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Lecturer: Caín Somé Laserna (csome@us.es)
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- Course GA-17 WOMEN IN THE HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA
- ASSESSMENT AND GRADING CRITERIA
- Course GA-07 FLAMENCO: AN EXPRESSION OF THE CULTURE OF ANDALUCÍA
- METHODOLOGY AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
- SYLLABUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF THEORETICAL-PRACTICAL SESSIONS
Lecturer: Caín Somé Laserna (csome@us.es)Substitute Lecturer: Dr. Julio Ponce Alberca (jponce@us.es) OBJECTIVES To make students aware of the historical milestones within the process of European construction. As the Course develops, reflexion upon the idea of Europe will be encouraged, as well as upon how to approach this same historical process from the perspective of the Social Sciences and Historiography, upon its evolution, upon the study of its instititutional make-up, and upon the existing links between Spain and Europe. With this basis in mind, the aim is to enable students: to reflect critically upon the key issues involved in the process of European construction; to acquire an understanding of, and be capable of analyzing, with rigor, the circumstances affecting this same process at the present time; to become aware of the values upon which the foundations of European construction are based. METHODOLOGY Class sessions will be based on two-hour modules, during the first of which lecturers will explore the key aspects of one of the units of syllabus content, while during the second hour, documentaries will be screened, text commentaries will be carried out, and workshops will be held, based on the readings prepared by students beforehand on a weekly basis. SYLLABUS Unit I: The Birth of Contemporary Europe.
Unit II: Europe and the Inter-War Years: The Undermining of the Continent’s Leadership (1919-1939). 2.1 The Break-up of an Age-Old Political Model. The Great War and its Consequences. The League of Nations. 2.2 Europe and the Inter-War Years: Coudenhove-Kalergi, Stresemann, Briand. 2.3 The Crash of 1929 and its Political Consequences.
3.1 The Franco-British Union (1940): A Project involving Supranational Integration. 3.2 Nazi Europe: Von Ribbentrop’s Confederacy Project (1943). 3.3 The Europe of the Resistance. Benelux. Unit IV: European Reconstruction. 4.1 The Criteria put forward by the United States: The ‘Marshall Plan’. The Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OECO). 4.2 Europe according to Europe.
5.1 From Monnet to Schuman. 5.2 The Failure of the European Defence Community and of the European Political Union (1954). Unit VI: The Creation of the European Economic Community. 6.1 The Treaties of Rome. 6.2 The New Institutions. 6.3 The British Response to the EEC: the European Association for Free Trade (EFTA)
7.1 De Gaulle’s Europe. 7.2 France and the United States: the Struggle for Hegemony in Europe. 7.3 The Treaty of Fusion. Unit VIII: The Expansion of the European Communities (1968-1979). 8.1 The Entry of Great Britain into the EEC. 8.2 The Economic and Monetary Union. 8.3 The Conference for European Security and Cooperation in Helsinki (1975). 8.4 The Birth of the European Monetary System (1978). 8.5 An European Parliament Elected by Direct Universal Suffrage (1979). Unit IX: The Single Europe Act (1980-1986). 9.1 The Committee of Experts’ Report. 9.2 Discrepancies among Member Countries. 9.3 The Schengen Agreements. Unit X: The Transformation of Europe’s Political Space (1986-1991). 10.1 The Collapse of the Soviet Block. 10.2 The Reunification of Germany. 10.3 The Transformation of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe and of the Council of Europe.
11.1 The European Union and its Three Pillars. 11.2 Economic and Monetary Union. 11.3 Foreign Policy and a Common Security Policy. 11.4 Matters concerning the System of Justice and Home Affairs. 11.5 Institutional Reforms. Unit XII: The European Union (1992-2002). 12.1 The Europe of the Fifteen. 12.2 The First Revision of the Treaty of Union: The Treaty of Amsterdam, 1997. 12.3 The Second Revision of the Treaty of Union: The Treaty of Nice, 2000. 12.4 The European Union’s Charter of Rights. 12.5 The Process of Enlargement toward Central and Eastern Europe. Unit XIII: The Treaty of Lisbon (2007). 13.1 The Europe of the Twenty Seven. 13.2 Institutional Reform. 13.3 The European Constitution. 13.4 New Issues for Europe.
14.1 The Transatlantic Declaration (1990). 14.2 The New Transatlantic Agenda, NAT (1995). 14.3 The Enlargement of NAT (1999). 14.4 Europe and the United States in the Twenty-First Century.
