July 2011 Ms. Kate Bloomfield

Week long seminar 17 teachers, about half were history teachers Stayed in a university residence Primarily had lectures in the morning and then site visits in the afternoon Cultural events in the evenings

Lecture: The medieval and modern history of Spain and Barcelona Lecture: Assessing the impact of the Spanish Civil War on contemporary Spanish and Catalan Culture (Dr. Carles Murillo) Visit to El Refugi

Catalonia has its own immigration policy Must speak Catalan to become a citizen Soccer reflects politics (Real Madrid v. FC Barcelona) “If the Allies wanted to save Europe from fascism, maybe they should have looked to Spain.” Dr. Carles Murillo in reference to the Republicans just prior to and during the Spanish Civil War

Ms. Claudia Vallejo Rubinstein

12% of population is from abroad (was less than 1% in 1991) Main groups: Asia, Latin America (36%), Eastern Europe (18%), Western Europe (21%), North Africa (mostly Morocco) (15%) Public health is not universal (only education is) Recommended videos: The Visitor, Day and Night

Cathedrals Road From La Catedral to La Catedral del Mar, Barri Born

Lecture: Art in Barcelona (Dr. Camilo Hoyos)**- From Velazquez to Picasso- Las Meninas Lecture: Teaching 20 th Century Spanish culture and history through the looking glass of Berlanga, Bunuel, Saura, Erice, and Almodovar Visit to MNAC (Museu Nacional d’Arte del Catalunya) Visit to Museu Picasso “After Napoleon, everything goes to Paris. It’s a bit unfair.” (Dr. Hoyos)

Lecture: Barcelona and Modernism (Ms. Monica Cruz) Visit to the Casa Batllo Visit to La Sagrada Familia

Gaudi was not well known or appreciated until the 1960s When Gaudi dies in 1926, he was living in La Sagrada Familia.

Visit to La Boqueria Degustacio (Mr. Jeff Koehler)

Lecture and discussion led by Dr. Adriana Patino From medieval texts to Federico Garcia Lorca Worked in pairs analyzing the texts and then reported to the whole group My partner had an Ipad so we “cheated” a little but found great context for our poem Our poem: Juan del Encina- “Ay Triste, Que Vengo” Beautiful poem about unrequited love Author was a converso, originally Jewish