SPA380.3 Ancient History of Rome and the Iberian Peninsula (at UAM)

Open only to students accepted to the special program Madrid Center & Liberal Arts in Spanish at UAM. 

Taught in Spanish at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and may not be offered every semester. 

I. Introduction

1. Introduction: Concepts, chronology, and space of the Eastern Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire.
2. The origins of the Eastern Empire.

II. The Eastern Roman Empire (from the 4th to 6th centuries)

1. From Diocletian’s reforms to Constantine’s unification.
2. The process of Christianization of the Empire vs. the last episodes of imperial paganism: Julian and Eugenius.
3. The Theodosian and Leonid dynasties: from Theodosius the Great to Zeno.
4. The Justinian era and the cultural flowering of the 6th century.

III. The Byzantine Empire ( from 7th to 15th CENTURIES)

1. The beginning of Byzantium (from 7th to 8th centuries).
2. The Golden Age (from 9th to 11thcenturies).
3. Western intervention: the Crusades (11th-13th centuries).
4. The disintegration of the Byzantine Empire (13th-15th centuries).

IV. Economy, Politics, and Society of the Eastern Roman and Byzantine Empires

1. Internal organization: politics and administration, economy, and society of the Byzantine Empire.

After successfully completing this course, you will be able to

• Discuss the main historical facts of the Eastern Roman Empire.
• Discuss the main historical facts of the Byzantine Empire.
• Interpret documentary sources and materials.
• Gather, organize, and analyze bibliographic information.
• Prepare and present academic papers.

May also registered SPA 380.15.

Open only to students accepted to the special program Madrid Center & Liberal Arts in Spanish at UAM. 

Taught in Spanish at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and may not be offered every semester. 

Part I: History of Ancient Rome

1. Geographical and chronological frameworks of the history of Rome. Literary and archaeological sources. The legacy of Rome.
2. The origins of Rome in the context of the Italic people. Foundation and archaeological reality myths. The monarchy.
3. The Roman Republic. Institutions, magistracies, and society. The expansion throughout the Mediterranean and territorial administration.
4. The crisis of the Republic and the establishment of a new political regime: the Principality of Augustus. The High Empire.
5. The Lower Empire: the administrative and political reorganization of Diocletian. Constantine and the introduction of Christianity. The end of the Western Empire.

Part II: History of the Iberian Peninsula in Antiquity

1. Starting point. The study of ancient Hispania. Sources and methods.
2. Iberia in the Mediterranean. Colonial dynamics: Phoenicians, Greeks and Punics in the Iberian Peninsula. Tartessus as a paradigm.
3. The pre-Roman people of the Iberian Peninsula. Iberia between Carthage and Rome: the Carthaginian domain and the Second Punic War.
4. Roman expansion in the Iberian Peninsula: from Scipio Africanus to Augustus. From interaction to integration, from borders to provinces.
5. Hispania in the Empire: administration, society, economy, and religion. The peninsular Late Antiquity.

After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:

• Demonstrate a general knowledge of the History of Rome and the Iberian Peninsula in Antiquity.
• Demonstrate basic knowledge of archaeological techniques and their application to different historical periods.
• Plan strategies for the analysis of social change processes, based on the interpretation of documentary, oral and material sources.
• Search for historical and historiographical bibliography in directories and catalogs and find primary and secondary sources on the web.
• Synthesize, analyze, and explain complex information (qualitative and quantitative) related to different cultures, geographic spaces, social groups, legal systems, and different historical periods (related to the framework and time of the course).

May also be registered as SPA 380.3.

Open only to students accepted to the special program Madrid Center & Liberal Arts in Spanish at UAM. 

Taught in Spanish and may not be offered every semester. This course provides a historical perspective on contemporary issues and conflicts that have deep roots in medieval times. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to

• Demonstrate a general knowledge of medieval Islamic history, especially Al-Andalus history, as well as historical techniques and their application to the medieval history of the Islamic world.
• Search bibliographies and catalogs to determine the extent of primary and secondary sources for the subject under investigation.
• Evaluate the quality of these sources with regard to validity, reliability, and relevance to the subject.
• Analyze and systematize collected information through practical exercises, presentations, etc.

Matriculated SU history majors and minors: This course counts toward the European and Global concentrations and the pre-modern period.

(UAM #16938)

Open only to students accepted to the special program Madrid Center & Liberal Arts in Spanish at UAM. 

Taught in Spanish. This course’s seven themes will address the distinct approaches of the feminist theory and the practices of women´s movements as well as the presence of these women and their positions within the social movements during the contemporary age. We will pay special attention to the situation in Spain in the context of general history.

1. Introduction: Basic concepts and state of the issue. History of women and gender. Feminism/Feminists: Theories and social movements.
2. Genealogy of Feminist Vindication: From the Enlightenment to Seneca Falls. The impact of liberalism and the Industrial Revolution in the lives of women.
3. The first wave of feminism. Suffrage and feminist movements. “The issue of women” in the new capitalist society and in the “politics of the masses.” Feminism and the labor movement.
4. Feminism and social movements throughout the first half of the 20th century during war and peace. Participation in public spaces vs. “return to the household.”
5. The women’s liberation movement and new social movements. Liberal, radical, and socialist feminism.
6. Institutional feminism: Legal advances. The difficulties of extension of real equality.
7. The new feminist movements. Current challenges in a globalized society.

Meets with SOC 380.5.

(19037, Género en los Movimientos Sociales e Intelectuales Contemporáneos)

Open only to students accepted to the special program Madrid Center & Liberal Arts in Spanish at UAM. 

Taught in Spanish. 

PART I: World Modern History (1848–1914)

1. The Revolutionary Cycle: Characteristics, development and balance of the revolutions in 1848. The movement of the nationalities: Italian and German unification.
2. The Industrialization and Industrializations: The crisis of 1873 and the first Great Depression. The transformations of the capitalist economic system: case study.
3. Organization and social movements: Social structure and change from 1848 until 1914.The interventionist state: social legislation and reform. The ideology and practice of social movements.
4. The democratic transformation of liberalism: The transition towards a liberal democratic state. France: From the 2nd Empire to the 3rd Republic. The interior politics in the 2nd German Reich.
5. The evolution of nationalisms: The ideological transformation of European nationalisms during the end of the century. The multinational empires: The dual Austro-Hungarian monarchy and the issue of the Balkans.
6. Imperialism and International Relations:
   I. Theories and factors that explain imperialism. The sharing of the colonial world.
   II. The Bismarckian systems. The blocks of alliance and ″armed peace.″

PART II: Modern Spanish History (1848–1914)

1. The Spanish Era of Isabel II and the 6 democratic years: The moderate political regime, the creation of a centralized state and the liberal alternatives. The democratic years: The Monarchy of Amadeo I and the First Republic.
2. The Restoration: The Canovas political system of 1876. Two party system and “caciquismo.” The crisis of ’98 and Regenerationism.
3. Economy and Society in liberal Spain: The persistence of the agrarian economy. The delay of industrial development in Spain. General traits of the political economy. Social structure and social movements.

Meets with SPA 380.6.

(16884, Historia Contemporánea II)