Hispanic and European Studies Program Fall 15 /Spring 16 Course title: Sepharad: History and Heritage of Jewish Spain Language of instruction: English Professor: Lucía Conte. Office: 40.273 (office hours will be indicated in the course aula global) Phone: 93 542 1935 [email protected] Prerequisites: none. Language pre-requisites: None. Key Words: Medieval History; Modern History; Jewish Studies; Sephardic Studies; Cultural Heritage; Cultural Studies; Marketing Cultural Heritage Course description The course presents an itinerary around the human, historical and cultural heritage of the Spanish Jews, from the Middle Ages to present day. The first part of the course keeps a historical focus, studying the cultural history of Sepharad, from the origins to the expulsion of the Jews in 1492. The Sephardic Diaspora and the development of the judeo-hispanic culture, the return of the Sephardic Jews from the late 19th Century, of European Jews during the inter-war period and how the Shoah relates to Spain will also be covered. The second part of the course will focus focus on the cultural, architectural and human recovery of the Spanish Jewish heritage. Both the human and patrimonial aspects of such recovery will be analyzed, through the case study of different private and public initiatives aimed to develop tourism or marketing projects revolving around the “myth” of Sepharad. Students will work on individual or group projects to delve into questions such as: How is Jewish heritage and history presented in Spain? What are the strategies and outcomes of such projects? What is the prevalent discourse in these cultural initiatives? How does the Spanish society today face its Jewish cultural roots? Learning Goals • Provide the conceptual tools to analyze historical processes • Understand the history of Spanish Jewry and the singularity of the context of the Three Cultures of the Book. • Recognize the Hispanic contribution to Jewish culture. • Analyze the situation of minority cultures in multi-cultural contexts and their development. • Value the historic, archaeological and human heritage • Respect the social values of equality, coexistence and tolerance. • Assess tourism, rural development, urban planning and international projection projects revolving around cultural heritage. • Propose strategies to develop cultural projects Hispanic and European Studies Program- Universitat Pompeu Fabra 2015-2016 1 Hispanic and European Studies Program Fall 15 /Spring 16 Method of Assessment The course final grade will be distributed as it follows: • Active class participation: 15% • Midterm exam: 25% • Final exam: 25% • Term paper: 25% • Oral presentation: 10% Methodology The course include lectures, reading discussion, and analysis of documentary films and primary sources, guest lectures and field study visits, as indicated in the day to day schedule that follows. All materials in the syllabus can be accessed electronically through Aula Global or found in the library. Reading assignments for each session will be announced and explained at the end of the previous lecture and students are encouraged to read ahead of the class to participate in class discussion. The students will work throughout the semester in a final paper that will analyze one or several initiatives of Jewish heritage recovery in Spain and study it from an interdisciplinary perspective. Students shall present their projects to the class as part of the course evaluation. Academic Integrity Students in this class are expected to maintain academic integrity; academic dishonesty will not be tolerated and Hispanic and European Program academic policies will apply. Course Syllabus Session 1: Spain and the Jews (Tu, Jan 12) Presentation of the course, learning goals and course participants. Spain and the Jews. The Jew in the the Spanish culture imaginary The Jew in the imaginary of medieval Christendom Resources and readings: SANS, M (2012) “L’Estigma”. Documental. ALTERVIDEO, Barcelona. MARCUS, J. (1965). The Jew in the medieval world : A source book: 315-1791. New York: Harper & Row.pp. 101-114. Session 2: The Arrival of the Jews to Spain (Thu, Jan 14) The Diaspora and the arrival to the Iberian Peninsula History and and archaeology of the Spanish aljamas Reading to be done before the class: FORCANO, M. y S. PLANAS (2009) “Of One Land and of One Time”. A History of Jewish Catalonia. Girona: Ajuntament de Girona, pp. 18-29 LINDER, A. (1997). The Jews in the legal sources of the early Middle Ages. Detroit : Jerusalem: Wayne State University Press ; Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.pp. 279-281; 314-317. Hispanic and European Studies Program- Universitat