NEXT SEMESTER (FALL 2022)
Ancient History / Classical Civilization
History of the Ancient Greek World (Clst 120 / Hist 120)
This course will introduce students to key problems in the study of ancient Greece. The course will begin with the Mycenaean and Minoan civilizations of the late Bronze Age and will end with the Hellenistic kingdoms that emerged after the death of Alexander the Great, and will consider select topics in political, social, and cultural history. Considerable attention will be devoted to questions of method: how do we answer questions about the Greek past?
Economy and Society in Classical Antiquity (Clst 221 / Hist 283)
In this course we will explore the nature and development of Greek and Roman economies, the ways in which these economies intersected with social and political structures, and the strategies of men and women who lived in them. We will devote considerable attention to issues of methodology: what questions should we ask about ancient economic life, and with what evidence can we answer them? All sources will be read in English translation.