico-Tenochtitlan: The City and the World, 1300-1800
Why did the Aztec Empire fall? How did the Spanish transform a Mesoamerican capital city into their own imperial center? This research seminar takes a deep dive into colonial Latin American history through Mexico City as a lens into early modern empire. Topics include Mexica migration, indigenous American knowledge cultures, humanism, conquest and warfare, gender and sexuality under the Mexican inquisition, colonial science and medicine, and environmental transformation.
Writing-Intensive (18)
Credits
1
Prerequisite
One 200-level history course or consent of the instructor.
Offered
Spring