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Center for the Americas
The Center for the Americas houses Wesleyan's American Studies and Latin
American Studies Programs. The newly renovated Center, located in the center of
campus at 255 High Street, has offices for faculty and fellows, three seminar
rooms, a student lounge and library. The Center is dedicated to developing an
interdisciplinary comparative paradigm for the study of the Americas that will
provide a model for the reorganization of American Studies and Latin American
Studies in the twenty-first century.
The faculty in American Studies and Latin American Studies have come together
to construct an inclusive program of study in the cultures of the Americas.
Adopting a comparative, hemispheric approach, this program of study seeks to
recognize the plurality of the Americas, encouraging students to explore both
the multicultural aspects of various American nations and the international
dimensions of cultural pluralism. Moreover, the program does so by revealing and
delineating the complex historical, social and economic ties that bind the many
cultures constituting the Americas rather than segregating them into to discrete
entities to be studied in isolation.
American Studies and Latin American
Studies, which together encompass approximately 130 majors and some 20 core
faculty, remain independent undergraduate majors. In addition, many non-majors
take courses in both Programs. The Programs and the Center sponsor a variety of
events, including the annual Americas Forum.
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