DEPARTMENT OF ANCIENT HISTORY Faculty of Arts

Ancient History Continuing Education SESSION 2, 2016

Department of Ancient History Continuing Education Program, Session 2, 2016 Units for Session 2 Monday 1 August to Friday 11 November 2016 Cost $220.00 per unit (incl GST) Cut-off date for Session 2 enrolments: Monday 25 July 2016 To apply please complete the following details and mail to: Department of Ancient History – Continuing Education Program Faculty of Arts, Building W6A, Room 312 Macquarie University NSW 2109 OR Scan and email to: [email protected]

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AHIS120: Antiquity’s Heirs: Barbarian Europe, Byzantium, and Islam

How do the ancient world and the modern world fit together? Where did the Roman Empire, and its older neighbour Persia, go? Late Antiquity (c. 250–750 CE) was a period of profound transition that crucially shaped the world we know today. This introductory survey examines how both Christianity and Islam arose from the classical world, while charting the origins of European states, Rome's 1000 year continuation in Byzantium, and the creation of the Islamic caliphate. Pivotal changes in society and culture are studied through texts concerning such figures as Attila, AngloSaxon monks, and the earliest Islamic poets.

A/Prof. Andrew Gillett

Wednesday 1-3pm

W5A T2 Theatre

Thursday 1-3pm

W5C 320

AHIS140: Myth in the Ancient World

This unit provides an introduction to Greek, Roman, Egyptian and Near-Eastern society and culture through the study of myth. The unit begins from the earliest creation myths and examines the development of myth in literature and art. The study is largely based upon Greek and Latin texts in translation as well as the representation of myth in art; Egyptian, Near-Eastern, and biblical texts are studied too. The unit focuses on the relevance of key themes in myth to the cultures in which the myths arose, investigating their roles in the religious, political and social life of the classical world.

Dr Ian Plant

PLEASE NOTE: This unit is offered ONLY as an online lecture – there are no on-campus classes. For more details please email: [email protected]

AHIS191: World Archaeology

This unit explores the human past from prehistoric times up to the present. Students will examine a range of archaeological material from Africa, the Middle East, the Mediterranean and Western Europe, Central and South America, as well as Southeastern Asia and the Australasian area. By exploring a variety of ancient cultures, students will observe the interdisciplinary approach that contemporary archaeology utilises when facing broader questions such as the origin of the human species, its evolution and it interaction with the natural environment until the emergence of complex societies and then the blooming and diversity of historical societies. The unit will provide a broad knowledge and understanding of past societies, introducing methodology and theoretical issues when necessary.

Dr Danijel Dzino

AHIS209: Ancient Greek B

This unit is designed to follow AHIS108. A selection of graded Greek texts from a number of authors is studied to build skills in reading Greek. By the end of semester students read some unadapted Greek, eg by Euripides.

Dr Ian Plant

Tuesday 3-5pm

W6B 382

Friday 4-6pm

W5A 101

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AHIS219: Latin B

This unit aims to help students of ancient history develop their knowledge of the Latin language. It continues the systematic introduction to the grammar and vocabulary begun in unit AHIS118. The unit also aims to help students build skills in reading original Latin literary and documentary texts, and analyse the significance of Latin for the study of relevant ancient cultures.

A/Prof. Trevor Evans

Wednesday 1-3pm

E5A 170

Friday 3-4pm

E4B 308

Ancient History Staff

Monday 1-3pm

E7B 146

Dr Kyle Keimer

Tuesday 9-11am

C5A 232

Ancient History Staff

Wednesday 10am-12pm

W5C 310

A/Prof. Malcolm Choat

Monday 3-5pm

Y3A 246

AHIS250: From Ur to Babylon: A History of Israel from Abraham to the Babylonian Exile

This unit is a study of the traditions and history of the Israelite peoples from the foundation of the nation through the period of the monarchy to the catastrophic events of the early sixth century BCE. The Hebrew Bible and archaeological evidence are used as sources to reconstruct the history of the period, and to understand the theological responses to unfolding events. Critical scholarship is employed to interpret our historical sources.

