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Los judíos de Sefarad alcanzaron cotas virtuosistas de creatividad cultural en todos los ámbitos de la vida intelectual en el Medioevo: unos logros recogidos en los archivos literarios del hebreo, el judeo-árabe, el arameo, e incluso en los vernáculos...

The photographic installations of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, the debates sparked by the farcical intervention in images of national heroes like Emiliano Zapata, or even the hyper-aestheticization of narco culture on social media, in films, and...

A follow-up course to Span 80t, Span 80ts continues our historical, social, cultural, literary, and linguistic journey through modern Spain by focusing on texts that foreground territorial and national debates. Through close readings and translations...

We will read, listen to, and play with poems dealing with transatlantic perspectives on and from modern Spain. Close attention paid to the relation between poetry and identity, motherland, exile, and nomadism in Spanish and Latin American poets such as...

The Gothic has become an inescapable and proliferating presence in contemporary culture. The global expansion of the term, its rather astonishing plasticity, has led experts to distinguish between categories such as Urban Gothic, Rural Gothic, Eco Gothic...

Between 1923 and 1970, Jorge Luis Borges wrote some of the most original poems, short stories, essays and film scripts in Latin America and anywhere in the world, and he redefined the meaning and scope of literature. In this course, we will examine the...

“What is love (baby don’t hurt me)?” pop culture keeps asking; in Latin America, one answer has long come in the form of tears, melodrama, and serialized romance. In the 1960s, the romance‑comic series Lágrimas, risas y amor promised its readers an...

Introducción a la historia de la lengua española desde sus orígenes hasta el presente. Escarceos en lingüística histórica en el marco de la historia literaria y el estudio comparado de las lenguas románicas. Acercamiento interdisciplinario.

Through close readings and translations centering on 20th-century Spanish history and society, students hone their linguistic, grammatical, and stylistic skills, and acquire the interpretive skills required to comprehend and analyze increasingly complex...

This course presents a diverse set of literary and cultural materials that will help understand Spain’s frequently contested Modernity. The guiding topic of discussion will be the conflicting definitions of Spanish national identity from the 18th to the...