[Andalusi Studies] Pedagogical Help

[Hutcheson,Gregory]

Both Remie Constables's Medieval Iberia: Readings from Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Sources (https://www.amazon.com/Medieval-Iberia-Readings-Christian-Sources/dp/0812221680<https://www.amazon.com/Medieval-Iberia-Readings-Christian-Sources/dp/0812221680/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1507587048&sr=1-1&keywords=constable+iberia>) and Colin Smith's 3-volume Christians and Moors in Muslim Spain (https://www.amazon.com/Christians-Moors-Spain-711-1150-Hispanic/dp/0856684112) afford you a panoply of topics to choose from! Some that have worked in my classes: comparison of Christian and Muslim accounts of the events of 711, reading the Cid across historical sources (including Arabic), the Jewish community under Muslims and Christians, spaces of intellectual/commercial/social encounter between Muslims and Christians....


I'd love to hear what others come up with!


Dr. Greg Hutcheson
Associate Professor of Spanish
Director of Graduate Studies in Spanish
Classical and Modern Languages
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
(502) 852-1635



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Dear All,
I'm developing a list of suggested final research paper topics for undergraduate seniors studying medieval Spain (Islamic and Christian). The catch is that they only read English and can therefore only read sources in English translation. Does anyone have ideas on good topics for their research papers which still involve primary source analysis but with no non-English language sources?
Best,
Alan Verskin
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University of Rhode Island
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