History and Civilization in the Late Byzantine Period
| Title | Ιστορία και πολιτισμός κατά την ύστερη Βυζαντινή περίοδο / History and Civilization in the Late Byzantine Period |
| Code | ΙΒΥ727 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | History and Archaeology |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 280007144 |
Programme of Study: PMS Archaiologías kai Istorías tīs Téchnīs (2012-sīmera)
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proïstorikīs Archaiologías tou kládou Archaiologías kai Istorías tīs Téchnīs | Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 10 |
| Klasikīs Archaiologías tou kládou Archaiologías kai Istorías tīs Téchnīs | Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 10 |
| Vyzantinīs Archaiologías tou kládou Archaiologías kai Istorías tīs Téchnīs | Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 10 |
| Istorías tīs Téchnīs tou kládou Archaiologías kai Istorías tīs Téchnīs | Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 10 |
| Academic Year | 2013 – 2014 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Class ID | 280095380
|
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/280095380
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
After having passed the course, the students will be able to use the analytical category "identity" for their further researches.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course examines the construction of political identities in the Medieval Europe and the Byzantine Empire (12th-15th c.). It aims to the understanding of the analytical category "identity" as a research tool. The study focusses on a. the identity as a cultural construction and the meaning of the immagined community, b. construction processes of identities, c. the construction of the Otherness, d. identity as representation, e. the relations between narative, memory and identity, f. ethnic identity and national identity.
Keywords
political identity, otherness, ethnicity, immagined community
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Book
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | ✓ | ||||
| Reading Assigment | ✓ | ||||
| Written assigments | |||||
| Total |
Student Assessment
Description
Student evaluation ισ based on their oral work during the classes and on the essay they are obliged to compose on relevant subjects.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Anderson Benedict, Φαντασιακές κοινότητες. Στοχασμοί για τις απαρχές και τη διάδοση του εθνικισμού, μετάφρ. Π. Χαντζαρούλα, Αθήνα 1997.
Assmann Jan, Das kulturelle Gedächtnis. Schrift, Erinnerung und politische Identität in frühen Hochkulturen, München 1992.
Barth Fredrik, Ethnic Groups and Boundaries, Oslo 1969.
Bartlett Robert, «Medieval and Modern Concepts of Race and Ethnicity», Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies 31.1. (2001), 39-56.
Μπενβενίστε Ρίκα, «Η κατασκευή της Ετερότητας στην ″Ιστορία του Αγίου Λουδοβίκου″», Μνήμων 16 (1994), 71-94.
Curta Florin (επιμ.), Borders, Barriers and Ethnogenesis. Frontiers in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, Turnhout 2005.
Geary Patrick J., «Ethnic Identity as a situational construct in the Early Middle Ages», Mitteilungen der anthropologischen Gesellschaft in Wien 113 (1983), 15-26.
—, The Myth of Nations. The medieval origins of Europe, Princeton 2002.
Gillet Andrew (επιμ.), On Barbarian Identity. Critical Approaches to Ethnicity in the Early Middle Ages, Turnhout 2002.
Hall Stuart/du Gay Paul (επιμ.), Questions of cultural identity, London 1996.
Hobsbawm Eric/Ranger Terence, Η επινόηση της παράδοσης, μετάφρ. Θ. Αθανασίου, Αθήνα 2004.
Kaldellis Anthony, Hellenism in Byzantium. The Transformations of Greek Identity and the Reception of the Classical Tradition, Cambridge 2007.
Λιάκος Αντώνης, «Προς επισκευήν ολομελείας και ενότητος. Η δόμηση του εθνικού χρόνου», στο Επιστημονική Συνάντηση στη μνήμη του Κ.Θ. Δημαρά, Αθήνα 1994, σ. 171-199.
—, Πώς στοχάστηκαν το έθνος αυτοί που ήθελαν να αλλάξουν τον κόσμο;, Αθήνα 2005.
—, Πώς το παρελθόν γίνεται ιστορία;, Αθήνα 2007.
Page Gill, Being Byzantine. Greek Identity before the Ottomans, Cambridge 2008.
Pohl Walter/Reimitz Helmut (επιμ.), Strategies of Distinction. The Construction of Ethnic Communities, 300-800, Leiden 1998.
—/Goetz Hans-Werner/Jarmut Jörg (επιμ.), Regna and Gentes. The Relationship between Late Antique and Early Medieval Peoples and Kingdoms in the Transformation of the Roman World, Leiden 2003.
Smith Anthony D., The Ethnic Origins of Nations, Oxford 1986.
Spiegel Gabrielle M., The Past as Text. Theory and Practice of Medieval Historiography, Baltimore 1997.
Τούντα Ελένη, Μεσαιωνικά Κάτοπτρα Εξουσίας. Ιστορικοί και Αφηγήματα στο Νορμανδικό Ιταλικό Νότο, Αθήνα 2012.
—, «The Perception of Difference and the Differences of Perception: The Image of the Norman Invaders in Southern Italy in Contemporary Western Medieval and Byzantine Sources», Βυζαντινά Σύμμεικτα 20 (2010), 111-142.
Last Update
26-11-2013