Pompeu Fabra 2015-2016 2 Hispanic and European Studies Program Fall 15 /Spring 16 Session 3: People of the Book in the context of the Three Cultures (Tu, Jan 19) The Diaspora and the arrival to the Iberian Peninsula History and and archaeology of the Spanish aljamas The Three Cultures of the Book. Reading to be done before the class: CATLOS, Brian A. (2002) “Contexto y conveniencia en la Corona de Aragón: propuesta de un modelo de interacción entre grupos etno-religiosos minoritarios y mayoritarios”. Revista d'Historia Medieval, 12. Valencia: Universitat de València, pp. 259-268 FORCANO, M. y S. PLANAS (2009) “The Story of a Transmission: Arabs and Jews, Transmiters of Classical Culture in Medieval Europe”. A History of Jewish Catalonia. Girona: Ajuntament de Girona, pp. 123-135 Session 4: The life in a Juderia or Call (Thu, Jan 21) The medieval Jewish quarters Social and religious organization of the communities. Diet and Hygiene Education, culture and leisure Reading to be done before the class: FORCANO, M. y S. PLANAS (2009) “The Calls, districts of Israel”. A History of Jewish Catalonia.. Girona: Ajuntament de Girona, pp. 49-59 FORCANO, M. y S. PLANAS (2009) “Aljamas Protecting the Community”. A History of Jewish Catalonia. Girona: Ajuntament de Girona, pp. 30-48 Session 5: The Call of Barcelona (Tu, Jan 26) [Field study class: the medieval Jewish Quarter of Barcelona] Resources: Video MUHBA-CALL: https://youtu.be/qXA9OuQNByw Barcelona’s Call: a route through the Medieval Jewish Quarter. Barcelona: Ajuntament de Barcelona, http://museuhistoria.bcn.cat/sites/default/files/Triptic_Call_ENG.pdf Hispanic and European Studies Program- Universitat Pompeu Fabra 2015-2016 3 Hispanic and European Studies Program Fall 15 /Spring 16 Session 6: Hispanic contributions to Jewish culture (Thu, Jan 28) “People of the Book” Poetry: Samuel Ha-Levi and Yehuda Ha-Levi Talmud and rabbinic studies: Shlomo ben Adret and Moshe ben Maimon The Cabala: Moshe ben Nahman and Abraham Abulafia. Reading to be done before the class: FORCANO, M. y S. PLANAS (2009) “Whether or not to keep secrets. The Cabbalistic Movements of Girona and Barcelona”. A History of Jewish Catalonia. Girona: Ajuntament de Girona, pp. 155-163 VVAA. (1989)The Sephardi heritage : essays on the history and cultural contribution of the Jews of Spain and Portugal. Madrid, Mapfre, Session 7: The Intellectual Debate (Tu, Feb 2) The context of the Controversies in Europe The Disputation of Barcelona The Disputation of Tortosa Reading to be done before the class: “The Disputation at Barcelona” in C. Chavel ed. (1978). Ramban.Writings & discourses. New York: Shilo Pub. House., pp. 656-696. Session 8: The “Devil’s Century” (Thu, Feb 4) Marginalisation and isolation The pogroms in 1391 and their social, economic and cultural consequences. Reading to be done before the class: FORCANO, M. (2002) “1391-1492: from marginalisation to Expulsion” a Jewish Catalonia, Barcelona, Departament de Cultura/MHC, pp. 202-216 NIRENBERG, D.(1998), Communities of Violence: Persecution of Minorities in the Middle Ages, Princeton University Press, Princeton, selected excerpts Session 9: The Expulsion of the Jews from Spain (Tu, Feb 9) The context of the Expulsions in Europe The Expulsion of the Jews from Spain and Portugal and their social, economic and cultural consequences Reading to be done before the class: ROTH, N. (2002). Chapter 8 “Expulsion of the Jews”. Conversos, Inquisition, and the expulsion of the Jews from Spain.University of Wisconsin Press, pp. 271-316 Session 10: Midterm exam (Thu, Feb 11) Hispanic and European Studies Program- Universitat Pompeu Fabra 2015-2016 4 Hispanic and European Studies Program Fall 15 /Spring 16 Session 11: The Spanish Inquisition (Tu, Feb 16) The Inquisition in Spain and Portugal The statutes of “Purity of Blood” Reading to be done before the class: BEN-SHALOM, R.(2013) “Conflict between Jews and Converts in Aragon Following the Persecution of 1391 New Testimonies from the Formulary of Yom Tov Ben Hannah of Montalbán”, Sefarad, vol. 73:1, pp. 97-131 ROTH, N. (2002).Chapter 7 “The Inquisition”. Conversos, Inquisition, and the expulsion of the Jews from Spain.University of Wisconsin Press, pp. 203-270 Session 12: The “Converso” Problem (Thu, Feb 18) The “problem of the conversos” and their social integration The Inquisition against the Conversos Reading to be done before the class: ROTH, N. (2002). Chapter 3 “Marranos and Conversos”. Conversos, Inquisition, and the expulsion of the Jews from Spain.University of Wisconsin Press, pp. 3-15 MARTZ, L. (2000) “Relations between Conversos and Old Christians in Early Modern Toledo: Some Different