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ASSESSMENT CRITERIA a) Two exams will be set, one mid-way through the Course and the other at the close of the semester. b) The undertaking of an assignment consisting of the exploration of any of the points dealt with as syllabus subject-matter during class sessions.
Lecturer: Dr. Beatriz Vitar Mukdsi (mvitar@us.es ) Co- Lecturer: Dra. Rocío Delibes Mateos (rdelibes@us.es)
The aim of this Course is the study of the role of women during the different stages of the history of Latin America, using as a point of departure the Continent’s indigenous cultures, already in existence prior to any European presence, and on through the colonial period into the first republican phase, until the twenty-first century is reached. Within this overarching timeline, the set objective, by means of a careful selection of topics, is to provide an overview of the circumstances and experiences of women in a range of spatial and temporal contexts, while analyzing their involvement in different social environments within a multiethnic and multicultural context such as that of Latin America. In this way, what is registered is an awareness of, as well as an appreciation of, the trajectory of such women as historical agents, thus counteracting both the subordinate position and the invisibility to which they have been condemned, not only on the part of hegemonic patriarchy, but also by historiography itself. Finally, the aim of this Course is to encourage a critical mind-set capable of extricating the role of Latin American women from a range of ethnic and cultural strata so as to advocate their contribution to History. METHODOLOGY The Course syllabus will be carried through as a result of the complementary interaction of theoretical and practical class sessions. Theoretical segment: the explanatory presentation of the syllabus topics, backed up by a range of didactic material (Power Point, document-based sources, audiovisual sources, etc.) Practical segment: commentaries on, and debates concerning, the sources to be read, the bibliography to be consulted, and the varied audiovisual material to be screened, in relation to the syllabus content. SYLLABUS 1. WOMEN’S HISTORY AND GENDER HISTORY Debates and historiographical contributions in recent decades. Sources and Methodology for the Study of Women. 2. WOMEN IN PRE-HISPANIC AMERICA Mesoamerica - Aztecs and Mayas: The Legend of the Red Queen of the Mayas. Female occupations among the Aztecs. The Andean World: the Incas. The Virgins of the Dwelling of the Sun, of the Acllahuasi (“The House of the Chosen Women”, the Acllacuna).
Indigenous Women and the Conquistadors: the Case of ‘La Malinche’ and Hernán Cortés during the Conquest of Tenochtitlan (Mexico). Hispanic Women during the Conquest, as reflected in Contemporary Literature. The case of Chile: Inés del alma mía (Ines of My Soul), by Isabel Allende.
Convent life and writing in the seventeenth century: Sister Juana Inés de la Cruz (Mexico). The Making of Multi-Ethnic Societies: White Women, Miscegenated Women, Indigenous Women, and Black-skinned Women. 5. INDEPENDENT OR REPUBLICAN LATIN AMERICA (THE 19TH CENTURY) Women within the process of Latin American Independence: Manuela Sáenz, “Liberator of the Liberator”. Women and Education: North American schoolmistresses in Argentina. 6. WOMEN OF THE 20th AND 21st CENTURIES Women from other worlds: the immigrants. Work and Politics. Culture. Women and Painting: Frida Kahlo (Mexico). BIBLIOGRAPHY
Audiovisual Resources: Documentary: 1420. La aventura de educar [1420. The Adventure of Education] (North American schoolmistresses in nineteenth-century Argentina.) Produced in collaboration with The National Institute of Cinema and the Visual Arts of Argentina (INCA): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfqskglhEqQ Yo, la peor de todas (I, The Worst of All) : a movie directed by María Luisa Bemberg (1990), based on the book Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz o las trampas de la fe (Sister Juana Inés de la Cruz or the Traps of Faith), by Octavio Paz (1982): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tdNcjFWM9Q Documentary on the painter, Frida Kahlo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7iq6WF5s0U ASSESSMENT AND GRADING CRITERIA Positive account will be taken of each student’s active participation in class sessions (the taking of initiatives, the quality of commentaries on readings, effective contributions to debate sessions, etc.). The final grade will be based on the average of the two grades obtained in each of the two exams involving the syllabus content of the Course: 4.50 points as the maximum, in each of the two exams to be set, the mid-semester edition and the end-of-semester edition, respectively Course GA-07 FLAMENCO: AN EXPRESSION OF THE CULTURE OF ANDALUCÍA (45 class hours) Lecturer: Dr. David Florido del Corral (dflorido@us.es) Substitute Lecturer : Dr. Javier Hernández Ramírez (jhernan@us.es)
