Category: history

Jreis Navarro Last Pre-modern Arab Splendor

Laila Jreis Navarro (Al-Andalus|Magreb Chair, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Chile))  @layla_jreis 25 November 2019 Lecture: The Last Pre-modern Arab Splendor over the Euro-African Strait: Renaissance “Gap” and Digital Transition Abstract: In the middle of the 13th century, the fall of the Almohad empire meant the end of the Islamic West unity over the Strait of Gibraltar. A… Read more Jreis Navarro Last Pre-modern Arab Splendor

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Blaustein On Trump and Textbooks

George Blaustein (University of Amsterdam,Assistant Professor) 11 March 2019  Lecture: Of Trump and Textbooks: Notes on Teaching US History Outside the US  Abstract: For many years, “American History, Beginning to End” has been the title of my introductory survey course in U.S. history. I teach in Amsterdam, and now is a curious moment for teaching American history abroad.… Read more Blaustein On Trump and Textbooks

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