Perspectives”. Christians, Muslims and Jews in Medieval and Early Modern Spain. Interaction and Cultural Change. Indiana: University of NotreDame Press, pp. 220-240 Session 13: Marranismo or Crypto-Judaism (Tu, Feb 23) Cripto-Judaism in Spain and Portugal The Xuetas Resistance or a-culturation? Reading to be done before the class: LEVINE, R. (2000) “Crypto-Jewish Women Facing the Spanish Inquisition: Transmitting Religious Practices, Beliefs and Attitudes”. Christians, Muslims and Jews in Medieval and Early Modern Spain. Interaction and Cultural Change. Indiana: University of Notre-Dame Press, pp. 197-219 SEIDENSPINNER-NUNEZ, D. (2000) “Conversion and Subversion: Converso Texts in Fifteenth-Century Spain”. Christians, Muslims and Jews in Medieval and Early Modern Spain. Interaction and Cultural Change. Indiana: University of Notre-Dame Press, pp. 241-264 Hispanic and European Studies Program- Universitat Pompeu Fabra 2015-2016 5 Hispanic and European Studies Program Fall 15 /Spring 16 Session 14: Sefarad, Sefarad (Thu, Feb 25) The Sephardic Diaspora The Sephardim and Judeo-hispanic culture out of Spain The spread of Ladino and judeo-Catalan dialects Reading to be done before the class: RAY, J. (2013).. After expulsion: 1492 and the making of the Sephardic Jewry. New York: New York University Press, selected excerpts KEDOURIE, E, ed. (1992). . Spain and the Jews: the Sephardi experience 1492 and after. London: Thames and Hudson. ,selected excerpts Resources: Ladino and Judeo-Catalan songs Session 15: Spain and the Shoah (Tu, March 1) The return of the Sephardic Jews in the 19th and 20th Centuries. The Jews in Spain during the Republic and the Spanish Civil War Franco and the Shoah Spain (today) and the Shoah [Guest lecture] Reading to be done before the class: ARAGONESES, A. (2015) “Polishing the Past? The Memories of Deportation and the Holocaust in Spanish Law and society“ IVS FVGIT Revista de Cultura Jurídica BAER, A. (2011) “Los vacíos de Sefarad. La memoria del Holocausto en España”. Política y Sociedad,. Vol. 48, N. 3, pp. 501-518 Session 16: Jewish Heritage as a Cultural Tourism Resource (Thu, March 3) From a cultural resource to a touristic product: Building a discourse around Jewish heritage in Spain Analysis of case studies • Private and public initiatives to promote the Jewish heritage in Spain. • Museums and Interpretation Centers • The Spanish Jewish Network-Paths of Sepharad Deadline to hand paper drafts Reading to be done before the class: CONTE, L. (2015) “Shaping the Jewish Quarter. Past and Present in the Formation and Transformation of Jewish Cultural Heritage in Barcelona”. Conference proceedings. Annual Conference of the Society for Sephardic Studies, Tzfat, June, 2015. JURIS, J. (2005) “Paths of Sepharad”. Revista de Antropología Social; n. 14, 241-279 Hispanic and European Studies Program- Universitat Pompeu Fabra 2015-2016 6 Hispanic and European Studies Program Fall 15 /Spring 16 Session 17: Jewish Heritage as sign of identity (Tu, March 8) The revival of the Sephardic culture: public and private networks and initiatives: CasaSefarad Israel, Tarbut Sefarad, Mozaika In search for the roots: the phenomenon of the Bnei Anussim Reading to be done before the class: Resources: SEFARAD 92-video del quinto centenario. [Madrid] : Sociedad Estatal Quinto Centenario. Session 18: Jewish Barcelona today (Thu, March 10) Barcelona as a case study. [Field study visit to the Comunidad Israelita de Barcelona and guest lecture] Reading to be done before the class: ROZENBERG, D. (2010) “La España contemporánea y la cuestión judía : retejiendo los hilos de la memoria y de la historia”. Madrid : Casa Sefarad-Israel : Marcial Pons Historia or TRACHTENBERG, J. (1961).The Devil and the Jews : the medieval conception of the Jew and its relation to modern antisemitism, New York : Meridian Books, Session 19: Conclusions (Tu, March 15) Conclusions Revision for the final exam Session 20:Final Exam (Thu, March 17) Session 21: Tutorial session(Tu, March 29) Group tutorial session on final papers Student presentations Session 22: Student presentations and course closure (Thu, March 31) Student presentations Course closure and evaluation Deadline to hand final paper Hispanic and European Studies Program- Universitat Pompeu Fabra 2015-2016 7 Hispanic and European Studies Program Fall 15 /Spring 16 COURSE IMPORTANT DATES Session 5: on-site cass: El Call de Barcelona [Tu, Jan 26] Session 10: Midterm exam [Thu Feb 11] Session 15: Guest lecture [Tu, March 1] Session 18: on-site class: The Jewish Community in Barcelona [Thu March, 10] Session 20: Final exam. 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