Spanish 332 - Seminar: The Middle Ages Today: Islam in the West
SEM: MID AGES TODAY-ISLAM WEST
Spring
2020
01
4.00
Ibtissam Bouachrine
TTh 02:45-04:40
Smith College
30278-S20
HATFLD 206
ibouachr@smith.edu
Topics course.
Normally offered each spring: This transdisciplinary course examines the intimate, complex and longstanding relationship between Islam and the West in the context of the Iberian Peninsula from the Middle Ages until the present. Discussions focus on religious, historical, philosophical and political narratives about the place of Islam and Muslims in the West. Students are also invited to think critically about “convivencia,” “clash of civilizations,” “multiculturalism” and other theories that seek to make sense of the relationship between Islam and the West. Enrollment limited to 14. Permission of the instructor.
Normally offered each spring: This transdisciplinary course examines the intimate, complex and longstanding relationship between Islam and the West in the context of the Iberian Peninsula from the Middle Ages until the present. Discussions focus on religious, historical, philosophical and political narratives about the place of Islam and Muslims in the West. Students are also invited to think critically about “convivencia,” “clash of civilizations,” “multiculturalism” and other theories that seek to make sense of the relationship between Islam and the West. Enrollment limited to 14. Permission of the instructor.
Instructor Permission. Not open to first-years, sophomores