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090051 SE Archaic Ionia: Cultural diversity and cultural innovation (2021S)

8.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 9 - Altertumswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

max. 15 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Seminars will take place digitally for the first weeks due to the COVID situation. We hope it will be possible to hold face-to-face seminars later in the semester.

  • Wednesday 03.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Digital
    Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
  • Wednesday 10.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Digital
    Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
  • Wednesday 17.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Digital
    Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
  • Wednesday 24.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Digital
    Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
  • Wednesday 14.04. 14:15 - 15:45 Digital
    Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
  • Wednesday 21.04. 14:15 - 15:45 Digital
    Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
  • Wednesday 28.04. 14:15 - 15:45 Digital
    Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
  • Wednesday 05.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Digital
    Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
  • Wednesday 12.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Digital
    Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
  • Wednesday 19.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Digital
    Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
  • Wednesday 26.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Digital
    Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
  • Wednesday 02.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Digital
    Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
  • Wednesday 09.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Digital
    Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
  • Wednesday 16.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Digital
    Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
  • Wednesday 23.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Digital
    Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
  • Wednesday 30.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Digital
    Hybride Lehre
    Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Aims:
What makes a golden age? Vienna at the turn of the 20th century, Florence in the Renaissance, Rome in the age of Augustus – there are some moments in history that see remarkable concentrations of culture and creativity. Archaic Ionia was one such period, seeing the developments of many characteristic innovations in Greek culture: from Homeric poetry to the first monumental Greek temples, and from sculptural traditions and the decorative arts to the birth of philosophy. In this seminar, we will examine why this happened.

Content:
Using a range of archaeological evidence (mortuary, domestic, urban, landscape) we will investigate the nature of society and social structures in archaic Ionia and the surrounding regions. What were the economic, political, and social conditions that enabled the cultural flowering of the archaic period? We will pay particular attention to the demography and population, investigating the multicultural nature of the Ionian cities. In this way, we will explore the connection between cultural diversity (in terms of population makeup and structure) and cultural innovation (in terms of Hochkultur and cultural production).

Methods:
Weekly 1.5 hour seminars. Due to the COVID-Pandemic, seminars will initially be digital. We hope to move to in-person seminars later in the semester.

Assessment and permitted materials

• Two brief oral presentations for 15 minutes each in German or English (30%)
• Active participation in weekly exercises (20%)
• Written seminar paper of 15-20 pages, not including illustrations, in German or English (50%)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Since the majority of the literature is in English, appropriate language skills are required. Presence and active participation is required at a minimum of 70% of teaching sessions. Written papers must be marked positive.

Examination topics

To be set in class at the start of semester.

Reading list

*indicates available online

*Akurgal, E. 1962. ‘The Early Period and the Golden Age of Ionia’. American Journal of Archaeology 66 (4): 369–79

Cobet, J., V. von Graeve, W-D. Niemeier, and K. Zimmermann, eds. 2007. Frühes Ionien - eine Bestandsaufnahme: Panionion-Symposion Güzelçamlı, 26. September - 1. Oktober 1999. Milesische Forschungen 5. Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern.

Kerschner, M., I. Kowalleck, and M. Steskal. 2008. Archäologische Forschungen zur Siedlungsgeschichte von Ephesos in geometrischer, archaischer und klassischer Zeit: Grabungsbefunde und Keramikfunde aus dem Bereich von Koressos. Ergänzungshefte zu den Jahresheften des Österreichischen Archäologischen Institutes in Wien 9. Vienna: Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut.

*Mac Sweeney, N, 2013. Foundation Myths and Politics in Ancient Ionia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

*Mariaud, Olivier. 2019. ‘Ionia’. In A Companion to the Archaeology of Early Greece and the Mediterranean, 961–83. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Association in the course directory

Anrechenbar: im Fachbereich Griechische Archäologie:
im BA: M14;
im BA alt: APM griech, gr. Vertiefung, BM;
im MA: PM1, PM3, PM4, PM5;
im MA alt: PM gr-röm, SM A, SM B;

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