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Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

Course Description 

An overview of the School of Salamanca, the main intellectual current of early modern Spain. The course consists of three main chapters on the school’s contributions to Human Rights, Politics, and Economics, plus introductory and concluding chapters that focus on the school’s founder Francisco de Vitoria and its climactic figure Juan de Mariana. Learn about the origins of the Hispanic liberal tradition as well as the scope of its fundamental influence on modern Western Civilization. Win a badge by successfully completing the activities of the course.

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Length

5 Weeks

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Effort

3 hours per week

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Certification

USD$60

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Massive Open
Online Course 

An overview of the School of Salamanca, the main intellectual current of early modern Spain. The course consists of three main chapters on the school’s contributions to Human Rights, Politics, and Economics, plus introductory and concluding chapters that focus on the school’s founder Francisco de Vitoria and its climactic figure Juan de Mariana. Learn about the origins of the Hispanic liberal tradition as well as the scope of its fundamental influence on modern Western Civilization. Win a badge by successfully completing the activities of the course.

Length

5 Weeks

Effort

3 hours per week

Certification

USD$60

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Professor Eric Clifford Graf

Eric Clifford Graf is a professor of literature at Universidad Francisco Marroquín. He has a PhD in Spanish language and literature from the University of Virginia (1997). He has worked at the University of Virginia, the College of William & Mary, the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Smith College, Wesleyan University, and Kershner Trading Group. He specializes in medieval and early modern Spain, the history of the novel, Renaissance studies, and literary, political, cultural, and economic theory. He is author of the book Cervantes and Modernity (Bucknell University Press, 2007). In addition to numerous academic essays on the poetry, theater, and narrative of Miguel de Cervantes, he has also published on The Poem of the Cid, Garcilaso de la Vega, Juan de Mariana, El Greco, San Juan de la Cruz, Pedro de Calderón, José de Cadalso, Vicente Aleixandre, Julio Cortázar, and Sigmund Freud.

Eric Clifford Graf is a professor of literature at Universidad Francisco Marroquín. He has a PhD in Spanish language and literature from the University of Virginia (1997). He has worked at the University of Virginia, the College of William & Mary, the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Smith College, Wesleyan University, and Kershner Trading Group. He specializes in medieval and early modern Spain, the history of the novel, Renaissance studies, and literary, political, cultural, and economic theory. He is author of the book Cervantes and Modernity (Bucknell University Press, 2007). In addition to numerous academic essays on the poetry, theater, and narrative of Miguel de Cervantes, he has also published on The Poem of the Cid, Garcilaso de la Vega, Juan de Mariana, El Greco, San Juan de la Cruz, Pedro de Calderón, José de Cadalso, Vicente Aleixandre, Julio Cortázar, and Sigmund Freud.

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"The School of Salamanca takes its name from the University of Salamanca, which, for its part, lays claim to the very foundations of higher education in Spanish. Known as the 'alma mater' of Ibero-American universities and the 'dean' of Spanish universities, the University of Salamanca was chartered by King Alfonso IX in the year 1218. It has played a key role in the development of academic studies and scientific progress in Western Civilization, becoming a place of debate and reflection on such important issues as the nature of political power, international law, economics, and human rights. Today, USAL is best known as a reference point for the theory and practice of Spanish language instruction."

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