printer friendly pageOSPMADRD 72: Issues in Bioethics Across Cultures
Ethical dilemmas concerning the autonomy and dignity of human beings and other living creatures; principles of justice that rule different realms of private and public life. Interdisciplinary approach to assessing these challenges, combining scientific facts, health care issues, and moral philosophy. Sources include landmark bioethics papers.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-ER
Instructors:
Perez Blanco, A. (PI)
OSPMADRD 74: Islam in Spain and Europe: 1300 Years of Contact
Primary problems and conflicts in the contemporary Islamic world and its relations with the West, as well as the relationship between Spain and Islam throughout history. Special attention to the history of al-Andalus, an Islamic state in the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages, evaluating the importance of its legacy in Europe and in contemporary Spain. Spain's leading role in relations between Europe and the Mediterranean Islamic states from the Modern Era to the present day.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-SI
OSPMADRD 75: Sefarad: The Jewish Community in Spain
The legacy of Sefarad, the Jewish community in Spain. Historical evolution of the Sephardic community, under both Muslim and Christian rule, including the culmination of Anti-Semitism in 1492 with the expulsion of the Jews. Cultural contribution of the Hebrew communities in their condition as a social minority, both in al-Andalus, the peninsular Islamic State, and in the peninsular Christian kingdoms.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-EDP
Instructors:
Ariza Armada, A. (PI)
OSPMADRD 79: Earth and Water Resources' Sustainability in Spain
Interdisciplinary focus on the relationship between earth systems and human activities. Nature and distribution of natural resources, their uses and exploitation, environmental impacts associated with exploitation, and sustainable development initiatives, including the restoration and rehabilitation of the land affected by extraction activities. Water management: understanding of the resource and its location; the development of efficient tools; an associated regulatory apparatus; and economics.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-4
OSPMADRD 80: Word, Image and Power
Relationships and uses of oral discourse, art, and iconography in politics in different countries through history. Case studies from ancient Egypt, the Greek Paideia, Cesar Augustus, medieval Europe, Spanish modern empire, French revolutionary discourse, and proletarian national identity in Russia and China.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Larranaga Zulueta, M. (PI)
OSPMADRD 83: Narrating the Nation: National and Post-National Spanish and Latin American Literature
Basic themes and issues required to understand the connections between literature and nationalism in modern Spain and Latin America: main political and philosophical concepts and theories about national identity; narrative, stylistic and conceptual strategies that conform the rhetoric of nationalism, as well as those that try to lead to a postnational paradigm. Textual and discourse analysis of Spanish and Latin American journalistic and literary works related to nationalism and postnationalism, with attention paid to real historic and political contexts. Readings in Spanish.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
OSPMADRD 84: Madrid Through My Eyes: A Theoreticl/Practical Documentary Film Workshop
Theoretical and practical view of Spanish language documentary cinema; potential of this type of film making as a form of personal expression. Tools for understanding and analyzing this type of cinema. Creative and analytical reflection on student 's Madrid experience; develop individual visual discourse to portray life in the city by filming a short documentary.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Castejon Gilabert, J. (PI)
OSPMADRD 86: Literature and Philosophy of Travel
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Perez Leal, P. (PI)
OSPMADRD 87: A History of European Conservatism
Origins and trajectories of conservative thought in Europe: how it emerged in response to, and in fact as a critique of, the ambitions of the French Revolution and the project of Enlightenment more generally. Readings in the history of conservative thought in Europe paired with texts (mostly speeches and editorials) by current or recent leaders who can be understood, or understood themselves, as in some way conservative (Rajoy, Sarcozy, Merkel, Cameron, Ratzinger). Trace lineage of current political ideas on the European right while charting the covert transformations undergone by a line of thinking that first emerged as a rejection of transformation.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Daub, A. (PI)
OSPMADRD 90: Universal Jurisdiction and Human Rights in Spain
Origins and development of the idea of universal jurisdiction over human rights violations ¿ the idea that any nation has the authority under international law to intervene in situations of grave human rights abuses. Law, philosophy, and politics of universal jurisdiction. Intellectual development of the idea of universal jurisdiction and humanitarian intervention in the writings of the "School of Salamanca"; concepts of universal jurisdiction and the Transatlantic slave trade in the 19th century; international trials of Nazi war criminals; arrest of Pinochet in London on a Spanish warrant for the crime of torture in the 1990s. Field trips to Salamanca and Museo del Prado.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors:
Martinez, J. (PI)
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