Admission requirements
Accessible for students admitted to Research MA Classics and Ancient Civilizations, track Egyptology, and proficient in Late Egyptian and hieratic.
Description
Intensive study of non-literary text sources and archaeological remains from the Deir el-Medina site (from circa 1550 to 1070 BC, the settlement of the workmen that constructed the royal tombs), together with discipline-relevant literature relating to these textual and archaeological sources. The treatment of a theme (social, economic, juridic or administrative) in the literature and the relevant hieratic text sources on papyri and ostraca will be subjected to critical evaluation. The electronic Deir el-Medina Database provides support in this. Each student will concentrate on a partial aspect of the central subject, and provides an oral and written report of literature and source research.
Course objectives
Acquiring experience with primary source material, publications and research tools related to Deir el-Medina, mainly to its New Kingdom documentary sources
Being able to identify the primary source material relevant to one’s research
Being able to conduct a small-scale individual research project, and to present its results, on a specialist level
Timetable
Semester 1, block 1-2, in consultation with teacher
Mode of instruction
Common sessions: discussion of relevant literature and primary sources
Individual research of these
Oral presentation and discussion of individual research
Written paper (appr. 10,000 words excluding figures, tables, transcriptions etc.)
Course load
Course load 280 hours, of which:
7 sessions and preparation: 150 h;
oral presentation: 30 h;
written paper: 100 h.
Assessment method
oral presentation 20%
written paper 80%
Weighing
The final mark for the course is established by determining the weighted average.
Resit
Should the final result be unsatisfactory, the paper is to be revised after consulation with the teacher. There is no resit for the oral presentation.
Exam review
Students will be invited to discuss the paper and oral presentation individually with the teacher, as soon as the results have been published.
Blackboard
Reading list
To be announced during the seminar.
Registration
Students are obliged to register through uSis.
Contact information
Dr B.J.J. Haring
Matthias de Vrieshof 4, room 205A
P.O. Box 9515
Nl-2300 RA Leiden
+ 31 71 527 4170