Universität Wien

090071 UE Research-Colloquium (2023S)

Erasmus Blended Intensive Program: Carolingian Literary Lab

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 9 - Altertumswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
REMOTE
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 10 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

All these times are technically available, but meetings will not be weekly. Students will need to go to Moodle for course-management and for the actual dates and links to the Zoom-Conferences.

Attendance is required unless you are ill. Since it is an online course, you should be able to attend passively from your sickbed with the camera off. Otherwise you should be virtually present with the camera on. If there is some special problem, let me know before class.

  • Wednesday 01.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Wednesday 08.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Wednesday 15.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Wednesday 22.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Wednesday 29.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Wednesday 19.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Wednesday 26.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Wednesday 03.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Wednesday 10.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Wednesday 17.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Wednesday 24.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Wednesday 31.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Wednesday 07.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Wednesday 14.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Wednesday 21.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Wednesday 28.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Assessment and permitted materials

This course is designed as a way to enable students from the University of Vienna to participate at different levels (BA, MA, PhD.) in the Erasmus Blended Intensive Program called “Carolingian Literary Lab.” The broader project is an international team-taught and “geblockt” initiative that will combine two online events (March and July, dates TBA) with a study week in Poitiers (22-26 May). The onsite component in Poitiers will concentrate on Alcuin, on Carolingian verse inscriptions, and on insular contributions to the Carolingian scene. There will be visits to libraries as well as to medieval archaeological sites.

The Carolingian Literary Lab will be taught primarily in French and in English, but students and teachers will also be able to speak their own languages (German; Italian; Spanish). The point is to communicate.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Each contributing university will send a small team of students under a professor. I am coordinating and supervising the group from Vienna. We will have a scheduled jour fixe available to us (Wednesdays at 15:00-16:30), but will not be meeting every week. The top-down teaching will consist of the two online events and the week in Poitiers. I will help get students started with bibliography and some literary history. I hope to invite a few foreign Carolingian scholars to read texts with us and introduce to the problems involved. They may teach in English.

Students will need to work out an appropriate project of their own. Doctoral students will write a scholarly paper on a Carolingian topic related to the “Carolingian Literary Lab;” MA students should likewise expect to write a paper (ca. 20 pages). More junior students have the option of taking the course as a Lektüre, in which case they could choose a suitable Carolingian text (my approval required) and translate and comment on it. The Vienna group will function in German and English. The Vienna students’ final grades will be based on their active participation (active Mitarbeit) in our local jour fixe, in the events of the plenum (online events and study week, and on their written work (60%).

Examination topics

Not applicable

Reading list

Reading will be developed and customized. Also assigned by the Erasmus Teaching-Team

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Th 11.05.2023 11:27