Spring 2027

Race, Religion and Ethnicity in the Age of Empire

Examines encounters with otherness in early modern Spanish and Colonial texts from the late 15th to 17th centuries, focusing on race, religion, and ethnicity across America, Spain, and the Mediterranean.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Steven Hutchinson

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.96 GPA, 96.3% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify and explain issues related to Spain and its cultural "others," both internal (within Spain) and external (from the Americas to the Mediterranean).

  • Develop comparisons between the historical and geographical contexts of the course and contemporary issues involving race, ethnicity, and religious affiliation.

  • Apply skills in reading, speaking, listening, and writing in Spanish in the comprehension of Spanish texts from the 15th – 17th centuries.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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(CHICLA/​SPANISH 222 or SPANISH 223) and SPANISH 224

SPANISH 490

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Fall 2021: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

STEVEN HUTCHINSON is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.96 GPA, 96.3% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Geographical scope: America, Spain, Mediterranean, Istanbul; time period: late 15th to 17th century.
  • Issues of race, ethnicity, and religious affiliation.
  • Interactions with Amerindians, sub-Saharan Africans, Jews, Moriscos, Gypsies, North African Muslims, and Turks.
  • Miguel de Cervantes and Don Quixote in the context of slavery and otherness.

Skills

  • Identifying and explaining issues related to Spain's cultural others, internal and external.
  • Comparing historical/geographical contexts with contemporary issues of race, ethnicity, and religion.
  • Applying Spanish reading, speaking, listening, and writing skills to comprehend early modern texts.

Grades

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Catalog & offerings

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SPANISH 490 · Spring 2027

Race, Religion and Ethnicity in the Age of Empire

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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