Colliding Worlds: Re-Examining the "Conquest" of Mexico

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

This course re-examines accounts of the discovery and conquest of Mexico to understand the misconceptions and misrepresentations inherent them, and the reasons these were created. It uses recent studies along with Indigenous historical texts (codices and lienzos) to re-evaluate this event from a non-Eurocentric perspective. Offered only at Trent University Durham GTA. Prerequisite: ANTH 2121H, 2123H, or 3121H, or permission of the instructor.