ID:
508784
Durata (ore):
36
CFU:
6
SSD:
STORIA GRECA
Anno:
2024
Dati Generali
Periodo di attività
Primo Semestre (23/09/2024 - 17/12/2024)
Syllabus
Obiettivi Formativi
By the end of the module, students:
- will have gained a knowledge of main facts and key themes of Greek and Macedonian history (classical period to early empire: ca. 500 BC - AD 14);
- will have gained a knowledge of methods and theoretical approaches that have proved instrumental in modern and contemporary reconstructions of Greek History;
- will have developed an understanding of the different categories of sources available to modern historians;
- will have developed their ability to engage critically with primary and secondary sources;
- will have improved their ability to organize and deliver oral presentations on a given subject in an academic environment.
- will have gained a knowledge of main facts and key themes of Greek and Macedonian history (classical period to early empire: ca. 500 BC - AD 14);
- will have gained a knowledge of methods and theoretical approaches that have proved instrumental in modern and contemporary reconstructions of Greek History;
- will have developed an understanding of the different categories of sources available to modern historians;
- will have developed their ability to engage critically with primary and secondary sources;
- will have improved their ability to organize and deliver oral presentations on a given subject in an academic environment.
Prerequisiti
Students attending the module are expected to have an overall knowledge of the historical and geographical development of the ancient Greek civilisation (archaic to classical period: ca. 800-300 BC).
The core themes are as follows:
- the rise of the polis and its development in the Archaic period;
- the archaic ‘colonisation’;
- the Persian Wars;
- the Peloponnesian War;
- the Greek struggle for hegemony in classical times (Athens, Sparta, and Thebes);
- the rise of Macedon;
- Alexander’s Asian campaign.
A preparatory course in ‘History of the Mediterranean’ will be delivered during the month of September 2023. Attendance to this pre-course is strongly recommended for students who have never been exposed to Greek history during their undergraduate studies.
The core themes are as follows:
- the rise of the polis and its development in the Archaic period;
- the archaic ‘colonisation’;
- the Persian Wars;
- the Peloponnesian War;
- the Greek struggle for hegemony in classical times (Athens, Sparta, and Thebes);
- the rise of Macedon;
- Alexander’s Asian campaign.
A preparatory course in ‘History of the Mediterranean’ will be delivered during the month of September 2023. Attendance to this pre-course is strongly recommended for students who have never been exposed to Greek history during their undergraduate studies.
Metodi didattici
The course consists of a combination of lectures (weeks 1-4) and seminars (weeks 4-6).
LECTURES
(3 sessions/week, 2hours/session)
Lectures will be ca. 90 minutes long, to allow for questions and a break.
Handouts and lecture slideshows will be made available on Kiro either before classes or at the end of teaching weeks.
All over the first part of the module (Weeks 1-4), students will be required to prepare short preparatory readings.
Special attention will be paid to ancient literary and epigraphic sources, which will be presented in English translation.
SEMINARS
(2 sessions/week, 3 hours/session)
Seminars will consist of group presentations delivered by students (ca. 60 min. long each), followed by class discussion.
A detailed course schedule, including a list of reading assignments, reference works, and topics available for group presentations, will be provided at the start of the course.
An attendance record will be taken.
An attendance rate of 75% of class time is required for students to be considered “attending” the module.
All classes will be taught in in-person.
LECTURES
(3 sessions/week, 2hours/session)
Lectures will be ca. 90 minutes long, to allow for questions and a break.
Handouts and lecture slideshows will be made available on Kiro either before classes or at the end of teaching weeks.
All over the first part of the module (Weeks 1-4), students will be required to prepare short preparatory readings.
Special attention will be paid to ancient literary and epigraphic sources, which will be presented in English translation.
SEMINARS
(2 sessions/week, 3 hours/session)
Seminars will consist of group presentations delivered by students (ca. 60 min. long each), followed by class discussion.
A detailed course schedule, including a list of reading assignments, reference works, and topics available for group presentations, will be provided at the start of the course.
An attendance record will be taken.
An attendance rate of 75% of class time is required for students to be considered “attending” the module.
All classes will be taught in in-person.
Verifica Apprendimento
The final grade is calculated as follows:
1. ATTENDING STUDENTS
- Quality of participation during lectures and discussion sessions, including an oral presentation delivered during the term: 40%;
- Final oral exam: 60%.
2. NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS
Final oral exam (bibliography to be agreed upon with the lecturer): 100%.
The final exam will assess:
- the knowledge and critical understanding of both the module contents and assigned bibliography;
- answering accuracy and organization of contents;
- language propriety;
- clarity of expression;
- argumentative efficacy.
During the final exam attending students will be required to:
- read and comment upon a historical source discussed during the course;
- answer two questions about key-themes examined during classes (political facts, political and socio-cultural phenomena);
- discuss and demonstrate a critical understanding of the set of readings prepared.
1. ATTENDING STUDENTS
- Quality of participation during lectures and discussion sessions, including an oral presentation delivered during the term: 40%;
- Final oral exam: 60%.
2. NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS
Final oral exam (bibliography to be agreed upon with the lecturer): 100%.
