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Advanced Seminar
"The fragrant branch" : culture and history of al-Andalus (seminar)
Isabel Toral-Niehoff
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The course focuses on the culture and history of the Arab-Islamic cultural epoch on the Iberian Peninsula, with special emphasis on literary forms of expression and aspects of multiculturalism. Central themes are cultural and linguistic hybridization, cultural boundaries and identity discourses, as well as translation. On the other hand, the broad reception of "al-Andalus" as a cultural-political myth in the modern Arab world ("Golden Age") as well as in the Western context ("Convivencia") will be discussed. Knowledge of Spanish is not required, but desirable. close
Suggested reading
Catlos, Brian A, Rita Seuß, and Verlag C.H. Beck. 2019. al-Andalus: Geschichte des islamischen Spanien.
Jayyusi, Salma Khadra, and Manuela Marín, eds. 1992. The Legacy of Muslim Spain. Vols.2 Leiden.
Manzano Moreno, Eduardo. 2013. “Qurtuba: Some Critical Considerations of the Caliphate of Cordoba and the Myth of Convivencia.” In Reflections on Qurtuba in the 21st Century, edited by Javier Rosón, 111–32.
Noorani, Yaseen. 1999. “The Lost Garden of Al-Andalus: Islamic Spain and the Poetic Inversion of Colonialism.” International Journal of Middle East Studies 31 (2): 237–54.
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14 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Tue, 2024-04-16 12:00 - 14:00
Tue, 2024-04-23 12:00 - 14:00
Tue, 2024-04-30 12:00 - 14:00
Tue, 2024-05-07 12:00 - 14:00
Tue, 2024-05-14 12:00 - 14:00
Tue, 2024-05-21 12:00 - 14:00
Tue, 2024-05-28 12:00 - 14:00
Tue, 2024-06-04 12:00 - 14:00
Tue, 2024-06-11 12:00 - 14:00
Tue, 2024-06-18 12:00 - 14:00
Tue, 2024-06-25 12:00 - 14:00
Tue, 2024-07-02 12:00 - 14:00
Tue, 2024-07-09 12:00 - 14:00
Tue, 2024-07-16 12:00 - 14:00