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Our Courses: Classics for All Series
Introduction to Greek Epigraphy
Duration: 1 semester, 8 to 10 two-hour sessions
Level: Introductory; undergraduate and postgraduate students of all levels
Requirements: At least two years tuition of Ancient Greek (Intermediate Level)
The volume of scribed texts outnumbers textual sources many times over, yet the topic is notoriously difficult and rarely features as part of curricula across the world. This course takes participants onto a journey across Greek Inscriptions and sheds light onto aspects and voices neglected by ancient literary sources.
The course has been tested and warmly received at the University of Nottingham (2020-2021), was delivered across seven universities in Brazil (2021-2022) and is currently running for second time for seventeen universities from Brazil, Portugal, and Argentina (2022-2023). It is designed to appeal to students of all stages, from undergraduate to post-doc, but please note the language requirement: intermediate knowledge of Greek (about two years of tuition) is necessary to be able to follow the course.
The Brave New Hellenistic World
Duration: 1 semester, 10 to 12 two-hour sessions
Level: Introductory; undergraduate students
Requirements: Basic knowledge of Archai and Classical Greece; willingness to learn about the Hellenistic World
A theme-based course that introduces participants to an interconnected, expanded Greek world and its periphery. We turn our gaze from cities and federations in Old Greece to Syria, Iran, and Afghanistan, and explore the Era of Serendipity, the rise of the individual and new worldviews.
The course has run successfully at the University of Groningen (2020-2021). It is designed as an introductory course to the period for participants with an interest in the ancient world. Some knowledge of the Greek world is expected, but no previous knowledge of the Hellenistic world is necessary.
Athenian Democracy: The History and Reception of a Political Idea
Duration: 1 semester, 10 to 12 two-hour sessions
Level: Introductory; undergraduate students
Requirements: Knowledge of Archaic and Classical Greece; willingness to explore aspects of ancient direct democracy
A course focusing on the most profound case study of Ancient Democracy, Athens (30 contact hours). It takes both a socio-political approach and a reception-studies perspective to tackle issues of representation, negotiation of power, social class, gender, and slavery. The course has been delivered in different versions both at the University of Nottingham and the University of Groningen (2020-2022), always approved with a high-level of student interest and satisfaction.
Memory and Tradition in the Ancient World
Duration: 1 semester, 10 two-hour sessions
Level: undergraduate and postgraduate students
Requirements: Some familiarity with Classical Greek Antiquity; willingness to dig deeper into the subtleties of power and communication in the ancient world
We invite participants to explore the ways ancient communities discussed, used, negotiated, and perceived their past. Today, people, groups, political parties, mass media and others understand the power of the past, and much discussion concerns the social and political construction of time. Similar workings took place in Classical antiquity; the past and its use are social and cultural forces understood from early on in Greek history.
The course examines the significance of the past in the Greek world, introducing the students to recent scholarly discussions on social and collective memory and their application to ancient material. Using a variety of sources (literary, epigraphic, numismatic, and archaeological), the course touches upon complex questions regarding identity formation, tradition, the role of myth and its use in public discourse, politics, and the role of the past for ancient Greeks.