Section
01:090:295:H5
Index
13510
Instructor
Paola Tartakoff
Date/Time/Location
Mondays & Thursdays, 12:10 PM - 1:30 PM
College Avenue, Miller Hall (MH) 116
Course Credits (3)
This seminar explores the history and modern legacies of medieval coexistence between Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Spain. It examines the emergence of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in Antiquity and the early Middle Ages, initial encounters and shifting relationships between Muslims, Christians, and Jews, cultural cross-influence and religious conversion, the impact of the Spanish Inquisition, and the expulsions of Jews and Moriscos in the early modern period. This course also explores how this complex history shapes the present, and it addresses broader questions about the fruits and challenges of cultural pluralism.
About Professor Tartakoff
Professor Tartakoff studies the social and cultural history of Jews and Christians in medieval and early modern Europe. She is particularly interested in conversion to and from Judaism, the medieval and Spanish inquisitions, and ritual murder accusations. Her first book was based on archival research conducted in Catalonia, Aragon, and Valencia. Her current work explores Western Europe and the Mediterranean more broadly.