Admission requirements
Regular MA admission; sufficient knowledge of ancient Greek (if in doubt, contact the instructor).
Description
Greek papyri form an important source for the history of Greek, Roman and Byzantine Egypt. Students will read varied, mainly documentary, papyri from their editions and will study some original papyri from photos, learning to place them in their historical and cultural context.
Course objectives
Students will:
have a basic knowledge of Greek papyrology and its apparatus;
be able to decipher easier documentary papyri;
be able to situate them in their historical and cultural context;
have acquired some basic editorial skills.
Timetable
Timetable to be arranged between student(s) and instructor.
Mode of instruction
Seminar, self-study and written assignments
Course Load
Total course load is 10 EC (= 280 hours):
attending seminars: 14 hours
preparing for seminars: 56 hours
reading literature and writing assignments: 170 hours
preparing oral exam: 40 hours
Assessment method
Active presence in class (5%);
Written assignments during the course (20%);
Oral exam at the end (25%);
Paper (50%).
In case the final mark is unsatisfactory, a student can take an oral exam.
Blackboard
Yes,“Blackboard”:https://blackboard.leidenuniv.nl/
Reading list
R.S. Bagnall (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Papyrology (2009).
P.W. Pestman, The New Papyrological Primer. Second Edition, Revised (1994).
More literature announced during class.
Registration
Students are required to register for this course via uSis, the course registration system of Leiden University.
“http://hum.leiden.edu/students/study-administration/usis-english.html”
Exchange and Study Abroad students, please see the Study in Leiden website for information on how to apply.
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
Registration Studeren à la carte via: “www.hum.leidenuniv.nl/onderwijs/alacarte”
Registration Contractonderwijs via: “http://www.hum.leidenuniv.nl/onderwijs/contractonderwijs”
Contact
Dr. F.A.J. Hoogendijk “f.a.j.hoogendijk@hum.leidenuniv.nl”