ID:
508784
Durata (ore):
36
CFU:
6
SSD:
Storia greca
Anno:
2026
Dati Generali
Periodo di attività
Primo Semestre (21/09/2026 - 18/12/2026)
Syllabus
Obiettivi Formativi
By the end of the module, students:
- will have gained a knowledge of main facts and key themes of Greek history (Late Bronze 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.
- will have gained a knowledge of main facts and key themes of Greek history (Late Bronze 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 module are expected to have an overall knowledge of the historical and geographical development of the ancient Greek civilization (Archaic to Early-Hellenistic period: ca. 1000-150 BC).
Students who have never been exposed to Greek history during their undergraduate studies are strongly recommended to attend the pre-course on the History of the Ancient Mediterranean, held in hybrid form between September-October 2026 (teaching materials and recordings will be made available online: please enroll on the relevant Kiro page).
Students may address any gaps in their foundational knowledge by consulting the following textbook:
- Pomeroy, S. et alii, A brief history of ancient Greece: politics, society, and culture, Oxford University Press 2025 (fifth revised and updated edition).
Students who have never been exposed to Greek history during their undergraduate studies are strongly recommended to attend the pre-course on the History of the Ancient Mediterranean, held in hybrid form between September-October 2026 (teaching materials and recordings will be made available online: please enroll on the relevant Kiro page).
Students may address any gaps in their foundational knowledge by consulting the following textbook:
- Pomeroy, S. et alii, A brief history of ancient Greece: politics, society, and culture, Oxford University Press 2025 (fifth revised and updated edition).
Metodi didattici
The module consists of a combination of lectures and presentations by students.
All classes will be taught in person.
I. LECTURES
(3 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. PRESENTATIONS
The last weeks of the module will be dedicated to 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 module.
All classes will be taught in person.
I. LECTURES
(3 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. PRESENTATIONS
The last weeks of the module will be dedicated to 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 module.
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 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 module 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 module).
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.
1. ATTENDING STUDENTS
1) Group presentations are facultative and result in a group mark that will account for 30% of the 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 module 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 module).
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 DELIVERING A PRESENTATION:
1) Module contents (including the ancient sources analysed in class throughout the term).
2) Mandatory readings:
- Duplouy, A. (2025), “Multiple Ways to Citizenship and Multifaceted Archaic Cities”, in L. Cecchet, C. Lasagni (eds.), Citizenship Practised, Citizenship Imagined, Stuttgart 2025, pp. 51-67.
- Kotsonas, A., Mokrisova, J. (2020), “Mobility, Migration, and Colonization”, in I. Lemos, A. Kotsonas (eds.), A companion to the archaeology of early Greece and the Mediterranean, Wiley Blackwell 2020, pp. 217-246.
- L. Lazar, Athenian Power in the Fifth Century BC, Oxford University Press 2024, ch. 4 (pp. 129-171).
- A. Chaniotis, Age of Conquests. The Greek World from Alexander to Hadrian, Harvard University Press 2018, ch. 5-6 (pp. 85-147).
3) Further readings: 2 readings focused on a specific topic chosen by the student (to be chosen from a list that will be circulated by the end of the module).
B) ATTENDING STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT GIVEN A PRESENTATION IN CLASS OR WHO HAVE DECLINED THE GRADE AWARDED FOR THEIR PRESENTATION:
in addition to the contents listed above (section A), 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.
- Lazar, L., Athenian Power in the Fifth Century BC, Oxford University Press, 2024.
- Hall, J.M., Hellenicity : between ethnicity and culture, University of Chicago Press 2002.
- Boehm, R., City and empire in the age of the successors: urbanization and social response in the making of the Hellenistic kingdoms, University of California Press 2018.
C. 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.
A. ATTENDING STUDENTS DELIVERING A PRESENTATION:
1) Module contents (including the ancient sources analysed in class throughout the term).