Flamenco will be broached as a cultural phenomenon in its widest sense; i.e., taking into account the dimensions that link it with music, social interaction, and communication, as well as its displaying of itself as lyricism, while not forgetting its links with contexts related to work, ritual, and festive occasions. As a result of this approach, Flamenco is viewed as a manifestation which goes beyond the strictly artistic, while possessing the capacity to generate social identity, in the case of Andalucía, on the basis of ethnic factors, but not exclusively so. In order to illustrate this plan of action, use will be made of a historically based analysis so as to be able to carry out a reconstruction of the major processes by means of which, up until the present day, Flamenco has emerged as a cultural manifestation in the southern part of Peninsular Spain. The objective of the first part of the Course is to provide students who are not familiar with Flamenco music into contact with its key features, thus enabling them to appreciate Flamenco as a musical language and as a communicative model with its own specific characteristics. Thereafter, the same will be done with regard to Flamenco as dance. In a second section, students will learn about the different phases that have gone into the making of the history of Flamenco, while they will also become familiar with the debates concerning its interaction with a range of different cultural traditions, some of which remain distanced in time and space. This process will allow for an acquaintance with the historical roots of the beginnings of Flamenco in Andalucía, together with awareness, although cursory, of the issues that enliven existing specialized bibliography with regard to how to locate Flamenco both historically and culturally. Finally, in a third section, an exploration will be made of the characteristics of Flamenco as an expression of social interaction and as a communicative model, while its current validity in contemporary society within diverse social and festive contexts is scrutinized, together with the key characteristics of its lyrics as a manifestation of poetic art. METHODOLOGY AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA The Course will take into account regular attendance at the theoretical-practical classroom sessions in which lecturers’ explanations will be backed up with a range of audiovisual material which will make for practical learning. Likewise, texts, outlines and different kinds of illustrative material will be provided as a way of reinforcing the explanations concerned. In general, the two-hour sessions will be divided into sub-units, each respectively dedicated to both theoretical content and to practical exercises so as to ensure an applied learning process in which students will be able participate actively as protagonists. By way of a complementary, extramural activity, students will be expected to undertake two brief practical assignments involving the analysis of two public performances, or events, in which Flamenco is on show, either commercially, or socially. As a result of this outline, criteria for assessment and grading will be as follows:
Account will be taken of regular attendance and active participation in the learning activities during each session. With this aim in mind, a class register will be kept. A maximum of five unwarranted absences during the semester will be permitted, while, during the first two weeks of class, it will be each student’s responsibility to hand in a file card which will include his or her name, a photograph, details of the Program to which he or she belongs, as well as an e-mail address. During class sessions lecturers will encourage students to play a participative role in the activities and exercises that will be set up. Weighting within final grade: 20%.
Weighting within final grade: 40%
Weighting within final grade: 40% SYLLABUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF THEORETICAL-PRACTICAL SESSIONS 1. Introduction: Flamenco as the expression of what is musical, of ritual, and of social interaction. Its relation to cultural identity within Andalucía and to the cultural traditions that go into that same identity’s making. 2. Key characteristics of Flamenco as musical expression: components of the musical discourse concerned, rhythm, styles, or handles on style. Approaches to the learning and performance of Flamenco music: micro-composition, resources of expression, instrumentalization. Sounding Flamenco-like. 3. Expressive characteristics of Flamenco as dance: counterpointing as the structural basis of Flamenco dance, the structure of dance set-ups, the recent evolution of dance forms. 4. The origins of Flamenco as a junction of viewpoints. Historical/cultural context, from the Enlightenment to Romanticism. The issue of the term Flamenco. 5. Historical reconstruction of commercial Flamenco. Phases: the café-singer, Flamenco opera, Neoclassicism, Present-day Flamenco. Issues concerning the identity of Flamenco as Music: Flamenco and Andalusí culture, gipsy style, purists and ‘cante-jondo flamencans’, Flamenco and Heritage. 6. Flamenco and its social dimension: the practice of ‘using’ Flamenco. Everyday contexts for Flamenco: the family circle, neighborhoods, festive occasions. 7. Flamenco as literary expression. Key characteristics of its language and of the structure of the ‘copla’ ballads. BIBLIOGRAPHY The bibliography below should be seen as an index of those texts which can be made use of by students as a way of delving deeper into the subject-units made available.
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