Studying Latine Studies at Kenyon
Students in Kenyon’s Latine studies concentration learn from faculty experts in modern Mexican history, international development, postcolonial studies, literary translation, immigration and border studies, and transnational feminism. Coursework in American studies, art, English, history, political science, psychology, Spanish, sociology and gender & sexuality studies provides an interdisciplinary foundation for students to study, analyze, reconstruct and reflect on the Latine experience in the United States as well as its wider impact in the world.
Featured Courses
Latino Psychology
This course focuses on a vibrant and emerging field geared toward understanding the experiences of the largest minority group in the United States, either U.S.-born or U.S.-residing Latinos. Learn about intracultural differences and similarities across Latino subgroups and how demographic and interpersonal variables operate in conjunction.
Latinx Literature and Film
How have Latinos and Latinas made sense of their experiences in the United States from the 16th century to today? This course takes an interdisciplinary approach that seeks to connect literature and film produced by and about U.S. Latinos and Latinas with the fields of history, political science, psychology, art and sociology.
Contemporary Latin American Politics
What are the successes and innovations, the problems and challenges for democracy in Latin America? Focusing on institutions, civil society and norms, we analyze contemporary Latin American democracies from the perspectives of representation, participation, legitimacy, accountability and the rule of law.
Transnational Social Movement
Since the civil rights, student and anti-war movements of the 1950s and 1960s in the United States, sociologists have studied how individuals mobilize collectively and self-consciously to promote social change at a national level. Building on this tradition, this course examines a recent wave of protest movements that organize across national borders. Under what circumstances and with what chances of success do national movements form alliances that cross borders? Is it true that globalization has generated new resources and strategic opportunities for the rise of transnational movements? In an age of accelerated globalization, do national borders still contain movements in any significant way? The main objective of this course, therefore, is to acquire theoretical tools and empirical material to help us address these questions. This semester, we will draw most of our empirical material from case studies of the anti-human trafficking, fair trade, radical Islamic, anti-militarization, and immigrant rights and refugee solidarity movements.
Academic Explorations in Mexico
Over spring break, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Latine Studies Tomás Gallareta Cervera and his students traded Gambier for the Yucatán to foster a more nuanced understanding of Latin American cultural heritage by examining the social structures that contributed to its development.
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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at a kick-off event featuring opening remarks by President Julie Kornfeld and community members. Connect and celebrate!