2) Mandatory readings:
- Duplouy, A. (2025), “Multiple Ways to Citizenship and Multifaceted Archaic Cities”, in L. Cecchet, C. Lasagni (eds.), Citizenship Practised, Citizenship Imagined, Stuttgart 2025, pp. 51-67.
- Kotsonas, A., Mokrisova, J. (2020), “Mobility, Migration, and Colonization”, in I. Lemos, A. Kotsonas (eds.), A companion to the archaeology of early Greece and the Mediterranean, Wiley Blackwell 2020, pp. 217-246.
- L. Lazar, Athenian Power in the Fifth Century BC, Oxford University Press 2024, ch. 4 (pp. 129-171).
- A. Chaniotis, Age of Conquests. The Greek World from Alexander to Hadrian, Harvard University Press 2018, ch. 5-6 (pp. 85-147).
3) Further readings: 2 readings focused on a specific topic chosen by the student (to be chosen from a list that will be circulated by the end of the module).
B) ATTENDING STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT GIVEN A PRESENTATION IN CLASS OR WHO HAVE DECLINED THE GRADE AWARDED FOR THEIR PRESENTATION:
in addition to the contents listed above (section A), 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.
- Lazar, L., Athenian Power in the Fifth Century BC, Oxford University Press, 2024.
- Hall, J.M., Hellenicity : between ethnicity and culture, University of Chicago Press 2002.
- Boehm, R., City and empire in the age of the successors: urbanization and social response in the making of the Hellenistic kingdoms, University of California Press 2018.
C. 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 MODULE: Ancient Greek history: the Northern-Aegean perspective
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 social, cultural and institutional phenomenon; the Homeric tradition and its relationship with history; Greek hegemonic alliances; the development of the notion of a Hellenic identity; Graeco-Macedonian relations; 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 module will adopt the culturally-specific perspective of the Northern-Aegean context.
The module is divided into two parts:
I. LECTURED CLASSES.
Lectures covering core themes related to the ancient Greek civilization, arranged chronologically around key moments of the history of Northern-Aegean communities.
Throughout the module, ancient sources (in English translation) will be analysed and discussed.
The approximate arrangement of topics is as follows:
Unit 1: The transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age.
Unit 2: Greek communities in the Archaic period: the rise of the polis civilization and the Mediterranean mobility.
Unit 3: The Aegean world in the classical period: from the Persian Wars to the age of hegemonic poleis.
Unit 4: The ‘Macedonian’ age of Greek history.
Unit 5: From Macedonian to Roman rule.
II. PRESENTATIONS.
The final weeks of the module will be dedicated to group presentations delivered by students, followed by brief discussion sections.
A list of topics available for group presentations will be provided during Week 1.
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 social, cultural and institutional phenomenon; the Homeric tradition and its relationship with history; Greek hegemonic alliances; the development of the notion of a Hellenic identity; Graeco-Macedonian relations; 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 module will adopt the culturally-specific perspective of the Northern-Aegean context.
The module is divided into two parts:
I. LECTURED CLASSES.
Lectures covering core themes related to the ancient Greek civilization, arranged chronologically around key moments of the history of Northern-Aegean communities.
Throughout the module, ancient sources (in English translation) will be analysed and discussed.
The approximate arrangement of topics is as follows:
Unit 1: The transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age.
Unit 2: Greek communities in the Archaic period: the rise of the polis civilization and the Mediterranean mobility.
Unit 3: The Aegean world in the classical period: from the Persian Wars to the age of hegemonic poleis.
Unit 4: The ‘Macedonian’ age of Greek history.
Unit 5: From Macedonian to Roman rule.
II. PRESENTATIONS.
The final weeks of the module will be dedicated to group presentations delivered by students, followed by brief discussion sections.
A list of topics available for group presentations will be provided during Week 1.
Lingua Insegnamento
INGLESE
Corsi
Corsi
THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN WORLD. HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND ART
Laurea Magistrale
2 anni
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