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This volume brings together a rich interdisciplinary selection of some of the best and most up-to-date research in the field of Sephardic Studies by scholars from all over the world. Covering both pre-Expulsion Iberia and the far flung Sephardi diaspora, the essays deal with social and intellectual history, literature, folklore, linguistics, musicology and art history. The volume concludes with an important discussion on education and the future of Sephardic Studies as a field. Most of the contributions in this volume are in English, and a few in French and Spanish

Este libro recoge el contenido de cuatro conferencias de Carlos Taibo que se interesan por materias próximas entre sí: la perspectiva del decrecimiento, la teoría del colapso, la discusión sobre el ecofascismo y las tesituras que, a manera de ilustración de todo lo anterior, se revelan en la Iberia vaciada. Los textos correspondientes, de franca vocación pedagógica y divulgadora, configuran introducciones a esas cuatro cuestiones y aportan un material de debate singularmente útil a efectos de lidiar con algunos de los problemas principales que hoy se plantean en el horizonte. Producto de una amplia trayectoria de publicaciones, surgen, en cierto sentido, de la reflexión de movimientos hondamente preocupados por el derrotero que la especie humana, a través de un sistema llamado capitalismo, está imprimiendo al planeta

This article argues that the mass religious conversions that took place in early-modern Iberia from the end of the fourteenth century had enormous consequences, one of which was the increasing racialisation of religion. Jewish and Muslim minorities were forced to receive baptism, and although in principle the Church made no distinction among people who had been baptised, in practice the presence of large numbers of recent converts to Catholicism called this theology into question. In the process, as I will demonstrate in this article, religion was racialised, as many people became convinced that religion (both beliefs and ritual) was biological and was transmitted by blood. To support this argument, the article will focus, as a case study, on the discussion about whether to deny baptism to the children of Moriscos (converted Muslims) in the years preceding the general expulsion from Spain of the Moriscos (1609–11).

AbstractConsidering the limited opportunities and resources for creative education, artists David Bade and Tirzo Martha, along with art historian Nancy Hoffmann, developed a dynamic platform to support creative young talent on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao. The aim of Instituto Buena Bista (IBB), founded in 2006, is to strengthen the arena of culture and the visual arts by offering young Curaçaoans a basic but thorough course in art education that is meant to function as a springboard to more advanced art schools. With only two years of operation, the IBB is already seeing how some of its students go to art academies abroad and participate in art contests in the Netherlands. An exploration of how the IBB is filling up a cultural void by proposing an alternative to local youth education that allows them to develop a buena bista—a new and different view of their island, their futures, and themselves.

Maxwell reviews 'Iberia and Latin America: New Democracies, New Politics, New Models' by Howard J. Wiarda. A book review of Iberia and Latin America: New Democracies, New Politics, New Models by Howard J. Wiarda is presented.

Nicola Clarke, The Muslim Conquest of Iberia. Medieval Arabic Narratives , Londres – New York, Routledge, 2011, 243 p.

Cover page ; Halftitle page ; Series page ; Title page ; Copyright page ; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgements; Maps ; 1 Introduction: Don Teudo Rico Defeats a Viking Raid; 2 From the Encircling Ocean; 3 So the Story Goes; 4 A Mediterranean Adventure; 5 Waiting for the Barbarians; 6 The Wars of Santiago and Cordoba against Vikings; 7 Conclusion: From Charter and Chronicle to Saga; APPENDIX 1 Glossary of Histories and Historians; APPENDIX 2 Timeline; Abbreviations; Bibliography; A. Primary sources and sources in translation; B. Secondary sources; Index.