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62169-01 - Proseminar: Roman Socio-Cultural Life: Voices from the Margins (3 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2021 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Lisa Brunet (lisa.brunet@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Throughout the past twenty years, social media have evolved from mere entertainment to fully integrated aspects of our lives. People who lacked public platforms ten years ago are speaking up. In 2020, #blacklivesmatter was the second most used hashtag trending on Twitter. Certainly, the elevation of marginal voices has raised awareness on the discrimination of minority groups. As a result, the study of classics and the ancient world has come under scrutiny. After all, do Ovid’s misogynistic poems still have a place in the #metoo era? How dangerous is Tacitus, who helped fuel Nazi propaganda with his Germania? Together, we will examine classical sources whilst focusing on the ancient attitude towards minority groups (women, children, disabled people, LGBTQIA+ etc.). As platforms such as Twitter were not available, these Roman “outsiders” thus do not speak to us directly. Therefore, our sources range from implicit statements in literary texts and legal documents to graffiti, toys and more. |
| Learning objectives | In this course, students are encouraged to discuss a variety of sources not only to reconstruct the daily lives of the Roman people (a population that extended far beyond the handful of elite Latin-speaking men), but also to establish the importance of classics in present-day debates concerning diversity and inclusion. |
| Bibliography | D’Ambra, E., Roman Women (Cambridge, 2007). Hopkins, K., “Novel Evidence for Roman Slavery”, Past & Present 138 (1993), 3-27. Laes, C., “When Classicists Need to Speak Up: Antiquity and Present Day Pedophilia”, in V. Sofronievski (ed.), Aeternitas Antiquitatis. Proceedings of the Symposium Held in Skopje, August 28 as Part of the 2009 Annual Conference of Euroclassica (Skopje, 2010), 30 – 59. Lomas, K., “Ethnicity and Gender”, in J. McInerney (ed.), A Companion To Ethnicity in The Ancient Mediterranean (Oxford, 2014), 483-493. Morales, H., Antigone Rising. The Subversive Power of the Ancient Myths (London, 2021). |
| Comments | Papers may be written in English/German/French. |
| Admission requirements | Please note that this course presupposes a basic knowledge of ancient history. |
| Course application | lisa.brunet@unibas.ch |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Course auditors welcome |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Wednesday | 08.15-09.45 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 117 |
Dates
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 22.09.2021 | 08.15-09.45 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 117 |
| Wednesday 29.09.2021 | 08.15-09.45 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 117 |
| Wednesday 06.10.2021 | 08.15-09.45 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 117 |
| Wednesday 13.10.2021 | 08.15-09.45 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 117 |
| Wednesday 20.10.2021 | 08.15-09.45 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 117 |
| Wednesday 27.10.2021 | 08.15-09.45 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 117 |
| Wednesday 03.11.2021 | 08.15-09.45 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 117 |
| Wednesday 10.11.2021 | 08.15-09.45 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 117 |
| Wednesday 17.11.2021 | 08.15-09.45 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 117 |
| Wednesday 24.11.2021 | 08.15-09.45 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 117 |
| Wednesday 01.12.2021 | 08.15-09.45 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 117 |
| Wednesday 08.12.2021 | 08.15-09.45 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 117 |
| Wednesday 15.12.2021 | 08.15-09.45 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 117 |
| Wednesday 22.12.2021 | 08.15-09.45 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 117 |
| Modules |
Modul: Basis Alte Geschichte (Bachelor's degree subject: History) Modul: Grundstudium Schwerpunkt Alte Geschichte (Bachelor's degree subject: Ancient Civilizations) Modul: Grundstudium Schwerpunkt Alte Geschichte (Bachelor's degree program: Ancient Civilizations) Modul: Römische Geschichte BA (Bachelor's degree subject: Ancient Civilizations) Modul: Römische Geschichte BA (Bachelor's degree program: Ancient Civilizations) Modul: Theorie und Methoden der Alten Geschichte (Bachelor's degree subject: Ancient Civilizations) Modul: Theorie und Methoden der Alten Geschichte (Bachelor's degree program: Ancient Civilizations) Modul: Vertiefung in Geschichte und Altertumswissenschaften BA (Bachelor's degree subject: Ancient Civilizations) Modul: Vertiefung in Geschichte und Altertumswissenschaften BA (Bachelor's degree program: Ancient Civilizations) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | continuous assessment |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Alte Geschichte |