Syllabus
1. Colonization, colonialism, imperialism: Key terms and timeline
2. Europe in the Age of Discovery
3. “New World”: Utopia, or Hell on Earth?
4. Spanish Conquest of Americas
5. Portuguese Colonization
6. Colonial Administration
7. Colonists and Colonization of Latin America
8. Native Americans: From Slavery to Marginalization
9. Slave Trade and Life in Americas
10. In Between: Mulattoes, Mestizos and New Christians
11. Missions and Missionaries
12. Colonial competition: England, France and Netherlands
Annotation
This module seeks to provide complex summary of the key processes of early European colonialism, drawing upon example of Latin American region. Apart from introducing students to the fundamental history of the conquest, colonization and creation of colonial administration by Spain and Portugal, it explores perspectives of the marginalized and oppressed groups (indigenous population, black slaves, New Christians etc.).