JST 533 - History of Sefardic Jews
This course will survey the history of Sefardic Jews from the beginnings of Jewish settlement in Spain until the present day. Most of the course will focus on the history of Sefardic Jews after the expulsion from Spain in 1492. The course will also discuss the changing mythic conceptions of Spain and of Sefardic Jewry, both negative myths, and positive myths that are romanticizing and idealizing.