EEHH (EN) - Beginner
| Estudios Hispanicos for Beginners (in English) | ||
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| UPFEH01 Barcelona: The City and Its History |
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| Barcelona is nowadays a very cosmopolitan city with a great international projection. This course is an introduction to the city of Barcelona by studying its past and analyzing its present. This course will review the most important moments in the urban development of Barcelona focusing in the ways these events can be seen in the present layout of the city. We will also analyze the expressions of Catalan and Mediterranean identity in its buildings and traditions. Credits: 3 Institution: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses |
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| UPFEH02 Contemporary Spanish Art |
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| The objective of this course is to offer a survey approach to the history of artistic developments in Spain from Goya to our days. A background on this specific field is not required. For this reason not only the main artistic events will be covered, but also some political, historical and cultural issues that might be relevant. Although this course is mainly based on lectures; some visits to museums and exhibitions will be also part of the course requirements. These visits will be made during the class time, and are equivalent to an usual in-class lecture. Credits: 3 Institution: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses |
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| UPFEH16 Between Tolerance and Conflict: Muslims, Jews and Christians in the Iberian Peninsula |
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| The course seeks to introduce Spanish history as a history of a space and time in which three monotheistic religions have coexisted for centuries; a unique case in the history of the Western world, in which both tolerance and religious conflict has determined history until today. Spanish history and its political, economic, social, cultural and religious aspects will be considered through an interdisciplinary approach, in order to understand the different religious identities as well as to grasp the images constructed by themselves and each other. The course will try to highlight relevance not only for our knowledge of an European country, but for contemporary problems and conflicts. The course thus will deal with issues of identity which necessarily require the consideration of such research agendas as cultural studies and cultural history. Credits: 3 Institution: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses |
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| UPFEH19 Ancient Mediterranean: Colonial Encounters and Imperialism |
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| This course will examine the nature and complexity of interactions between the regions of the Mediterranean during the second and the first millennia BC. This is a particularly complex phenomenon both archaeologically and historically, since it is related with a great deal of political, social and linguistic diversity. What is clear, is that the cultural florescence of the Ancient Mediterranean civilizations had its origins in a series of colonial entanglements beginning first in the eastern Mediterranean. Minoan and Mycenaean communities began to establish links with Egypt and the Near East in the first centuries of the II millennium BC. From then, over a period spanning more than two thousand years, and ending with the Roman conquest, colonists, merchants, sailors and conquerors sought to benefit from the commercial and cultural opportunities provided by the riches of the eastern, central and western Mediterranean. Credits: 3 Institution: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) Schedule: Download schedule for outside courses |
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