090074 PS The Era of Justinian I. (2019W)

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 9 - Altertumswissenschaften

Continuous assessment of course work

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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).

Registration is open from We 04.09.2019 06:00 to Fr 27.09.2019 12:00
Registration is open from Mo 21.10.2019 06:00 to Th 24.10.2019 23:59
Deregistration possible until Th 31.10.2019 23:59

Details

max. 10 participants

Language: German

Lecturers

Claudia Rapp

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

no seminar on 1.10. The first seminar takes place on 8.10.

    
    Tuesday
    08.10.
    14:00 - 15:30
    (Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3  L3-05)
    
    Tuesday
    15.10.
    14:00 - 15:30
    (Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3  L3-05)
    
    Tuesday
    22.10.
    14:00 - 15:30
    (Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3  L3-05)
    
    Tuesday
    29.10.
    14:00 - 15:30
    (Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3  L3-05)
    
    Tuesday
    05.11.
    14:00 - 15:30
    (Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3  L3-05)
    
    Tuesday
    12.11.
    14:00 - 15:30
    (Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3  L3-05)
    
    Tuesday
    19.11.
    14:00 - 15:30
    (Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3  L3-05)
    
    Tuesday
    26.11.
    14:00 - 15:30
    (Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3  L3-05)
    
    Tuesday
    03.12.
    14:00 - 15:30
    (Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3  L3-05)
    
    Tuesday
    10.12.
    14:00 - 15:30
    (Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3  L3-05)
    
    Tuesday
    17.12.
    14:00 - 15:30
    (Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3  L3-05)
    
    Tuesday
    07.01.
    14:00 - 15:30
    (Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3  L3-05)
    
    Tuesday
    14.01.
    14:00 - 15:30
    (Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3  L3-05)
    
    Tuesday
    21.01.
    14:00 - 15:30
    (Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3  L3-05)
    
    Tuesday
    28.01.
    14:00 - 15:30
    (Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3  L3-05)

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Content: The reign of the Emperor Justinian I (527-565) dominates the history and culture of the Mediterranean in the sixth century and beyond: wars of conquest, codification of law, (violent) consolidation of the Christian state and of imperial ideology, highlights of literature, art and architecture. This course will offer an in-depth introduction to the historical sources combined with a discussion of the controversial image of Justinian among contemporaries and in the eyes of posterity.
Aims and methods: Directed and independent reading in preparation of class discussions. Guidance in the methods of independent research, including oral presentations and written essays.

Assessment and permitted materials

participation in class discussion: 20%
oral presentation A, presentation of a biography of Justinian or Theodora: 20%
oral presentation B, presentation of a source text: 20%
oral presentation C on one of the session themes (10%) and, on this basis, written essay on a scholarly research question (30%)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Basic knowledge of the course content. Attendance at all sessions in mandatory. Unavoidable absences must be communicated in advance of the session. No more than two absences are allowed to achieve a passing grade.

Examination topics

Content of the course, recommended readings, independent research.

Reading list

Introductory reading:
M. Meier, Justinian: Herrschaft, Reich und Religion (München, 2004)
The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Justinian, hrsg. M. Maas (Cambridge, 2005)
H. Leppin, Justinian. Das christliche Experiment (Stuttgart, 2011)
D. Potter, Theodora. Actress, Empress, Saint (New York und Oxford, 2015)
Additional readings will be communicated in the course of the semester.

Association in the course directory

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