The objective of this course is to understand and analyze the social and cultural factors that influence the processes of health, illness, and care in globalized societies. With that purpose, we will study new possibilities of understanding these...
This course offers an introduction to contemporary Spanish society through cinematic representation. The 1960s will serve as the starting point to provide a general overview of cinema under the Franco regime and to analyze subsequent historical...
This course provides an introduction to contemporary Spanish society through cinematic representation. The 1960’s shall be the point of departure in order to offer an overview of cinema under Franco and analyze further historical processes, such as...
Mediterranean is today at the core of world scrutiny, because of its geopolitical instability, its migration dramas, the outburst of inter-confessional and religious violence. The understanding of these issues requires to analyze them in long-term...
The aim of this course is to analyze the main historical events that, from Spain’s arrival in the Americas (1492) until the Spanish-American War (1898), have linked the history of Spain to the American continent. The objective is to learn in-depth...
This course examines the importance of the Palio in Sienese history, culture and mentality, with particular attention to the social, folk, intellectual, political, economic and gender implications of this ancient event, that the Sienese of all times...
This course aims to give American students a general understanding of the history of France, from the beginning of the Revolution in 1789 to the present day. With a particular emphasis on historical moments and chronology, this course will focus on...
“All of my life, I’ve had a certain idea of France.” - Charles de Gaulle, L’Appel, 1959.
This course aims to give American students a general understanding of the history of France, from the beginning of the Revolution in 1789 to the present day...
This course introduces students to Madrid as a multi-faceted reality, focusing on such topics as: history, art, literature, culture, etc. The knowledge of this fact will serve students to use Madrid as reference for a better understanding of the...
During the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance period, the Italian peninsula was home to a web of independent city-states built upon the preexisting Roman city network. These city-states, which were to become the cradle of Europe’s great cultural...