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    Learning How to Learn Languages
    (University of Oregon, 2024-10) Yerian, Keli; Bibi Halima; Adler, Faith; Fisher, Logan; Keaton, Cameron; Orsi, Addy; Pawar, Abhay
    Learning How to Learn Languages is a student-developed, interactive, open-source online textbook. It is a collaborative effort of five undergraduate students, one graduate student, and a faculty member at the University of Oregon. It offers a comprehensive view of second language learning in one place, providing conceptual perspectives on language learning through a practical lens. This how-to guide is useful for learners of all levels and can be used in various ways: as a complete textbook for a course, as supplemental chapters in language courses, or as self-study. It contains ten chapters: five chapters on different foundational aspects of language learning followed by five additional chapters on language skills and their integration with practical strategies and example stories from learners. This OER incorporates various visual elements such as illustrations, student-created videos, authors’ stories, and H5P activities with built-in feedback for learners to engage independently. An interactive, accessible, and up to date web version is available at https://opentext.uoregon.edu/languagelearningedition1/.
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    Introduction to Neurobiology
    (University of Oregon, 2024-10) Singh, Avinash
    Introduction to Neurobiology is aimed at undergraduate students new to the field of neurobiology. The first edition specifically targets students enrolled in BI360 Neurobiology at the University of Oregon.
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    Accounts of the Anti-Jewish Riot in Valencia, July 1391
    (University of Oregon Libraries, 2024) Agresta, Abigail; Miguel-Prendes, Sol; Wacks, David A.
    This unit contains a brief introduction and four accounts of the anti-Jewish riot that took place in Valencia on July 9, 1391. During this riot, one of many across Spain in the summer of 1391, a mob attacked the Jewish community of Valencia, killing at least a hundred people and forcibly converting most of the rest. These attacks destroyed the Jewish communities of Valencia and many other cities in Spain, making 1391 a crucial turning point in both Spanish and Jewish history. The Valencian attack is particularly well recorded, with surviving accounts from multiple independent sources, all newly translated into English from the original Catalan and Valencian. These four accounts are from three different perspectives: the king’s brother, Prince Martí, senior royal official on the scene; that of the jurats, senior municipal officials in Valencia; and that of Juceff Abraim, a Valencian Jew who was forcibly converted during the assault. Each of these accounts reflects the different pressures the witnesses faced in constructing a narrative of the events. The unit is published in two versions: one with introduction and notes in Spanish, with the primary texts in the original medieval Valencian with modern Spanish translation, and another with the introduction and notes in English, and primary texts in original medieval Valencian and English translation. The original text was edited and translated into English by Abigail Agresta, then into Spanish by Sol Miguel-Prendes. The introduction and notes were written by Abigail Agresta and translated into Spanish by Sol Miguel-Prendes. Types of courses where the text might be useful: History (medieval, Jewish, Iberian), Religious Studies, Jewish Studies, Sephardic Studies. It is also a useful case study on bias in historical sources.
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    Advanced Legal Research: Process and Practice
    (University of Oregon, 2023-11) Austin, Megan
    Written for students and instructors in an advanced legal research course, this book uses the steps of the legal research process to facilitate skills practice, collaboration, and reflection. It proposes a hypothetical as a basis for practicing the research process steps and encourages students and instructors to contribute other hypotheticals. The text also includes sample assignments, demonstration videos, and discussion and reflection questions, with opportunities for students and instructors to contribute additional questions. This text uses an approach that emphasizes student reflection on the development of research skills, with the benefit of repeated and consistent formative feedback. The most up to date and interactive version of this book can be found at https://opentext.uoregon.edu/legal/.
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    Science and Culture: Readings for Writers
    (2023-09-21) Rust, Stephen; Wilde, Jenée
    Science and Culture is a resource intended for college and secondary students to engage with scientific concepts, facts, and history as they relate to society in the United States and globally. The multimodality, diversity of voices, and range of topics should appeal to anyone interested in exploring these particular knowledge debates across natural and social sciences, humanities, and creative arts. The themes in this volume have been cultivated to engage readers not merely as receptors of information but as active participants in this ongoing process of knowledge building. The most up to date and interactive version of this book can be found at https://opentext.uoregon.edu/science-and-culture/ .
