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ROAD TO SANTIAGO COURSE 2011

UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA



Would you like to learn the historical secrets, themyths and the legends, the symbols and traditionso one o the world’s oldest known pilgrimage routes,frst-hand rom the team o experts and specialists at

the University o Santiago de Compostela?

From an array o perspectives: history, art,gastronomy, culture, Cursos Internacionais-USCoers you the opportunity to learn more aboutSpain’s past and present through our uniquelinguistic and cultural exploration o the Camino deSantiago.

This is a two week long course. In the frst week youwill be improving your Spanish while taking classesat the prestigious University looking at a range oaspects related to the Camino.

In the second week o the course, you willexperience what it is to be a pilgrim - walking thefnal section o the so-called French Route o the StJames’ Way, accompanied by a proessor.

Cursos InternacionalesUniversidade de Santiago de CompostelaAvda. das Ciencias s/n, chalet nº2Campus universitario sur E-15782Santiago de Compostela,A CoruñaSpain

Mail: [email protected].: +34 981 59 70 35Fax: +34 981 59 70 36www.internationalcourses.usc.es



FeesThe cost o the programme is 1,500 euros which includes:

40 classroom hours.Walking seminars and practical workshops.

Cultural activitiesWalking a section o the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route.Board and lodging* in Santiago de Compostela and the Camino.Medical and accident insurance.Teaching materialsAccess to USC acilitiesCompletion DiplomaProgramme and board and lodging organisationOpening and closing ceremonies

*For dierent accommodation arrangements, please contact us at [email protected]

Dates 20th June – 1st July, 20113rd – 14th October, 2011English edition o this course can be arranged by request at any date or groups o at least 15 people

Objectives To extend students’ knowledge o the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route, using a multidisciplinaryapproach which takes in the history, art, geography, literature, gastronomy and the present day o the Camino.To integrate study o Spanish language and culture by walking a stage o the route.

Contents Spanish Language (10 hours).The history, culture, art and gastronomy o the Camino de Santiago (30 hours):

The history o pilgrimages and the cult o St. James: The evolution o the Camino de Santiagopilgrimage route.The dierent Camino de Santiago routes and Jacobean art.Gastronomy and the Camino de Santiago.Geography and landscape along the route.Views o the route in literature.

Cultural Activities and walking seminarsGuided visit to Santiago Cathedral.Accompanied tour o the historic city centre.Guided visit to the University’s historic and artistic heritage.

Gastronomic Tour.Debate held in one o the city’s caés in the old centre.Visits to museums.Receptions at Santiago City Hall and University Chancellery.

Walking a stage o the French Route o the CaminoFrom O Cebreiro to Santiago de Compostela.



PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT

FIRST WEEKAt the University o Santiago de Compostela rom the 20th June to 25th June (First edition) and rom the 3rd to the8th October (Second edition)

Spanish language classes taught by specialist teachers o Spanish as a Foreign Language.Seminars on the Camino de Santiago taught by USC expert proessors.Practical classes and walking seminars in the aternoon and Saturday morning.Complementary cultural activities in the aternoon.

In May-June Edition seminars about the Road and practical classes and walking seminars will beconducted in English.Free access to university services: libraries, computer rooms with Internet access and all sportsacilities.Accomodation in a double room in a guest house includes hal board (breakast and lunch). For dierentaccommodation arrangements, check with us at [email protected]

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

9.0010.30

Spanish language Spanish language Spanish language Spanish language Spanish language Walking seminar

Gastronomía delCamino y tour

gastronómico

10.3011.00

BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK

11.0012.30

History oPilgrimage

History oPilgrimage

History oPilgrimage

History oPilgrimage

History oPilgrimage

12.3014.00

Jacobean Art Jacobean Art Jacobean Art Geography o theRoad

The Road inLiterature

14.0016.00

BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK

16.3018.30

Walking seminar

Jacobean Tour othe City

Walking seminar

Cathedral and itsSurroundings

Walking seminar

ConversationWorkshop

Ofcial Receptionat the UniversityChancellery and

City Hall

Visit to theHistorical

Heritage o theUniversity

Walking seminar

Introduction toGalician culture

and Visit toEthnographic

Museum Museodo Pobo Galego

Campus Sur. Universidade de Santiago de Compostela



SECOND WEEK

On the Road: rom 26th June to 1st July (First edition) and rom 9th t to 14th October (Second edition)

A university proessor expert in the area will accompany the group, providing them with explanatory talksabout the day’s walk.Three walking seminars about art and history o the Camino Francés (six hours).A bus will carry students’ luggage and provide support or participants who need to rest on a stage.Accommodation will be in the Pilgrims’ Hostels along the route. Breakast and Dinner will also be provided.A picnic lunch will be taken en route.

Route El Camino Francés

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

O Cebreiro-Triacastela

(15 km)

Walking seminar:Samos Monastery

Sarria- Portomarín(22 Km)

Portomarín-Palas de Rei

(24 Km)

Walking seminar:Vilar de DonasMonastery andPambre Castle

Palas de Rei-Rivadisio(25 Km)

Rivadisio deAbaixo- O Pino

(24Km)

Walking seminar:Monasterio deSobrado dos

Monxes

O Pino-Santiago deCompostela

(18 Km)

Collection o theCompostela

Pilgrims Massat Santiago´s

Cathedral

Closing Ceremony



REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO TAKE PART IN THE COURSE

Minimum age17 years.