AHIS255: The Historical Geography of Biblical Lands

Biblical texts often have an implicit understanding of the geography that influenced the unfolding of historical events in the southern Levant--the region of modern-day Israel, Jordan, and Lebanon. This geography was a limiting factor for the ambitions of various peoples, such as the Israelites, Canaanites, Egyptians, Philistines, Assyrians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans; it was also something they aspired to overcome. The constant interplay between humankind and geography and between one group’s understanding and use of geography against another group's lies behind the biblical texts and the history of Israel/Palestine to the present day. Further, the region's landscape has been the inspiration for some of the most poetic biblical passages, the Psalms. This unit will focus on a region-by-region study of the land of the Bible and will detail how select biblical episodes are enriched when understood in the context of Near Eastern history and Palestinian geography.

AHIS259: Ancient Hebrew B

This unit extends students' grasp of Biblical Hebrew by working through the second half of the grammar book. Students also read a prose text from the Hebrew Bible.

AHIS269: Coptic B

This unit builds upon AHIS268. It offers students the opportunity to consolidate their knowledge of the Coptic language through a study of a range of Sahidic texts.

AHIS279: Egyptian Hieroglyphs B

This unit builds upon AHIS178 providing further study of Middle Egyptian grammar as well as the study and interpretation of Middle Egyptian hieroglyphic texts.

A/Prof. Boyo Ockinga

Wednesday 3-6pm

E4B 314

Dr Alex Woods

Tuesday 9am-12pm

W5C 320

Dr Adela Sobotkova

Wednesday 1-3pm

W5C 320

A/Prof. Trevor Evans

Tuesday 2-4pm

Y3A 210

AHIS281: Egyptian Art

This unit will trace the major developments in sculpture, painting, and architecture of ancient Egypt from its predynastic beginnings through the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms until the conquest of Augustus (3100–340 B.C.E.). It will examine the role and significance of Egyptian art in the context of history, religion, and cultural patterns and critique the main methods of analysing and interpreting ancient Egyptian visual culture.

AHIS290: Landscape Archaeology

This unit introduces students to the theoretical issues, techniques and approaches that comprise landscape archaeology. The concepts of environment, ecosystem, and cultural landscape will be discussed. Students will reflect on how human societies have interacted with natural environments in the past and explore the limits of archaeological evidence on this topic. Social aspects of landscape will be discussed in a series of case studies on inequality, power relations, and social complexity. Students will learn to articulate research questions pertaining to archaeological change in space and time, investigate and analyse spatial patterns and assess human impact on the landscape. The methods of spatial analysis introduced in the unit include remote sensing analysis, paleo-environmental studies, geoarchaeology, GIS, predictive modelling, multi-scalar analysis, subsistence and settlement patterns analysis. The course will incorporate a critical review of the methods frequently used in landscape archaeology such as surface survey.

AHIS309: Ancient Greek D

This unit aims to help history students consolidate advanced skills in ancient Greek. The unit completes the systematic analysis of grammar (especially the structure of sentences) begun in unit AHIS308 and further investigates the concepts of dialectal variation and historical development in the classical and postclassical periods. The unit also aims to help students consolidate their skills in reading original Greek literary and documentary texts, and analysing the significance of Greek for the study of relevant ancient cultures.

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AHIS310: Early Rome

This unit is a study of the history of Rome in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE, from the establishment of the Roman republic to the time of the first Punic War. The work draws on Livy, other literary sources including Plutarch, and to some degree the findings of archaeological research.