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    Introduction to Arabic: Egyptian Arabic for first-year students
    (University of Oregon, 2023-07) Hollenberg, David; Ghazy, Amira; Eissa, Abdulrahman; Elsherif, Hanan; Loy, Benjamin; Rizk, Kerlos; Dockwiller, Joseph; Eissa, Belal; Eissa, Hasan; Green, Deborah; Aboelez, Nour
    This book presents materials for mastering the Arabic alphabet and the student's first steps in Egyptian Arabic. This book contains interactive activities that can only be accessed through the web version of this book which can be found at: https://opentext.uoregon.edu/introarabic/ .
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    Pay for Play: How the Music Industry Works, Where the Money Goes, and Why
    (University of Oregon, 2023-05-15) Wayte, Larry
    The history of music is closely linked to the history of copyright law. This book explores how the law shaped music and the music industry. From church and court patronage in pre-19th Century Europe, to the effects of social media on music, this book explores the abiding influence of the law on music. The most up to date and interactive version of this book can be found at https://opentext.uoregon.edu/payforplay/ .
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    PRESSBOOKS @ UO: A Workshop Guide to Pressbooks, Hypothesis and H5P
    (Pressbooks, 2023) Service, Allia; Vieger, Rayne
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    Cantigas de Santa Maria: “Como Santa Maria ajudou a Emperadriz de Roma”/ “How the Virgen Mary Helped the Empress of Rome”
    (University of Oregon Libraries, 2023) Gottlieb, Alison Carberry; Moneypenny, Dianne Burke; Miguel-Prendes, Sol; Wacks, David A.
    Alfonso X was king of “Castilla, León, Sevilla, Córdoba, Murcia, Jaén, and el Algarbe.” As evidenced by his title, he came to have possession of various kingdoms in Iberia. He was born in Toledo in 1221 and died in Seville in 1284, at 63 years of age. He is called the Learned King because he was an author, poet, musician, and historian, and because he supported artists and translators. Furthermore, he employed Christians, Jews, and Muslims in his translation workshop in Toledo. His Cantigas de Santa Maria is a repertoire of songs compiled in four manuscripts between 1257 and 1283. The Cantigas consist of 420 narrative songs that focus on the Virgen Mary and the miracles that she performs across Christendom. Originally, the text was written in Galician-Portuguese, from the northeast region of Iberia. Galicia is the site of Santiago de Compostela, the final destination of the pilgrimage route known as the Camino de Santiago (Saint James’s Way). Each story is comprised of text, images, and music. The combination of texts and images portrays day-to-day life and, often, the less-documented common peoples of the Middle Ages in Europe. This unit, edited by Diane Burke Moneypenny and Allison Carberry Gottlieb, contains the original text in Galician-Portuguese of Cantiga 5, “How the Virgin Mary helped the Empress of Rome.” The Spanish version (for use in contexts where the language of instruction is Spanish) has an introduction, notes, and translation into modern Spanish (by Sol Miguel-Prendes). The English version has an English introduction and notes, and an English translation of the Cantiga.
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    Francisco Núñez Muley, Petition (Granada, 1566)
    (University of Oregon Libraries, 2023) Fataccioli, Lisette Balabarca; Wacks, David A.; Miguel-Prendes, Sol
    The Edict of 1567, or Anti-Morisco Edict, was promulgated by Spanish King Philip II on January 1, after being approved in Madrid on November 17, 1566. Its purpose was to eliminate specific Morisco customs, such as their language, dress, and dances. Núñez Muley’s Petition is an attempt to persuade Christian authorities to delay enforcing the 1567 Edict. The author lists each of the prohibitions and refutes their effectiveness. He compares Morisco customs to those of other Christian and Muslim communities in the Mediterranean and argues that the prohibitions will not eradicate any putative Islamic practices but instead erase Morisco cultural identity. Moriscos, he claims, are sincere Christians and loyal subjects who support the king’s decisions. This unit, edited by Lisette Balabarca Fataccioli, has two versions, one with the introduction, notes, and original text in Spanish (for use in contexts where the language of instruction is Spanish), another with the introduction and notes in English, and the original Spanish text with facing English translation.
