NUESTRO CONSOCIO PROFESOR TEODORO HAMPE MARTINEZ
BROWN UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
Fall Term 2007
HIST1270
History of the Book in Latin America
Tuesday, 3:00 — 5:00 PM
John Carter Brown Library
Dr. Teodoro Hampe-Martinez, Charles H. Watts Visiting Professor
COURSE DESCRIPTION
From about 1950 onwards, the history of the book has become a discipline of growing interest and stimulating discussions in Latin America . Regarding especially the colonial period under Spanish and Portuguese dominance, a series of major contributions (beginning with Irving A. Leonard’s Books of the Brave in 1949) has renovated views about the role and impact of printed materials in New World societies. These contributions, produced by historians, philologists, philosophers, and other scholars in the humanities and social sciences, have proved the notable significance of interdisciplinary work. Due to this development, not only new historical facts and original sources have been brought to light, but also a qualitative change in intellectual and cultural history. Moreover, the French-born influence of the histoire des mentalités (notably visible since the late 1970s) has served to connect the evolution of libraries and the press with a broader scope of everyday attitudes, ideologies, and practices. This seminar will analyze the progression gained in the field of the history of the book in Latin America during the second half of the twentieth century and explore the perspectives for the times to come.
INSTRUCTOR’S CURRICULUM
Teodoro Hampe-Martinez is currently Charles H. Watts Visiting Professor at the Department of History in Brown University . Professor Hampe-Martinez has a BA in Humanities and MA degrees in History and Education from the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Peru and a PhD in Geography and History from the Universidad Complutense of Madrid . He is Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Peru and at the Universidad Nacional Mayor of San Marcos , and has done extensive research work throughout Europe and the Americas . He is the author and editor of a series of books regarding the cultural, social and political history of colonial Latin America .
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
Fall Term 2007
HIST1270
History of the Book in Latin America
Tuesday, 3:00 — 5:00 PM
John Carter Brown Library
Dr. Teodoro Hampe-Martinez, Charles H. Watts Visiting Professor
COURSE DESCRIPTION
From about 1950 onwards, the history of the book has become a discipline of growing interest and stimulating discussions in Latin America . Regarding especially the colonial period under Spanish and Portuguese dominance, a series of major contributions (beginning with Irving A. Leonard’s Books of the Brave in 1949) has renovated views about the role and impact of printed materials in New World societies. These contributions, produced by historians, philologists, philosophers, and other scholars in the humanities and social sciences, have proved the notable significance of interdisciplinary work. Due to this development, not only new historical facts and original sources have been brought to light, but also a qualitative change in intellectual and cultural history. Moreover, the French-born influence of the histoire des mentalités (notably visible since the late 1970s) has served to connect the evolution of libraries and the press with a broader scope of everyday attitudes, ideologies, and practices. This seminar will analyze the progression gained in the field of the history of the book in Latin America during the second half of the twentieth century and explore the perspectives for the times to come.
INSTRUCTOR’S CURRICULUM
Teodoro Hampe-Martinez is currently Charles H. Watts Visiting Professor at the Department of History in Brown University . Professor Hampe-Martinez has a BA in Humanities and MA degrees in History and Education from the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Peru and a PhD in Geography and History from the Universidad Complutense of Madrid . He is Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Peru and at the Universidad Nacional Mayor of San Marcos , and has done extensive research work throughout Europe and the Americas . He is the author and editor of a series of books regarding the cultural, social and political history of colonial Latin America .
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