Universität Wien

090104 SE Greek ‘Colonisation’ (2022S)

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

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. 15 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes

Monday 07.03, 17:00-18:30 - nur digital
Monday 14.03, 15:30-18:30 - IKA Sammlung (+hybrid on zoom)
Monday 21.03, 17:00-18:30 - IKA Seminar Room (+hybrid on zoom)
Monday 28.03, 17:00-18:30 - IKA Seminar Room (+hybrid on zoom)
Monday 04.04, 17:00-18:30 - IKA Seminar Room (+hybrid on zoom)
Monday 25.04, 17:00-19:00 - IKA Seminar Room (+hybrid on zoom)
Monday 02.05, 17:00-18:30 - nur digital
Monday 09.05, 17:00-18:30 - IKA Seminar Room (+hybrid on zoom)
Monday 16.05, 17:00-18:30 - nur digital
Monday 23.05, 17:00-18:30 - nur digital
Monday 30.05, 17:00-18:30 - IKA Seminar Room (+hybrid on zoom)


Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The ancient Greek world stretched from Cyprus to Spain, and from Libya to the Crimea. Many of these communities – those located outside the Aegean – are often called ‘Greek colonies’. Yet the establishment and realities of life in these communities had very little to do with colonialism and imperialism as we understand these terms. This course reassesses so-called ‘Greek colonisation’, focusing on the diversity of experience in different communities across the Greek world.

The course will be taught through a combination of in-person (hybrid) and digital lectures. Student presentations will discuss individual Greek communities in Anatolia, the Black Sea, and the central Mediterranean.

Assessment and permitted materials

• 10% regular and active participation
• 35% oral presentation with handout
• 55% written paper, based on the oral presentation

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Grading is based on the following scheme: 1 (very good performance), 2 (some uncertainties in the handling of the topic), 3 (medium performance), 4 (significant problems, but a just-about acceptable handling of the topic), 5 (unacceptable handling of the topic)

Examination topics

The idea of "Greek colonisation" in modern scholarship; ideas about mobility in antiquity; detailed analysis of the material culture of a specific Greek community in either Anatolia, the Black Sea, or Magna Graecia.

Reading list

• Antonaccio, C. M. 2007. “Colonization: Greece on the Move.” In The Cambridge Companion to Archaic Greece, edited by H. Alan Shapiro, 201–24. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• De Angelis, F. (ed.) 2020. A Companion to Greeks Across the Ancient World. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
• Gehrke, H-J. 2017. Griechische Wanderungsnarrative und ihre Wirkung. Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin.
• Mauersberg, M. 2019. Die »griechische Kolonisation«: Ihr Bild in der Antike und der modernen altertumswissenschaftlichen Forschung. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag.

Association in the course directory

Anrechenbar: im Fachbereich Griechische Archäologie:
im BA: M14;
im BA alt: APM gr, gr. Vertiefung, BM;
im MA: PM1, PM3, PM4, PM5;

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