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    Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector
    (Open Oregon, 2022-10) Mason, Dyana P.
    This text is designed to provide an introduction to the nonprofit sector. It is designed to help readers understand the definition of the sector, its role in society, and the key questions facing it. The book also considers the growing numbers and influence of social enterprises and other “social innovation” organizations. The most up to date and interactive version of this book can be found at https://opentext.uoregon.edu/intrononprofit .
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    Writing as Inquiry
    (University of Oregon, 2022) Clevinger, Kara; Rust, Stephen
    Welcome to our creative commons OER (open educational resource) for Writing 121 at the University of Oregon. This resource is designed for students to be a zero-cost, high-quality guide to academic writing, with the goal of preparing you for success in college and beyond. The most up to date and interactive version of this book can be found at https://opentext.uoregon.edu/writingasinquiry/ .
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    Teaching about Difference and Power: A Guide for Instructors
    (Open Oregon, 2021-12-16) Schreiner, Jason; Lee Rumbarger
    Teaching about difference and power: a guide for instructors. Intended to help instructors teach United States: Difference, Inequality and Agency courses at the University of Oregon. The most up to date and interactive version of this book can be found at https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/diateaching .
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    Ecology of Place
    (Open Oregon, 2021-01-08) Zalyubovskiy, Ana
    Ecology of Place is concerned with the values of conservation and preservation people place on their relationship to the earth, its features and its inhabitants. By knowing a place and naming its constituents we discover our responsibilities and the meanings of its interdependencies. We may undergo the transformation from outside observer to aware partner, and our informed critical discussions can impact the evolution of society. Place itself rests in particularity and uniqueness. As we come to know and understand a particular place, it often becomes so intertwined with our life story, and the life stories of everything that lives there, that we can’t separate ourselves from the place. A place then becomes part of our voice as we incorporate its story into our lives. The Ecology of Place collection of readings for composition students contains three units designed to support the University of Oregon Composition Program’s student learning outcomes. For the most up to data, readable, and interactive version of this text visit https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/ecologyofplace/.
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    Omar Patón, Memoir of the journey to and from Mecca (Memorial de ida y venida hasta Meka) (Castile, 15th c.)
    (University of Oregon Libraries, 2021) Candás, Pablo Roza; Wacks, David A.; Miguel-Prendes, Sol
    Omar Paton was one of the last Castilian Muslims to complete the hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca. He undertook the journey from his home city of Ávila (Castile), departing in 1491. Upon his return from the East, Paton depicted the experiences and emotions he lived during his long and dangerous pious expedition in his Memoir of the Journey to and from Mecca. Omar Paton was one of the last Castilian Muslims to complete the hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca. He undertook the journey from his home city of Ávila (Castile), departing in 1491. Upon his return from the East, Paton depicted the experiences and emotions he lived during his long and dangerous pious expedition in his Memoir of the Journey to and from Mecca. This bilingual unit contains a brief introduction to the Memoria with notes and a short bibliography in English, along with a pedagogical edition and translation into English of the original aljamiado text relating Patón's experiences in Alexandria, Damascus, and Jerusalem.
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    Anonymous, The Dance of Death (La Danza general de la Muerte) (early 15th century)
    (University of Oregon Libraries, 2021) Hamilton, Michelle M.; Wacks, David A.; Miguel-Prendes, Sol
    The Danza general de la muerte (Dance of Death) (late 14th-century) is a rhymed dialogue in Castilian in which death personified greets one victim after another. It is the earliest of 3 extant Castilian versions of the Dance of Death, which was popular across Europe in the Middle Ages. The Dance of Death gives expression to the premodern view that death is inevitable regardless of social class or religious affiliation. The Castilian version reflects the realities of medieval Iberian society, and death’s victims include Christians, Muslims and Jews. The work shows people from the highest positions, the emperor and the pope for example, to the lowest, the friar and parish priest. The figure of Death as depicted in this work may be a reflection of the multi-faith society of premodern Iberia. Death is not described in detail, but it is nowhere described as a skeleton, as it is often depicted in other European dances of death. Death has elements associated with the angels of death from the Jewish and Muslim traditions. This unit contains an edition of the medieval Castilian text, accompanied by an introduction and notes in both Spanish and English versions
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    Introduction to The Youthful Deeds of Rodrigo (Las mocedades de Rodrigo)
    (University of Oregon Libraries, 2021) Bailey, Matthew; Miguel-Prendes, Sol; Wacks, David A.
