Alexandria, one of the ancient world’s largest cities, for a long time remained relatively unknown, buried under the modern town. Recent finds on land and under water have greatly enhanced our knowledge. Alexandria, as the capital city of the Greek rulers of Hellenistic Egypt, had always held a strong interest for those interested in Greek-Egyptian interaction. Now archaeological evidence allows us to further analyse the acculturation processes taking place in this ancient world ‘melting pot’. This course aims explicitly at bringing together a textual and a material culture perspective, and thus present as full a picture of this incredibly important community as possible.
Rooster
Semester I, see timetables
Onderwijsvorm
Research Seminar; attendance is compulsory ( see the rules and regulations of the Department of History, art. 2).
Leerdoelen
A thorough knowledge of Hellenistic Alexandria in particular, and of acculturation issues of that period in general.
Enhanced performance in the following areas: research skills, composition skills, ability to evaluate the findings of other researchers
Literatuur
Literature will be specified at a later stage
Entry test:
John Moreland, Archaeology and text, London 2001 Duckworth (Duckworth Debates in Archaeology), ISBN 978-0715629987 (176 pp)
Toetsing
*Every student will be expected to present several short presentations of preliminary findings (20%) *Final paper (80%)
Informatie
With the tutors: f.g.naerebout@hum.leidenuniv.nl or m.j.versluys@arch.leidenuniv.nl.
Blackboard/webpagina
www.ancient-history-online.info.
Overzicht
Some basic literature (to be specified) all participants are required to read. Every participant carries out research on a topic of his/her own choosing and will be asked to present some preliminary results at various stages in the course. The participants will also be asked to comment on the preliminary findings obtained by fellow-students.
Aanmeldingen Cursussen, Werkgroepen en Tentamens
MA course enrolment forms can be downloaded here.