Al-Andalus:
Cultural Diffusion and Hybridity in Iberia
(1000-1600)An interdisciplinary conference on the culture, literature, language and history of the Iberian Peninsula
Medieval Iberia represents a unique perspective on cultural/social change given the coexistence of courtly, municipal, frontier and crusade societies within the Peninsula, as put in contact by the three major cultures-- Christian, Jewish and Arabic-- that coexisted in Iberia from the 8th through the 16th centuries. The cultures blended: sometimes peacefully, sometimes with resistance. The conference will explore the contact, conflation and conflict that represent the unique amalgam of the Iberian Peninsula in art, history, literature, culture, science and religion, as Christians, Jews and Muslims interact and produce hybrid cultures of Mozárabe, Mudéjar, Sephardic, and Morisco traditions.
Organized by Medieval Studies Program (UW-Madison)
To be held at the Pyle Center on the UW-Madison campus
18-20 October 2007Organizing Committee: Professors Ivy Corfis (UW-Madison, Spanish & Portuguese), Thomas Dale (UW-Madison, Art History), Ray Harris (UW-Madison, Spanish & Portuguese), Michael Shank (UW-Madison, History of Science)
Advisory Committee: Professors Pablo Ancos (UW-Madison, Spanish & Portuguese); Steven Hutchinson (UW-Madison, Spanish & Portuguese); Charles Cohen (UW-Madison, History/Religious Studies); Paul Rowe (UW-Madison, Music); Jacques Lezra (UW-Madison, English); David Morgan (UW-Madison, History/Religious Studies); Dustin Cowell (UW-Madison, African Languages and Literatures); Uli Schamiloglu (UW-Madison, Languages & Cultures of Asia); Christopher Kleinhenz (UW-Madison, French and Italian); Esperanza Alfonso (Universidad Complutense, Madrid: Hebrew Studies)
Co-Sponsored and funded by the following UW-Madison Departments, Centers and Institutes:Center for the Humanities
Center for European Studies
Lubar Institute for the Study of the Abrahamic Religions
Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program
Department of African Languages and Literatures
Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Department of Hebrew & Semitic Studies
Department of History of Science
Department of Art History
And with the generous support of the following foundations and organizations:
Anonymous Fund, College of Letters and Science
Nave Fund, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program
Ettinger Family Foundation
Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain's Ministry of Culture
and United States Universities
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