The final exam will assess:
- the knowledge and critical understanding of both the module contents and assigned bibliography;
- answering accuracy and organization of contents;
- language propriety;
- clarity of expression;
- argumentative efficacy.
During the final exam attending students will be required to:
- read and comment upon a historical source discussed during the course;
- answer two questions about key-themes examined during classes (political facts, political and socio-cultural phenomena);
- discuss and demonstrate a critical understanding of the set of readings prepared.
Testi
Texts whose knowledge will be tested and assessed during the final oral exam:
ATTENDING STUDENTS:
1) Notes of lectures and classes (including both slideshows and historical sources presented and discussed throughout the term);
2) M.B. Hatzopoulos, Ancient Macedonia, De Gruyter 2020.
3) Further readings, to be chosen among a list which will be submitted by the end of the course.
NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS:
Non-attending students are to contact the lecturer (alberto.gandini@unipv.it) to agree upon an alternative reading list.
ATTENDING STUDENTS:
1) Notes of lectures and classes (including both slideshows and historical sources presented and discussed throughout the term);
2) M.B. Hatzopoulos, Ancient Macedonia, De Gruyter 2020.
3) Further readings, to be chosen among a list which will be submitted by the end of the course.
NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS:
Non-attending students are to contact the lecturer (alberto.gandini@unipv.it) to agree upon an alternative reading list.
Contenuti
Title of the course:
Greek history through the lens of ancient Macedonia: classical to early Roman times.
This module covers key aspects of the historical development of the ancient Greek civilisation. Historical phenomena and events will be viewed through the prism of the impact they had both on mainland Greece and Macedonia.
The module will be articulated as follows:
I. Weeks 1-4: Lectured classes.
Ten lectures covering in a chronological order core themes related to the ancient Greek civilisation, organised around key-figures of ancient Macedonian history:
1. Alexander I – The Persian Wars
2. Perdiccas II – The Peloponnesian War
3. Philip II – The Greek struggle for hegemony
4. Alexander III – The Macedonian conquest of Persian Asia
5. Philip III and Alexander IV – The Age of the Diadochoi
6. Cassander – The Hellenistic kingship
7. Demetrios ‘the Besieger’ – The Macedonians and the Greeks
8. Philip V – The Hellenistic world and the coming of Rome
9. Perseus – The establishment of Roman rule over Greece and Macedonia
10. Augustus – The Roman province of Macedonia
II. Weeks 4-6: Seminars.
Group presentations delivered by students, followed by discussion sections.
List of possible topics for seminars:
Gymnasia in ancient Macedonia - The Macedonian army under the Antigonids - The ‘constitutional’ view on Macedonian kingship - Banqueting and feasting at the court of Macedon - Philoi and cities in Hellenistic Macedonia - Beyond Macedonia: the ‘barbarians’ of the outer world (Illyrians, Thracians, Celts) - Macedonian royal tombs - Macedonian cities and peer polity interaction
- Alexander and the Iranians - Macedonia after 168 BC - Macedonian kings on coins - Antigonos (II) Gonatas - Polybius and Macedonia - Demosthenes and (the opposition to) Philip II - The Achaemenid Court: power apparatus and ceremonials - Alexander and Achaemenid proskynesis.
Greek history through the lens of ancient Macedonia: classical to early Roman times.
This module covers key aspects of the historical development of the ancient Greek civilisation. Historical phenomena and events will be viewed through the prism of the impact they had both on mainland Greece and Macedonia.
The module will be articulated as follows:
I. Weeks 1-4: Lectured classes.
Ten lectures covering in a chronological order core themes related to the ancient Greek civilisation, organised around key-figures of ancient Macedonian history:
1. Alexander I – The Persian Wars
2. Perdiccas II – The Peloponnesian War
3. Philip II – The Greek struggle for hegemony
4. Alexander III – The Macedonian conquest of Persian Asia
5. Philip III and Alexander IV – The Age of the Diadochoi
6. Cassander – The Hellenistic kingship
7. Demetrios ‘the Besieger’ – The Macedonians and the Greeks
8. Philip V – The Hellenistic world and the coming of Rome
9. Perseus – The establishment of Roman rule over Greece and Macedonia
10. Augustus – The Roman province of Macedonia
II. Weeks 4-6: Seminars.
Group presentations delivered by students, followed by discussion sections.
List of possible topics for seminars:
Gymnasia in ancient Macedonia - The Macedonian army under the Antigonids - The ‘constitutional’ view on Macedonian kingship - Banqueting and feasting at the court of Macedon - Philoi and cities in Hellenistic Macedonia - Beyond Macedonia: the ‘barbarians’ of the outer world (Illyrians, Thracians, Celts) - Macedonian royal tombs - Macedonian cities and peer polity interaction
- Alexander and the Iranians - Macedonia after 168 BC - Macedonian kings on coins - Antigonos (II) Gonatas - Polybius and Macedonia - Demosthenes and (the opposition to) Philip II - The Achaemenid Court: power apparatus and ceremonials - Alexander and Achaemenid proskynesis.
Lingua Insegnamento
INGLESE
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THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN WORLD. HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND ART
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