Level o SpanishJune and October editions, Spanish Language Edition, B2(Advanced) is required.

English edition, No previous knowledge o Spanish isrequired.

Maximum number o participants:25

Minimum number o participants:15

Further inormation on the course and enrolmenthttp://internationalcourses.usc.es“Road to Santiago Course”



To participate in the June and October editions students will need an advanced(B2) level o Spanish. Language classes will start at this level; all other classesand seminars will be held in Spanish

No knowledge o Spanish is required to participate in the English edition o thecourse. Spanish language classes will be available rom beginner level; all otherclasses and seminars will be held in English.

The language classes seek to improve the students communicative skills andrevise and extend their linguistic knowledge (grammar, phonetics, etc) as wellas examining lexical, socio-cultural and strategic issues, all o which will ensurethat students get maximum beneft rom the course.

The aim is that beore students come to the practical part o the course - thewalking along the Camino - participants will have the necessary languagetools, such as the specifc vocabulary they will require in order to approach thelandscapes, art, history or gastronomy they encounter, thus allowing them aglobal overview o the language and culture o the Camino de Santiago througha multidisciplinary approach.

SPANISH LANGUAGE (10 hours)



FIRST BLOCKTHE HISTORY OF PILGRIMAGES AND THE CULT OF ST. JAMES: THE EVOLUTION OF THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO PILGRIMAGE ROUTEJosé M. Andrade, USC Proessor o Medieval History

The origins o the Cult o St. James. Pilgrimages as a global phenomena. The early days o the SantiagoPilgrimage.Santiago Pilgrimage throughout history. From the 11th Century to the present day.Why did people undertake the Pilgrimage in the past? Why do they do so today? Hospitality towards pilgrims. Thesymbols o the Santiago Pilgrimage.The legend and tradition o the Camino. Pilgrims diaries. The Camino in literature and culture.The various paths that make up the Camino de Santiago. Images o Santiago. The question o St. James as “MoorSlayer”.Walking seminar: Jacobean tour o the city.

SECOND BLOCKTHE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO ROUTES AND JACOBEAN ART. Miguel Taín, USC Proessor o Art History

Jacobean iconography: Saint James the apostle, the pilgrim and the soldier o Christ. Analysis o the three

iconographic representations o James in the Cathedral and other Jacobean sites.The city o Santiago and the pilgrim ways - the use o architecture, urban planning and artistic elements to attract the pilgrim.A study o the city’s main buildings related to the Pilgrimage.Santiago Cathedral and Archbishop Gelmírez: rom the Platerías Facade to the Pórtico de la Gloria.Baroque metamorphosis in Santiago Cathedral and the estivities in the name o Saint James.The tomb o St. James. Jacobean art and rituals.Walking senimar: Cathedral and its surroundings.

Walking Seminars along the road: Samos Monastery, Vilar de Donas Monastery, Pambre Castle, Sobrado dosMonxes Monastery.

THIRD BLOCKGASTRONOMY AND THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO. Xavier Castro, USC Proessor o Contemporary History

The pilgrims’ way as a penitential experience. Fasting and rugality. Frugality as expressed by the pilgrim’s knapsackand wineskin (or gourd).Eating in hospices and monk’s hostels. The experience o begging or alms and buying oot rom markets alongthe wayside. Learning to barter.Wine and the Camino: wine producing regions along the route.Gastronomy and the dierent regions along the Camino.Eating and drinking in Santiago.Does one eat to fll the stomach or the soul? New spirituality and the Camino today: fne restaurants along the routeand their culinary specialities.Walking Seminars: Gastronomic tour

FOURTH BLOCK

GEOGRAPHY AND THE LANDSCAPE OF THE ROAD: Alberto Martí Ezpeleta, USC Proessor o Geography.Elements o the Galician landscape: its character and human use.Dierent landscapes along the Road: Eastern Mountains, Lugo’s Plateau, Hills o the Ridge, Santiago’s Peneplain, theShoreline.Walking Seminars: Anthropology and culture in Galicia.: Museo do Pobo Galego .

FIFTH BLOCKLITERATURE OF THE CAMINO. PILGRIMAGE JOURNAL. José M. Andrade, USC Proessor o Medieval History

First written mentions o the Camino. Liber Sancti Iacobi and frst pilgrimage guide.The tales o the pilgrims in the Middle Ages and the Modern Era.Literary rebirth o the Camino: rom the depressing tale o Barres and Gourgand to Coelho’s mysticism to the recentsuccess o Kerkeling.

SEMINARS ON THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO:

HISTORY, CULTURE, ART AND GASTRONOMY



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Cursos InternacionalesUniversidade de Santiago de CompostelaAvda. das Ciencias s/n, chalet nº2Campus universitario sur E-15782Santiago de Compostela,A Coruña

SpainMail: [email protected].: +34 981 59 70 35Fax: +34 981 59 70 36www.internationalcourses.usc.es

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