ID:
508784
Durata (ore):
36
CFU:
6
SSD:
STORIA GRECA
Anno:
2025
Dati Generali
Periodo di attività
Primo Semestre (22/09/2025 - 19/12/2025)
Syllabus
Obiettivi Formativi
By the end of the module, students: - will have gained a knowledge of main facts and key themes of Greek history (Early Iron Age to Early Hellenistic period: ca. 1200-150 BCE); - 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 course are expected to have an overall knowledge of the historical and geographical development of the ancient Greek civilization (archaic to late-classical period: ca. 800-300 BC). Students who have never been exposed to Greek history during their previous studies are strongly recommended to attend the pre-course on the History of the Ancient Mediterranean, held between September-October 2025 (please refer to the relevant page on the Kiro platform).
Metodi didattici
The course consists of a combination of lectures and presentations by students. All classes will be taught in in-person. I. LECTURES (2 sessions/week, 2hours/session) Lectures will be ca. 90 minutes long, to allow for questions and a break. Lecture slideshows will be available on Kiro at the end of teaching weeks. II. ORAL PRESENTATIONS During the last weeks of the module, lecture sessions will alternate with student group presentations (each ca. 60 min. long, followed by class discussion). A list of reference works and topics available for group presentations will be provided at the beginning of the course.
Verifica Apprendimento
The final grade is calculated as follows: 1. ATTENDING STUDENTS 1) Group presentations are facultative and result in a group mark that will account for 30% of the individual final grade. If students are not satisfied with the presentation mark, they can reject it; in that case, they are to refer to the bibliography for attending students who did not deliver a presentation. High-quality participation during classes throughout the course is particularly appreciated and may be considered to round up the individual presentation mark. 2) Final oral exam (70% or 100% of the final grade, depending on whether the candidate delivers a presentation during the course). 2. NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS Final oral exam: 100%. The elements taken into account for the evaluation in the final exam are as follows: - knowledge and critical understanding of the module contents and the assigned bibliography - answering accuracy - argumentative efficacy - autonomy in the organization of contents - language propriety - clarity of expression. During the final exam, candidates are required to: - Answer two questions about key themes of Greek history examined during classes (political facts; political, socio-economic, and cultural phenomena). - Answer one/two questions about the topics of the candidate’s choosing (see point A3-A4, above). Furthermore, during the final exam: - Candidates will be asked to contextualize key events, phenomena, and figures of Greek history in time and space (i.e., locate them on a timeline and a blank map). - The candidates' autonomous and precise reference to key ancient sources is particularly appreciated and is a prerequisite for the highest marks.
Testi
Contents whose knowledge will be tested and assessed during the final oral exam: A. ATTENDING STUDENTS: A1) Course contents (including the ancient sources analyzed in class throughout the term). A2) Mandatory readings: - Malkin, I. (2011), A Small Greek World: Ch. 2 (Island Networking and Hellenic Convergence: from Rhodes to Naukratis, pp. 65-95) - Gabrielsen, V. (2000), The Synoikized State of Rhodes, in Polis and Politics. Studies in Ancient Greek History , ed. by P. Flensted-Jensen, T. H. Nielsen, L. Rubinstein, Copenhagen, pp. 177-205. - Wiemer, H.-U. (2011), Early Hellenistic Rhodes: The Struggle for Independence and the Dream of Hegemony, in Creating a Hellenistic World, ed. by A. Erskine, L. Llewellyn-Jones, Swansea, 123-146. A3) Further readings: 3 readings focused on a specific topic (to be chosen from a list that will be circulated by the end of the course). A4) Only for attending students not delivering a presentation in class: in addition to the contents listed above, a monograph of the candidate’s choice, among the following: - Constantakopoulou, Ch., The Dance of the Islands. Insularity, Networks, the Athenian Empire, and the Aegean World, Oxford University Press, 2007 - Malkin, I., A Small Greek World. Networks in the Ancient Mediterranean, Oxford University Press, 2011 - Thomsen, Ch. A., The Politics of Association in Hellenistic Rhodes, Edinburgh University Press, 2020 - Lazar, L., Athenian Power in the Fifth Century BC, Oxford University Press, 2024 - Badoud, N., The Colossus of Rhodes. Archaeology of a Lost Wonder, Oxford University Press, 2024 - Zachhuber, J., Religious Life in Late Classical and Hellenistic Rhodes, Oxford University Press, 2024 B. NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS The lecturer and the candidate will agree on an alternative bibliography based on the candidate's level of knowledge of Greek History and interests. Please email the lecturer.
Contenuti
TITLE OF THE COURSE: Greek history through the lens of ancient Rhodes This module covers key aspects of the historical development of the ancient Greek civilization, such as: the Mediterranean connectivity; the archaic 'colonization'; the development of the polis as cultural and institutional phenomenon; the political and cultural role of sanctuaries; Greek warfare on sea; Greek hegemonic alliances; the Macedonian period of Greek history; the establishment of Roman hegemony over the Hellenistic world; the elaboration and re-writing of historical memory in Greek communities; aspects of political and social life in the Late Classical and Hellenistic polis. To this end, the history of the island of Rhodes and its communities will serve as an exemplary case study. The course will be articulated as follows: I. WEEKS 1-7 (starting from the third week of October): LECTURES. Lectures covering core themes related to the ancient Greek civilization, arranged chronologically around key moments of the history of ancient Rhodes. Throughout the course, ancient sources (in English translation) will be analyzed and discussed. The approximate arrangement of topics is as follows: Unit 1: Rhodes and the Aegean between the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age. Unit 2: Greek and Rhodian communities in the Archaic period: the rise of the polis civilization and the Mediterranean mobility Unit 3: Rhodes and the Aegean in the Fifth Century: The rise of hegemonic poleis, the Peloponnesian War, and the creation of the Rhodian federal state. Unit 4: Fourth Century Rhodes, between Athens, Caria, and Macedonia Unit 5: The Early Hellenistic period: the ascent of Rhodes as a hegemonic power; politics and society in Hellenistic Rhodes. II. WEEKS 8-9: ORAL PRESENTATIONS. Group presentations delivered by students, followed by discussion sections.
Lingua Insegnamento
INGLESE
Corsi
Corsi
THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN WORLD. HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND ART
Laurea Magistrale
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