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CLASSICS 45: Ancients and Moderns: Africa and South Asia in World Literature (AFRICAAM 46S)

How might we make sense of culturally significant texts and text equivalents? We'll compare different answers to abiding human questions, such as: Where do we come from? Why do origins matter? What role do different media (written, spoken, otherwise performed, or visual) play in conveying a sense of the past from one generation to another? In what ways is our access to such cultural productions framed by colonial histories, with their discrepant experiences and perspectives? Readings include the Ramayana; the Bhagavad-Gita; Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart; and Chimamanda Adichie, `The headstrong historian'. This course is part of the Humanities Core sequence.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3

CLASSICS 84: The Romans (HISTORY 102A)

How did a tiny village create a huge empire and shape the world, and why did it fail? Roman history, imperialism, politics, social life, economic growth, and religious change. Weekly participation in a discussion section is required; enroll in sections on Coursework.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-SI

CLASSICS 103G: Advanced Greek: Euripides

Euripides' Bacchae stages a unique homecoming: the god of wine and theater himself, Dionysus, confronts his mortal family in disguise, bringing chaos, ecstasy, and horror to Thebes. Dionysus' human cousin Pentheus serves as his foil and?eventually?sacrificial victim in a lush exploration of the unstable binaries between reason and madness, restraint and freedom, masculine and feminine, Greek and non-Greek, human and divine. This course will focus on reading the play in its original Greek, with additional context and discussion around fifth century theater, mystery cult, and reception of the Bacchae from Byzantine tragedy to Dionysus in '69 to Donna Tartt's The Secret History. Classics majors and minors must take the course for a letter grade. It may be repeated for credit with advance approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Classics majors and minors must take for a letter grade and may repeat for credit with advance approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: Language | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Ten-Hove, L. (PI)

CLASSICS 103L: Advanced Latin: Tacitus

In this course we will read Book 4 of Tacitus' "Annals", one of the most compelling and crucial pieces in this famed historian's bleak depiction of the Roman empire. We will focus on the portrait of the emperor Tiberius, which has long exemplified how to understand political power in psychological terms, and has been the model since for innumerable tyrannical figures in literature and arts. How did Tacitus the historian achieve such powerful, long-lasting influence? Close attention to language, style and narrative techniques. Classics majors and minors must take for a letter grade and may repeat for credit with advance approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: Language, WAY-A-II | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Ceserani, G. (PI)

CLASSICS 104B: Latin Syntax II (CLASSICS 204B)

Intensive review of Latin syntax. See CLASSICS 206A/B for supplemental courses. Students should take both syntax and semantics in the same quarters. Prerequisite for undergraduates: three years of Latin. First-year graduate students register for CLASSICS 204B.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4
Instructors: Devine, A. (PI)

CLASSICS 106: Theories of The State, Violence, Nationalism, and Social Order (CLASSICS 306)

This seminar aims to provide a combination of broad overview and intense engagement with specific texts in theoretical discussions relevant to state formation, empire, war and violence, social control, and related issues. Such a course must by nature be highly selective in topics and readings given the broad historical, theoretical, and interdisciplinary scope of such a combination of topics (or of any one of them). We will read a selection of classical texts in historical sociology, social and legal theory, and anthropology, as well as more recent major contributions on relevant topics. The goal of the course is to engage in discussions and reflection that will stimulate further exploration in contemporary legal, social, and political theory to inform dissertations and other research initiatives.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5
Instructors: Cohen, D. (PI)

CLASSICS 136: The Greek Invention of Mathematics

How was mathematics invented? A survey of the main creative ideas of ancient Greek mathematics. Among the issues explored are the axiomatic system of Euclid's Elements, the origins of the calculus in Greek measurements of solids and surfaces, and Archimedes' creation of mathematical physics. We will provide proofs of ancient theorems, and also learn how such theorems are even known today thanks to the recovery of ancient manuscripts.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II

CLASSICS 193: Archaeology and Environmental Aesthetics (ARCHLGY 193A, CLASSICS 293)

What do archaeologists have to say about long-term human relationships with the environment? How might archaeology inform our understanding of current concerns with agency and climate change? In this seminar we will explore the key concepts and concerns of a transdisciplinary field of environmental aesthetics. Taking in recent debates about the ontology and temporality of building archaeological knowledge, we will critically interrogate concepts such as land and landscape, nature and culture, dwelling and lifeworld, as a means of developing an archaeology beyond a science-humanities dualism that engages actively with the challenge of changing relationships with the environment.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5
Instructors: Shanks, M. (PI)

CLASSICS 198: Directed Readings (Undergraduate)

(Formerly CLASSGEN 160.) May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 1-15 | Repeatable for credit

CLASSICS 199: Undergraduate Thesis: Senior Research

(Formerly CLASSGEN 199.) May be repeated for credit
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 1-10 | Repeatable for credit
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