A/Prof. Paul McKechnie

Monday 12-1pm

W5C 220

Tuesday 12-1pm

W5C 220

Dr Trevor Evans

Tuesday 9-11am

C5A 304

Dr Danijel Dzino

Monday 12-2pm

W6B 338

Dr Gunner Mikkelsen

Monday 12-2pm

W6B 315

Dr Gunner Mikkelsen

Wednesday 11am-1pm

W6B 282

AHIS319: Latin D

This unit aims to help history students consolidate advanced skills in ancient and medieval Latin. It completes the systematic analysis of grammar begun in units AHIS118, AHIS219 and AHIS318 and further investigates the concepts of historical development and linguistic diversity. The unit also aims to help students consolidate their skills in reading original Latin literary and documentary texts, and analysing the significance of Latin for the study of relevant ancient cultures.

AHIS323: Byzantium: East and West

This unit comprises the study of Byzantine history from Justinian in the sixth century to Alexios Komnenos in the twelfth century. It focuses on the continuity/discontinuity of the classical tradition, and on contacts between the Byzantines and the Arabs (East), Medieval Europe (West), and the Silk Road (East). Major themes include: the Eastern Orthodox tradition; historiography; art and architecture; philosophy; humanism; monasticism; iconoclasm; and the role of women in society.

AHIS343: Early China: History and Archaeology

This unit is a study of selected topics in early Chinese history and archaeology, including: Shang oracle bones and bronzes; the unification of China and the tomb complex of the First Emperor; the rise of the Han empire; the influence of nomadic peoples of the steppes; the Historical Records of the Grand Historian Sima Qian; the Silk Road; the cosmopolitan civilisation of the Tang; Confucianism; Daoism; Buddhism and other foreign religions in China.

AHIS344: Religions along the Silk Road

Most of the world's major religions spread and flourished along the Silk Road. This unit studies the history, teachings, literature, art and archaeology of Buddhism, Manichaeism, Christianity and Zoroastrianism in Central Asia and North China in the first millennium of the CE. It explores themes related to cross-cultural transmission, translation, assimilation and reception.

AHIS352: Early Christian Literature and Thought

This unit is an examination of early Christian writings both as literary texts and as witnesses to the variety of early Christian life and thought. New Testament and other early Christian texts are studied to determine what sort of literature they are, what ideas they express, and what they reveal about the different Christian groups of the period, down to 150 CE.

Dr Chris Forbes

Monday 12-1pm

W6B 382

Wednesday 11am-12pm

W5C 335

A/Prof. Malcolm Choat

Tuesday 2-4pm

W5C 320

A/Prof. Boyo Ockinga

Monday 11am-1pm

E5A 120

AHIS355: A History of Magic: From the Magi to Merlin

This unit will survey magic in the ancient world, from the Ancient Near Eastern civilisations, through the Egyptian and GraecoRoman worlds, to Late Antiquity, Byzantium, and early Medieval Europe. It will provide thorough coverage of the way magic has been defined, understood, and used in these civilisations, and the way it has been conceived and studied in the history of modern scholarship over the past two centuries. Students will focus closely on the material sources for ancient magic, such as handbooks of spells on papyrus, amulets to ward off the evil eye, and lead curse tablets. There will also be close consideration of the construction of magic as an antithesis to religion in the ancient and modern worlds. As a coda, the unit will look beyond the ancient world to the role, use, and understanding of magic in wider historical, literary, and scientific contexts. This will include not only consideration of magic (and things which might be considered 'magic') in the Renaissance and modern worlds, but aspects of cognitive psychology such as perceptual illusions and delusional beliefs.

AHIS380: Ancient Egyptian Religion

This unit is a study of religious thought and its development in Ancient Egypt. It covers topics such as the concept of god, creation accounts, cosmology, divine kingship, polytheism, monotheism, pantheism, myths, temple cult, oracles and personal religion.

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FIND OUT MORE Convenors Professor Alanna Nobbs E: [email protected] Assistant Professor Tom Hillard E: [email protected] Museum of Ancient Cultures Education Officer Ms Philippa Medcalf P: (02) 98509262 Department of Ancient History Outreach Co-ordinator E: [email protected] CRICOS Provider No 00002J Photo credit: Pyramids, Egypt