Part I: Cultural traditions & encounters: before & after 1492

Conquests of Spain: Romans, Visigoths, & Moors.
Reconquest: crusade, convivencia.
Quiz 2 in tutorial. Spanish America

1492-1563: vs. Moors, Jews, Protestants
1492-1542, fall of Indian empires: Aztecs & Incas.
Cultural Report 1: Spain (due in tutorial).

Conquests & empires in New World: conquistadors.
Conversion & utopias of New World: missionaries.

Part II: Parallel crises & transformations: 1492-1992

Age of Gold as era of European imperial rivalries.
The Golden Age (Siglo de Oro): Spanish renaissance.
essay 1: Spain (due in tutorial).

Counter-Reformation & Baroque in Old+New World.
Age of Goya: Enligtenment & Revolution.
Cultural Report 2: Sp.America (due in tutorial)

Latin American struggles for independence.
Liberators & tyrants: culture of (in)dependence.

Land & liberty: Latin American revolution & reaction.
Reforming Spain: Generation of 1898 to Civil War.

Part III: Cultural unity in diversity: Hispanism today

Global cultures?: Hispanic vs. Anglo models.
Latin America: 1st+3rd world-México, South America
essay 2: Spanish America (due in tutorial)

Spain today: from dictatorship to liberal democracy.
Hispanic USA: bi/multi-culturalism vs. assimilation.
General discussion & review for final exam