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Syllabus

Module Convenors:

Term 1: Prof. Kevin Butcher (K.E.T.Butcher@warwick.ac.uk)

Term 2: Prof. Zahra Newby (Z.L.Newby@warwick.ac.uk)

Contributing Lecturers: Prof. J. Davidson; C. Orchard; Prof. S. Frey-Kupper; Dr R. O'Toole; Dr. T. Van Damme; Prof. C. Petit; Prof. V. Rimell.

Lectures and Seminars

Autumn Term 2024

Week 1 Introduction: Introduction (KB; RO); sources and approaches (KB); Alexander and his legacy (ZN)

Weeks 2-5: Historical Themes

Week 2 The formation of the kingdoms (KB)

Week 3 Hellenistic Kingship (KB)

Week 4 Kings, leagues and cities (KB)

Week 5 Rome and the Hellenistic world (KB); Seminar 1 – Digital Storytelling (RO – FAB2.25)

Week 6 Reading Week

Weeks 7-10: Regional studies

Week 7 Ptolemaic Egypt (TVD)

Week 8 Hellenistic Greece (TVD); Seminar 2 – Digital Storytelling (RO – FAB2.25)

Week 9 Hellenistic Sicily (SFK)

Week 10 The Indo-Greeks (TVD)

 

Spring Term 2023

Week 1 Attalids and Pergamon - culture as power (ZN)

Week 2 The Hellenistic city (ZN)

Week 3 Gymnasia (ZN); Seminar 3 – Education

Week 4 Religion and Festivals (ZN)

Week 5 Hellenistic magic (JD); seminar 4: Hellenistic Coinage (CO)

Week 6 Reading Week

Week 7 Hellenistic women (JD)

Week 8 Hellenistic medicine (CP)

Week 9 The Hellenistic Aesthetic 1: Callimachus (VR)

Week 10 The Hellenistic Aesthetic 2: Art (ZN) 

 

Summer Term 2023

Weeks 1-2 The Hellenistic World Revision

 

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Aims

  • To provide a survey of the history, the cultural context and key remains of the Hellenistic world.
  • To build a solid chronological, geographical, and conceptual framework for understanding the Hellenistic world.
  • To introduce students to the range of ancient source material and scholarly opinions on the Hellenistic world.
  • To foster critical thinking and analysis of a variety of types of source material.

Learning Outcomes

  • Upon completion of the module, students will be able to:
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the chronology, geography and institutional structures of the Hellenistic world.
  • Demonstrate skills in the evaluation of primary source material and secondary literature.
  • Individually, and as a member of a team, research, analyse and contextualise relevant information and evidence from primary and secondary sources in the form of a structured argument.