Subject: INTL

Term: Fall 2025

INTL 288: Cultures in Context: Global Citizens-Spain (100/13392)

Punales-Alpizar, D

This course explores the rich and evolving landscape of Spanish culture through its history, arts, literature, and social practices. Focusing on Madrid as both a resource and a site of analysis, it examines how cultural expressions reflect and shape Spanish identity in a global context, and if such expressions can define a distinctive national narrative. Topics include migration, national narratives, colonial legacies, and Spain's role in the modern world. Students will learn more about how Spanish global culture looks and sounds like, how Spanish artists and writers present their understandings of self, nation, modernity, and international belonging, how Spain has been perceived by others, and how these perceptions have shaped Spanish responses to its role in the world. The course will explore how literature, visual culture, and popular media shape and disseminate ideas of "global Spain" within and beyond the Iberian Peninsula. Students will engage with diverse materials--from literature and music to monuments and social movements--to critically analyze the intersections of culture, power, and identity in Spain and the broader Spanish-speaking world. The course is organized around key cultural materials--food, music, literature, soccer, monuments, social movements, urban spaces, nature, and museums--paired with secondary scholarly readings. These will allow students to trace resonances and tensions across the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, with particular emphasis on the latter two. The course will examine continuities and changes across these periods, focusing on Spain's transformation from imperial power to modern democracy, with attention to pivotal moments such as the Spanish Civil War, Franco's dictatorship, the democratic Transition, and recent migration movements. Ultimately, this course aims to develop students' ability to think critically and creatively about the cultural forces that shape our contemporary world--preparing them to engage thoughtfully and actively in a globalized society. Offered as INTL 288 and WLIT 288.

INTL 396: International Independent Study (100/7305)

Punales-Alpizar, D

Study of a topic within the scope of international studies. The student must complete a prospectus form, approved and signed by the supervising faculty member, no later than the second week of classes. The prospectus must outline the goals of the project and the research methodology to be used and is part of the basis for grading. Open to juniors and seniors majoring in international studies.

INTL 399: International Studies Colloquium (100/6312)

W 07:00-09:30 PM Aug 25-Dec 05

Punales-Alpizar, D

This course offers seniors the opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of the complexity and dynamics of the human world as a result of majoring in International Studies. Students analyze topics relevant to the foreign geographic areas and broad themes they have chosen for their major foci. To do so, they draw on their international experiences, knowledge acquired through foreign languages, and prior coursework for the major. Students share their conclusions in the seminar itself and in a public presentation.