Universität Wien

090007 VO The Development of the Greek Polis (2021W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 9 - Altertumswissenschaften
MIXED

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Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Monday 04.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
Monday 11.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
Monday 18.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
Monday 25.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
Monday 08.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
Monday 15.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
Monday 22.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
Monday 29.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
Monday 06.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
Monday 13.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
Monday 10.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
Monday 17.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
Monday 24.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG

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Aims, contents and method of the course

Objectives:
- To provide students with a framework for understanding the Greek world during the Iron Age and Archaic periods;
- To examine processes of urbanisation, monumentalisation, and social reorganisation during these periods;
- To explore regional variation across the ancient Greek world.

Assessment and permitted materials

Content:
The polis or city-state was the dominant form of social organisation in the ancient Greek world. These lectures will address how the polis developed from the smaller scale communities of the Iron Age, including: processes of urbanisation and changes in landscape use and settlement patterns; processes of community formation focusing on public and monumental space; and processes of social structuring as performed through social practice. We will examine divergent trajectories leading to the development of the polis in different parts of the Greek world, as well as considering Greek communities which never developed into poleis, instead espousing alternative forms of social organisation.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

A minimum of 51% of available marks is required for a successful assessment.

Examination topics

Topics presented during the lectures (handouts and power points), reading lists, other materials made available on the Moodle site.

Reading list

Hölscher, T. 1998. Öffentliche Räume in frühen griechischen Städten. Heidelberg.
Lang, F. 1996. Archaische Siedlungen in Griechenland: Struktur und Entwicklung. Berlin.
Mazarakis Ainan, A. 1997. From Rulers' Dwellings to Temples: Architecture, Religion and Society in Early Iron Age Greece. Jonsered.
Morgan, C. 2003. Early Greek States beyond the Polis. London.
Osborne, R. 2006. Greece in the Making. London.
Raaflaub, K. and H. van Wees (eds) 2009. A Companion to Archaic Greece. Oxford.
Rollinger, R., and Ulf, C. 2004. (eds) Griechische Archaik: interne Entwicklungen, externe Impulse. Innsbruck.
Whitley, J. 2001. The Archaeology of Ancient Greece. Cambridge.

Association in the course directory

Anrechenbar: im Fachbereich Griechische Archäologie:
im BA: M2, M13;
im BA alt: WM griech, APM griech, gr. u. kl. Vertiefung;
im MA: PM1, PM3, PM4, PM5;
im MA alt: PM gr-röm, SM A, SM B;

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