Below is the preliminary programme of the Labeca Internal Seminar Series for the second semester of 2016. The final, detailed programme will be published closer to the start date.
This series will run alongside a graduate course taught by Professor Maria Beatriz B. Florenzano, aimed precisely at building a third project for Labeca in 2017.
There will be ten meetings, starting on 3 August 2016 (a Wednesday) and continuing on nine Mondays until 3 October. Sessions will be held in the afternoon, starting at 2 pm, and certificates will be issued.
CURRICULUM BOARD OF CoPGr
COURSE SUBMISSION FORM – COURSE CODE:
COURSE TITLE: MOBILITY, CONTACT AND CULTURAL CHANGE IN ANCIENT GREECE (9TH–4TH CENTURIES BC)
PROGRAMME/AREA: ARCHAEOLOGY
FIRST OFFERED (Year/Semester): 2nd SEMESTER 2016.
CREDITS: 04
Lectures: 4 Practical classes, seminars and other: 1 Study hours: 1 DURATION IN WEEKS: 10 WEEKS
LECTURER(S) IN CHARGE:
1. Maria Beatriz Borba Florenzano
SYLLABUS
OBJECTIVES:
TO OFFER GRADUATE STUDENTS A THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK ON A THEME THAT CONCERNS HUMAN LIFE IN ANY PERIOD AND ANY PLACE. TAKING THE MEDITERRANEAN AND HELLENISM BETWEEN THE 9TH AND 4TH CENTURIES BC, THE COURSE AIMS NOT ONLY TO DEEPEN THE STUDY OF BASIC CONCEPTS SUCH AS MOBILITY, BOUNDARY, IDENTITY AND CONTACT, BUT ALSO – THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF CASE STUDIES – TO WORK WITH ANALYTICAL TOOLS THAT HELP TO BUILD AND DEVELOP RESEARCH HYPOTHESES.
RATIONALE:
MOBILITY, CONTACT AND CULTURAL CHANGE ARE UNDERLYING THEMES OF INTEREST TO PRACTICALLY ANY RESEARCH IN ARCHAEOLOGY.
CONTENT (OUTLINE):
1. THE MEDITERRANEAN AS A CULTURAL AREA; 2. MOBILITY OF THINGS: LONG-DISTANCE TRADE. SEA ROUTES; 3. MOBILITY OF PEOPLE: FOUNDATIONS AND FORCED DISPLACEMENTS. 4. DEFINING BOUNDARIES: THE POLIS. GREEKS AND "BARBARIANS". 5. OVERCOMING BOUNDARIES: NETWORKS AND OVERLAPPING IDENTITIES. 6. CONTACT: BUILDING BALANCES
OF POWER IN MAGNA GRAECIA. 7. CULTURAL CHANGE: BUILDING HELLENISM
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Capdetrey, L., Zurbach, J. (coords.), Mobilités grecques: Mouvements, réseaux, contacts en Méditerranée, de l’époque archaïque à l’époque hellénistique. Bordeaux: Ausonius Éditions, 2012.
Cifani,G.; Stoddart, S. Landscape, Ethnicity and Identity. Oxbow Books, 2012.
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Earle, T. (ed.) Exchange systems in prehistory. Academic Press, 1977.
Gras, M. O Mediterrâneo Arcaico. Teorema, 1995,
Greco, E. (ed.) Gli achei e l ‘identità etnica degli achei d’Occidente. Tekmeria 3, 2002.
Hall, J. M., Hellenicity: between ethnicity and culture. The University of Chicago Press, 2002.
Kuhn Nobre, C. ET ALII Fronteiras e Etnicidade no Mundo Antigo. Ufpel, 2005.
Malkin, I.; Constantakopoulo, C. ;Panagopoulo, K. Greek and Roman Networks in the Mediterranean. Routledge, 2009.
Malkin, I. A Small Greek World. Networks in the Ancient Mediterranean. Oxford Univ. Press, 2012.
Mele, A. Il Commercio greco arcaico. Prexis ed emporie. Centre jean Berard, 1979.
Parise, N. Nascita della Moneta e forme archaiche dello scambio. Guido Guidotti, 1992,
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Van Dommelen, P.; Knapp, A.B. Material Connections in the Ancient Mediterranean: Mobility, Materaility and Identity. Routledge, 2010.
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Class participation, reading notes/review, final paper.