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Advanced Seminar
SoSe 20: Egypt under Roman and Byzantine rule
Anne Grons
Information for students
As far as possible, the seminar will take place in written and modular form. The central platform for information, materials, current announcements etc. is Blackboard. Please register there for this course so that all materials and announcements will be accessible to you.
You will receive various little tasks, which must be finished in written and/or oral form (e.g. via Cisco Webex or similar - still to be checked). The main focus lies on the interpretation and analysis of a historically relevant text source (this leads to the final term paper).
The tasks and dates will be announced on Blackboard and in an introductory email at the beginning of the course (April 20th ). Please keep to these dates.
Disciplined work is expected to achieve the aim of the course. Since it is not possible to control regular participation under these circumstances, I will abstain from this. Active participation is proven by timely finishing the tasks required at regular intervals.
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Additional information / Pre-requisites
There won‘t be any regular appointments! Deadlines for the tasks and dates for video meetings will be announced at the beginning or in the current semester. (via blackboard and/or email)
Comments
When Octavian – the later Emperor Augustus – conquered Alexandria in 30 BCE and Egypt was thus incorporated into the Roman Empire, a new era for the Nile Valley began. First controlled from Rome and later from Constantinople, Egypt was now continuously in the area of tension between adhering to older traditions and the constant urge for new beginnings and change. In addition to historical and political problems, the position of Egypt as a multicultural hotspot and a melting pot of diverse religions are among the main topics of this seminar. close
Suggested reading
Roger S. Bagnall, Egypt in Bzyantine World, 300-700, Cambridge/New York: Cambride University Press, 2007; Martin Krause (Hrsg.), Ägypten in spätantik-christlicher Zeit. Einführung in die koptische Kultur, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 1998; Martin Lembke – Cäcilia Fluck – Günter Vittmann, Ägyptens späte Blüte. Die Römer am Nil, Main am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 2004; Christina Riggs (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Roman Egypt, Published online in 2012 (DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199571451.001.0001) close
12 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Mon, 2020-04-20 08:00 - 10:00
Mon, 2020-04-27 08:00 - 10:00
Mon, 2020-05-04 08:00 - 10:00
Mon, 2020-05-11 08:00 - 10:00
Mon, 2020-05-18 08:00 - 10:00
Mon, 2020-05-25 08:00 - 10:00
Mon, 2020-06-08 08:00 - 10:00
Mon, 2020-06-15 08:00 - 10:00
Mon, 2020-06-22 08:00 - 10:00
Mon, 2020-06-29 08:00 - 10:00
Mon, 2020-07-06 08:00 - 10:00
Mon, 2020-07-13 08:00 - 10:00