Syllabus Information

5.1. Methodological overview

See "Learning activities" and "Syllabus".

More information will be provided on the first day of class.

5.2. Learning tasks

• Theoretical lectures.
• Practical lectures.
• Individual work.
• Personal study.
• Assessment activities.

5.3. Syllabus

The course, Cultural interchange with Europe: America, Islamic world, East Asia, will address the following topics:

1. Relations between Europe and Islam in the Middle Ages: Islamic conquest, Arabization and Islamization. Christian conquest and Mudejarismo. Intellectual and cultural interchanges.
2. Relations between Europe and Islam in the Early Modern Period: War, piracy and trade in the Mediterranean. Moriscos.
3. Relations between Europe and Islam in XIX-XX centuries: European Colonialism. Nahḍa  and Islamic reformism. Orientalism.
4. The first news of America. Columbus‘s Diary and the official chronicles of the Indies. The narratives of the conquest. The vision of the defeated.
5. The Manila Galleon or China Nao (1565-1815): the Great Path of economic and cultural exchanges between the three continents. 

6. Travelers' narratives and national fictions. European travelers (Azara, Bonpland, Humboldt, Rengger, Burton), Hudson (the Argentina pampas), the discovery of Machu Picchu. Viewpoints. Colonialism and postcolonialism.

7. Relations between East Asia and the West during Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The Silk Road. Cultural and artistic exchanges.

8. Relations between East Asia and the West during the Early Modern Period. Trade and evangelization. Cultural and artistic exchanges. The Christian Century in Japan (Namban Period 1543-1639). Japanese–Dutch relations during the Edo period (1615-1868). The European phenomenon of Chinoiserie (XVII-XVIII centuries).

9. Relations between East Asia and the West from the 19th century to the present day. The Meiji Era (1868-1912) and the Modernization and Westernization of Japan. Japonism: The influence of Japanese art and culture on Western culture (second half of the 19th century and early decades of the 20th century). The impact of Japanese art and culture since the mid-twentieth century to the present day.

5.4. Course planning and calendar

See the academic calendar of the University of Zaragoza (http://academico.unizar.es/calendario-academico/calendario) and the website of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts (Schedule of classes: https://fyl.unizar.es/horario-de-clases#overlay-context=horario-de-clases; Examination schedule: https://fyl.unizar.es/calendario-de-examenes#overlay-context=)

More information will be provided on the first day of class.

5.5. Bibliography and recommended resources

BARRERA, T. (ed.) Herencia cultural de España en América. Siglos XVII y XVIII, Madrid, Iberoamericana, 2008.

BEASLEY, W.G., The Meiji Restoration, Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1972.

BERNABEU, Albert, S., La Nao de la China, 1565-1815: Navegación, comercio e intercambio cultural, Sevilla, Universidad de Sevilla, Secretariado de Publicaciones, 2013.

BERNABÉU ALBERT, S., MARTÍNEZ SHAW, C., (eds.) Un océano de seda y plata: el universo económico del Galeón de Manila, Sevilla, CSIC, 2013.

BOLAÑOS CÁRDENAS, A., El líder ideal en el libro de caballerías y la Crónica de Indias de Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo, Ann Arbor, UMI, 2000.

BOULNOIS, L., La Ruta de la Seda, Madrid, Orbis, 1986.

CABEZAS, A., El siglo Ibérico en Japón. La presencia Hispano-portuguesa en Japón (1543-1643),Valladolid, Universidad de Valladolid, 1995.

CRESPO, A., Mercaderes Atlánticos: Redes del comercio flamenco y holandés entre Europa y el Caribe, Córdoba, Universidad de Córdoba-Cajasur, 2008.

ELIZALDE, M. D.; FRADERA, J. M.; ALONSO, L. (eds.), Imperios y naciones en el Pacífico, I: La formación de una colonia: Filipinas, II: Colonialismo e identidad nacional en Filipinas y Micronesia, Madrid, CSIC, 2001.

GERBI, A., La naturaleza de las Indias Nuevas: de Cristóbal Colón a Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo, México, FCE, 1978.

GIL FERNÁNDEZ, J., Mitos y utopías del Descubrimiento. 2. El Pacífico, 3. El Dorado, Madrid, Alianza, 1989.

JACOBSON, D., Chinoiseries, Londres, Phaidon Press, 1993.

KAMAKURA, Y. (coord.), Lacas Namban. Huellas de Japón en España. IV Centenario del viaje de Hasekura, Madrid, Ministerio de cultura, Museo de Artes Decorativas, Fundación Japón, 2013.

LACH, D. F. y VAN KLEY, J., Asia in the Making of Europe,  A Century of Advance, Chicago y Londres, University of Chicago Press, 1998.

LACH, D. F., Asia in the making of Europe, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1994, 2 vols.

LAMBOURNE, L., Japonisme: cultural crossings between Japan and the West. London: Phaidon, 2005

LEÓN-PORTILLA, M., Visión de los vencidos. Relaciones indígenas de la Conquista, México D.F. UNAM, 1992.

MARTÍNEZ SHAW, C.; OLIVA MELGAR, J. M, El sistema atlántico español (siglos XVII-XIX), Madrid, Marcial Pons, 2005.

MONFERRER SALA, J. P., RODRÍGUEZ GÓMEZ, M. D. (eds.), Entre Oriente y Occidente: ciudades y viajeros en la Edad Media, Granada, Universidad de Granada, 2006.

SAID, E. W., Orientalismo, Madrid: Debate, 2002.

VALVERDE, N., Un mundo en equilibrio. Jorge Juan (1713-1773), Madrid, Fundación Jorge Juan, Marcial Pons, 2012.

VÉLEZ, P., La historiografía americanista liberal en España, 1755-1936, Madrid, Iberoamericana, 2007.

VERNET, J., La cultura hispanoárabe en Oriente y Occidente, Barcelona, 1978.

VERNET, J., Lo que Europa debe al Islam. Barcelona, El Acantilado, 2006.

See:  http://titulaciones.unizar.es