The City University of New York
Decentering the Spanish Conquest:
The Indigenous Experience in the Canary Islands
Summer 2016
Location
Dates
Canary Islands, Spain
July 1– July 26
Credits Offered
3 CREDITS (CUNY tuition is NOT included in program fee).
Application Deadline
March 18, 2016
TAP, Pell, Gilman, Student Loans
$950.00 for each session (estimate) includes room, breakfast
and lunch, excursions, cultural events, excursions and
international health insurance. AIRFARE is NOT included in
the program fee.
(All students are responsible for arriving at their study abroad
location by the first day of the program; this may mean flying
the day before).
$350.00 Application Fee due with all application materials
$600.00 Program Fee Balance due before April 21, 2015
All payments must be made with certified checks or money orders.
NO CASH, PERSONAL CHECKS OR CREDIT CARDS.
Financial Aid
Program Fee
Payment Schedule
Program Description
The Romance Languages Department will offer one graduate course for Masters Level and
advanced undergraduate students in July 2016 entitled “Decentering the Spanish Conquest:
The Indigenous Experience in the Canary Islands.” The location of the course will be the
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, Spain. The course will run
from July 1st to July 26th.
The course “Decentering the Spanish Conquest: The Indigenous Experience in the Canary
Islands” will offer a nontraditional view of the Spanish Conquest of the Americas and the
Canary Islands through the study of historical, literary, artistic and cultural texts. Students
will focus on the study of the Indigenous inhabitants of the Canary Islands and their
experience of the conquest of this archipelago and the Americas. The course will be taught
in Spanish.
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Why The Canary Islands
The Canary Islands were the first colonial experiment of Spain. In fact, the archipelago was the last stop that
Columbus made before arriving in the Caribbean Sea. The Atlantic archipelago was critical to Spanish
colonization and that legacy remains important in America today. The islands were a laboratory for the
occupation of the Americas: slavery, sugar cane plantations, and in the eyes of Europe, both have a common
birth.
The Canary Islands constitute a unique geographical space. These islands sit only 115 kilometers away
from the African coast and 1,050 kilometers away from Europe. They belong politically in Spain,
geographically in Africa, and culturally in the Caribbean. Geography has been a major element in the
construction of the Canary Islands as a utopian space. Due to the transatlantic cultural connection to the
American continent, which began in 1492, the Canary Islands have a close relationship to the Americas.
Because of this triple continentality and hybrid status, the archipelago is an ideal location to teach Spanish
language, literature, and history.
Cultural Excursions
Students will read literary, historical, and cultural texts to examine the life of the Pre-Hispanic civilizations
prior to the conquest. We will also learn about the indigenous civilization outside class through cultural
visits and field trips. Some of these visits include:
The House of Christopher Columbus
Museo Canario
Cave painting expeditions
Academic Inquiries
Monica Schinaider
Dept. of Romance Languages
HW1342
Phone: 212-772-5092
E-mail: [email protected]
Administrative Inquiries
Education Abroad Office
E1447, Mon – Fri 9:30 am - 5:30pm
Phone: (212) 772-4983
Fax: (212) 772-5005
E-Mail: [email protected]
Estimated Total Costs of Attendance
Tuition (Graduate)
Program Fee
Estimates not included in the Program:
Airfare
Meals
Local Transportation
TOTAL US
$ 1,275
$ 950
$ 1,200
$ 500
$
60
$3,985
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