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HIST-377 History of the Jews in Spain

Curriculum: Fulfills Humanities Requirement for Business and Engineering; IAS Certificate Elective
Description: The Sepharadic experience. The impact of an enormously versatile and dynamic minority group on Spanish culture, from early times to the present. Focus on Jewish philosophical and cultural contributions to Spanish and European society. Themes include the Jews in Muslim al-Andalus, Jewish mysticism and the Kabbalah, the Spanish Inquisition and the Jewish expulsion of 1492, and conversos (New Christians) and their dominance of the commercial and intellectual life of early-modern Spain.
Current Text: under review
Mandatory Trip: Córdoba, Sevilla and Toledo - estimated cost, €350; fees must be paid by first day of class.

Course ID

Credits

Instructor

Language

Days

Hours

Term

HIST-377-M01

3

Ingram

Eng

MW

17:00-18:15

Fall

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