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Project

Dreaming al-Andalus: nineteenth-century representations of Spain’s Jewish and Muslim past
Acronym
Droman van alMAndalus
Code
3F028813
Duration
01 October 2013 → 30 September 2017
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • Comparative literature studies
    • Literatures in English
    • Literatures in Spanish
Keywords
convivencia nineteenth century Spain 19th Century Literary studies
 
Project description
 

Spain's multicultural history following the Arab invasions has left a lasting legacy on its culture. This project seeks to examine how writers in the nineteenth century turned to the past during moments of political and social transition.