This comparative study of Islamic Civilization in the Mediterranean region focuses on the social, cultural, and intellectual history of the region, the links with classical antiquity, and the development of Islamic science and a distinct Islamic culture. The course also explores the interaction of Islamic Spain with Christian Europe and its significance for Philosophy, Medicine, Astronomy, Chemistry, and Mathematics.
Method of presentation:
Lectures, discussion of readings, review of previous session materials, analysis and discussion of audiovisual materials, class discussions, site visits.
Required work and form of assessment:
Active class participation (10%); written mid-term examination (30%); written final examination (35%); individual research paper (10-15 pages) (25%). Class attendance is mandatory.
content:
The course content may be divided into two thematic areas. The first one (items 1-6), covers the social, political and religious history of Al-Andalus and North Africa until 1492, with an emphasis on the relations between both regions in the Mediterranean context, in a climate of coexistence and tensions between different social groups. The second area (items 7-12) analyzes the cultural and intellectual life of Al-Andalus and the Maghreb in the Mediterranean context, with particular attention to the reception of classical Greek and Latin culture, and its transmission to Christian Europe. The contents of both areas will be systematically interconnected in class.
The birth of Islam and its evolution through the beginning of the Omeyan Caliphate (660). Fundamentals, institutions and basic concepts of classical Arab-Islamic civilization.
Conquest and the spread of Islam and the Arab culture in North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula.
Social, political and religious history of Al-Andalus and North Africa until the fall of the Caliphate of Cordoba.
Social, political and religious history of Al-Andalus and North Africa until the beginning of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada.
The Nasrid kingdom of Granada and its relations with North Africa and the Mediterranean.
Social and religious structure of Al-Andalus and North Africa.
The reception of classical Greek and Latin culture in Al-Andalus, North Africa and the Islamic Mediterranean, and its transmission to Christian Europe.
The scientific production of Al-Andalus and North Africa, and its influence on the sciences of Christian Europe: Botany, pharmacology, medicine, veterinary, agricultural studies, mathematics, chemistry, and astronomy.
Philosophy and thought in Al-Andalus and North Africa. Influence on philosophical thought in Christian Europe.
Letters: Literary and popular poetry, and its connections to romance poetry. Prose and its influence on Spanish and European literature.
The material and linguistic legacy of Andalusi and Maghrebi civilization in Spain.
The image of Al-Andalus: Between myth and reality.
Required readings:
Chejne, Anwar G. Historia de la España musulmana. Madrid: Cátedra, 1993.
García Arenal, Mercedes. Los moriscos. Madrid: Editora Nacional, 1975.
García Gómez, Emilio. Poemas arábigoandaluces. Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1982.
Hagerty Fox, Miguel José. Ajimez. Jerez: Arenal, 1983.
-------. Los cuervos de San Vicente. Escatología Mozárabe. Madrid: Editora Nacional, 1978.
Lévi-Provençal, E., y García Gómez, E. (eds.). El siglo XI en primera persona. Las memorias de `Abd Allah, último rey zirí de Granada. Madrid: Alianza Editorial, 1982.
Maalouf, Amin . León el Africano. Madrid: Alianza Editorial, 1989.
Martín Muñoz, Gema; Valle Simón, Begoña, y López Plaza, Mª Ángeles. El Islam y el Mundo Árabe. Madrid: AECI, 1996.
Menéndez Pidal, Ramón (ed.). Flor nueva de romances viejos. Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1976.
Rubiera Mata, María Jesús. La arquitectura en la literatura árabe. Madrid: Editora Nacional, 1981.
Recommended readings:
Abderrahman Jah, Cherif , y López Gómez, Margarita. El enigma del agua en Al-Andalus. Barcelona- Madrid: Lunwerg Editores, 1994.
Abu l-`Ala´ Zuhr. Libro de las experiencias médicas. Trad. de C. Álvarez Millán. Madrid: CSIC, 1994.
Abun-Nasr, Jamil M. A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987.
Alqibla
Antaki, Ikram. La cultura de los árabes. Mexico: Siglo XXI, 1989.
Arib Ibn Sa`id. El libro de la generación del feto, el tratamiento de las mujeres embarazadas y de los recién nacidos. Trad. de A. Arjona Castro. Córdoba, 1983.
Bramon, Dolors. Una introducción al islam. Religión, historia y cultura. Barcelona: Crítica, 2002.
Cantarino, Vicente. Entre monjes y soldados. El conflicto que fue España. Madrid: Alhambra, 1978.
Coulson, Noel J. Historia del derecho islámico. Barcelona: Bellaterra, 1998.
Dufourcq, Charles-Emmanuel. La vida cotidiana de los árabes en la Europa medieval. Madrid: Ediciones Temas de Hoy, 1990.
Fanjul, Serafín. La quimera de al-Andalus. Madrid: Siglo XXI, 2004.
-----. Al-Andalus contra España. La forja del mito. Madrid: Siglo XXI, 2001.
Garrido Atienza, M. Las Capitulaciones para la entrega de Granada. Granada, 1910.
Henríquez de Jonquera, F. Anales de Granada. Descripción del reino y ciudad de Granada. Crónica de la Reconquista (1482-1492). Sucesos de los años 1588 a 1646. Ed. de A. Marín Ocete. Granada, 1934.
