160402 VO Archaeology of the celtic world (2020W)
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Language: English
Examination dates
Friday
29.01.2021
11:00 - 12:30
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Wednesday
17.02.2021
11:00 - 12:30
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Friday
05.03.2021
13:00 - 14:30
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Monday
29.03.2021
15:00 - 16:30
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Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LECTURES FOR THIS COURSE WILL BE HELD ONLINE
Thursday
01.10.
14:30 - 16:00
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Thursday
08.10.
14:30 - 16:00
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Thursday
15.10.
14:30 - 16:00
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Thursday
22.10.
14:30 - 16:00
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Thursday
29.10.
14:30 - 16:00
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Thursday
05.11.
14:30 - 16:00
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Thursday
12.11.
14:30 - 16:00
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Thursday
19.11.
14:30 - 16:00
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Thursday
26.11.
14:30 - 16:00
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Thursday
03.12.
14:30 - 16:00
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Thursday
10.12.
14:30 - 16:00
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Thursday
17.12.
14:30 - 16:00
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Thursday
07.01.
14:30 - 16:00
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Thursday
14.01.
14:30 - 16:00
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Thursday
21.01.
14:30 - 16:00
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Thursday
28.01.
14:30 - 16:00
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
The method of evaluation will be a final exam, which will be written at home and submitted online via Moodle. Students will be provided with a list of questions and will be asked to choose 4 to respond to. Each question will be worth 25 points.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Course objectives include:Familiarity with the major sources of information about Celtic myth and religion, particularly from the Celtic speaking peoples of the ancient and medieval periods.Understanding of problems attached to treating Celtic culture, and particularly myth and religion, as a unified system across geographical and temporal divisions.Knowledge of core concepts, world-view, and means of transmission of evidence for Celtic myth and religion.The exam questions will give students the opportunity to engage with these issues.
Examination topics
The examination topics will be based on the lectures and readings.
Reading list
All required readings will be provided as PDFs or links to online sources on the class moodle site.
Association in the course directory
Keltische Sprachwissenschaft A 166
Individuelle Studien: Keltologie
Individuelle Studien: Keltologie
Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:18
A survey of the mythological and religious systems of Celtic-speaking peoples based on a variety of sources, including medieval Irish and Welsh literature, comparative linguistics, the writings of Classical authors, and archaeological evidence for religious beliefs and practices. We will consider the problems inherent in identifying and reconstructing any form of unified “Celtic” mythology, religion, or cultural identity based on the separate evidence of the Continental Celts and the Celtic-speaking peoples of Ireland and Britain. Topics will include: “Celtic” divinities, the role of archaeology and folklore in understanding myth and religion, sacred kingship and sacred landscape, varying beliefs about the afterlife and the Otherworld, hero tales, and the development of modern Celtic identities, religious movements, and nationalisms.A survey of the mythologies and religions of Celtic speaking peoples. We will consider the problem of identifying and reconstructing a unified ?Celtic? mythology, religion, and cultural identity based on the independent evidence of the Continental Celts and the Celtic peoples of Ireland and Britain. Topics will include: sources of information about the Continental Celts and their culture, the evidence for pre-Christian myth and religion in the medieval literature of Ireland and Wales, the reconstruction of a possible Celtic pantheon, the role of folklore in understanding myth, and the development of modern Celtic religious movements.