    The Mocedades de Rodrigo is an epic poem in Castilian that narrates the fictional deeds of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, the young Cid. The prose narrative of his youth first appears in 1295. The unique version in verse is preserved in a much later manuscript (ca. 1400). The poem includes the early history of the families of the poem’s two main protagonists, Rodrigo and the king of Castile, Fernando I, before focusing more exclusively on their relationship. These protagonists and their ancestors are linked by their struggles to preserve their individual independence as well as that of their clan, nation, and ultimately all the kingdoms of Spain. Rodrigo first emerges as a fierce yet reluctant vassal of the king, but by the poem’s final episode he has earned the king’s respect and become his most trusted counselor and valuable warrior. This is a pedagogical edition of a selection of the Mocedades de Rodrigo (ca. 1300) with a short general introduction, notes, and brief bibliography. The edition and translation are by Matthew Bailey (2020). The Spanish introduction and notes were translated by Sol Miguel-Prendes.
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    Legend of the Damsel Carcayçiyona (Aragón, ca. 1587)
    (University of Oregon Libraries, 2021) Wood, Donald W.; Rosen-Kaplan, Jordan; Wacks, David A.; Miguel-Prendes, Sol
    Pedagogical edition, transcription, and translation of the Aljamiado-Morisco Legend of the Damsel Carcayçiyona (Aragón, ca. 1587) found in MS J57 of the Biblioteca Tomás Navarro Tomás, CSIC, Madrid. A variant of the folktale of the “handless maiden,” this narrative details the conversion of the pagan princess Carcayçiyona to Islam and the trials that befall her. The English version contains a short introduction in English, a transliteration of the Aljamiado into Latin characters, and English translation translation, accompanying notes, and a short bibliography. The Spanish version contains a short introduction in Spanish, a transliteration of the Aljamiado into Latin characters, a modern Spanish translation, accompanying notes, and a short bibliography.
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    Sendebar: The Book of the Wiles of Women (1253)
    (University of Oregon Libraries, 2020) Arbesú, David; Wacks, David A.
    This unit contains a selection of texts from the Sendebar (1253), one of the most famous and widespread collections of exemplary literature in the Middle Ages, with versions in Arabic, Syriac, Farsi, Greek, Hebrew, and Spanish. The importance of this work lies in the fact that, together with the Calila and Dimna, it was the first collection of Eastern tales to make it into the Iberian Peninsula, bringing with it a new way of organizing the plot around a narrative frame which gave meaning to each separate tale. The selection includes the three tales from the second day of the trial: the first is narrated by the woman, who claims that the Prince tried to rape her; the other two are narrated by one of the king’s counselors, who tries to convince the king to keep calm (first tale) and that all women are deceitful (second tale). Types of courses where the text might be useful: History, literature, and culture of medieval Spain, al-Andalus, Maghreb, Translation, Tales.
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    The Seven Knights of Lara
    (University of Oregon Libraries, 2020) Mahoney, Peter; Wacks, David A.; Miguel-Prendes, Sol
    Pedagogical edition, with short introduction, notes, and bibliography (in two versions with original text in medieval Castilian and facing translation in English and Modern Spanish) of the ‘Siete Infantes de Lara’ a reconstruction of a late medieval Castilian epic poem detailing the exploits of the dispute between the Lara and Velázquez families in the early 11th century. Introduction, notes, edition of medieval Castilian, and translation into English and Spanish by Peter Mahoney (2019). This version contains the medieval Castilian text with Spanish modernization, and introduction, notes, and bibliography in Spanish.