Huici Miranda, A. Traducción española de un manuscrito anónimo del siglo XIII sobre la cocina hispano- magrebí. Madrid, 1966.
Ibn al- `Awwam. Libro de la agricultura. Ed. y trad. J.A. Banqueri. Madrid, 1802.
Ibn Habib. Compendio de medicina. Trad. de C. Álvarez de Morales y F. Girón Irueste. Madrid, 1992.
Ibn Hayyan. El califato de Córdoba en al-Muqtabis de Ibn Hayyan. Anales palatinos del califa de Córdoba al- Hakam II por Isa b. Ahmad al-Razi. Trad. de E. García Gómez. Madrid, 1967.
Ibn Hazm. El collar de la paloma. Trad. de E. García Gómez. Madrid, 1952.
Ibn al-Qutiya. Historia de la conquista de al-Andalus. Trad. de J. Ribera. Madrid, 1926.
Ibn Sa`id. El Libro de las Banderas de los Campeones. Trad. de E. García Gómez. Madrid, 1942.
Julien, Ch.-André. Histoire de l’Afrique du Nord. Paris: Payot, 1961.
El legado científico andalusí. Madrid: MAE – AECI, 1992.
Lévi-Provençal, E. y García Gómez, E. Sevilla musulmana a comienzos del siglo XII. Madrid, 1948.
Mahoma, el mensajero de Dios
Mármol Carvajal, L. Historia de la rebelión y castigo de los Moriscos del reino de Granada. Madrid, 1978.
Marçais, Georges. La Berbérie musulmane et l’Orient au Moyen Age. Aubier: Paris, 1946.
Requiem por Granada
Rodríguez Gómez, María Dolores. Las riberas nazarí y del Magreb (siglos XIII-XVI). Intercambios económicos y culturales. Granada: Universidad de Granada, 2000.
Al-Saqati. El Kitab fi adab al-hisba (libro del buen gobierno del zoco) de al-Saqati. Trad. de Pedro Chalmeta Gendrón (editada en varios números de la revista Al-Andalus).
Al-Saqundi. Elogio del Islam español. Trad. de Emilio García Gómez. Madrid-Granada, 1934.
Vercellin, Giorgio. Instituciones del mundo musulmán. Barcelona: Bellaterra, 2003.
Vernet, Joan. Lo que Europa debe al Islam de España. Barcelona: El Acantilado, 2001.
Vernet, Juan. La cultura hispanoárabe en Oriente y Occidente. Barcelona: Ariel, 1978.
Brief Biography of Instructor:
After graduating in Arabic and Islamic Studies in 1985 at the University of Granada (UGR), Indalecio Lozano continued his studies in Damascus (Syria), where he worked as a translator for the national Syrian television. In 1993, he completed his doctorate at the University of Granada, with a dissertation about the scientific, literary and legal tradition of cannabis in Classical Islam. Since 1989, he has been a professor of Arabic Language at the UGR. Between 2002 and 2008 he was the Director of International Relations with Arab and Mediterranean countries at the UGR. In 2008, Plataforma Granada Abierta gave him the La Granada de Carlos Cano award for his contribution to the defense of dialogue between cultures and coexistence in both sides of the Mediterranean. In 2009, he was granted the global IES Abroad Excellence in Teaching Award for his work at IES Abroad Granada.
This comparative study of Islamic Civilization in the Mediterranean region focuses on the social, cultural, and intellectual history of the region, the links with classical antiquity, and the development of Islamic science and a distinct Islamic culture. The course also explores the interaction of Islamic Spain with Christian Europe and its significance for Philosophy, Medicine, Astronomy, Chemistry, and Mathematics.
Lectures, discussion of readings, review of previous session materials, analysis and discussion of audiovisual materials, class discussions, site visits.
Active class participation (10%); written mid-term examination (30%); written final examination (35%); individual research paper (10-15 pages) (25%). Class attendance is mandatory.
The course content may be divided into two thematic areas. The first one (items 1-6), covers the social, political and religious history of Al-Andalus and North Africa until 1492, with an emphasis on the relations between both regions in the Mediterranean context, in a climate of coexistence and tensions between different social groups. The second area (items 7-12) analyzes the cultural and intellectual life of Al-Andalus and the Maghreb in the Mediterranean context, with particular attention to the reception of classical Greek and Latin culture, and its transmission to Christian Europe. The contents of both areas will be systematically interconnected in class.
After graduating in Arabic and Islamic Studies in 1985 at the University of Granada (UGR), Indalecio Lozano continued his studies in Damascus (Syria), where he worked as a translator for the national Syrian television. In 1993, he completed his doctorate at the University of Granada, with a dissertation about the scientific, literary and legal tradition of cannabis in Classical Islam. Since 1989, he has been a professor of Arabic Language at the UGR. Between 2002 and 2008 he was the Director of International Relations with Arab and Mediterranean countries at the UGR. In 2008, Plataforma Granada Abierta gave him the La Granada de Carlos Cano award for his contribution to the defense of dialogue between cultures and coexistence in both sides of the Mediterranean. In 2009, he was granted the global IES Abroad Excellence in Teaching Award for his work at IES Abroad Granada.