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CLASSICS 292: Latin (and Its Speakers) in Time and Space (CLASSICS 192)

What do we mean by "Latin"? Our earliest Latin-language texts date to 600BC or earlier; our latest, to centuries after Rome's decline. We also have an astonishing range of Latin texts by people of every background: women, the enslaved, soldiers, merchants, travelers, non-native Latin users, even idle passerby. These documents range from single words to expansive treatises, simple greetings to complex rites; all inform the "story of Latin" as much as the elite "literary" writing of the Classical period, and are crucial evidence of life during Roman times. This course will introduce students (graduates and advanced undergraduates) to the study of Latin across time and context, with two major goals: 1) to make this sometimes overwhelming topic accessible; and 2) to better understand the rich cultural influences that shaped Latin in use. Coursework will include introductions to major corpora (e.g., inscriptions, vernacular tablet letters, graffiti, non-elite literatures) and associated methodologies (e.g., epigraphy, material studies, historical linguistics), in addition to detailed study and discussion of important texts. Intermediate-to-advanced knowledge of Latin will be assumed, but NO background in linguistics, epigraphy, material culture, and Roman history is expected or required.
Last offered: Winter 2023

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

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 297: Dissertation Proposal Preparation

This course is to be taken twice during the third year of the Classics PhD program. It takes the form of a tutorial based on weekly meetings, leading to the writing of the dissertation prospectus. To register, a student obtain permission from the prospective faculty advisor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 1-10 | Repeatable for credit (up to 99 units total)

CLASSICS 298: Directed Reading in Classics (Graduate Students)

This course is offered for students requiring specialized training in an area not covered by existing courses. To register, a student must obtain permission from the Classics Department and the faculty member who is willing to supervise the reading. This course can be repeated for credit, not to exceed 20 units total.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 1-15 | Repeatable for credit (up to 20 units total)

CLASSICS 302: Plato and the "Critique" of Poetry

Plato's relationship to poetry is notoriously problematic. Despite the seeming banishment of poetry from the ideal polis in Plato¿s Republic, the Platonic dialogues evince a sustained engagement with poetry and poetic models. Proclus famously declared that the same reasoning in the Republic "would require us to banish not only Homer but Plato himself from the state . . ." In this course we will concentrate in depth on those sections from Plato's dialogues that consider poets and poetry, focusing especially on Plato's Republic, Protagoras, Gorgias, Phaedrus, Ion, and Apology. We will also examine the power of poetry and the significant role it played in ancient Greek culture and educational practices, reading selections from a number of poets, including Homer, Hesiod, and Pindar.

CLASSICS 303: The Proverb in Ancient Greek Literature

This course explores the use of the proverb in ancient Greek poetry and prose. We will examine the role proverbs play across the many different genres of Greek literature as part of a larger "quotation culture" in antiquity, as evinced in oral performance, ancient reading habits, and educational practices. Part of our study will involve tracing the use, reuse, and transformation of certain proverbs to the extent that they become autonomous literary works in their own right. This will lead us to consider what separates a "quotation" from other discourse. Does anyone ever speak without "quoting" something? Texts include selections from Homer, Hesiod, Greek lyric poetry, Greek tragedy and comedy, Herodotus, Plato, and Aristotle. We will also have a special guest lecturer, Prof. Matthew Wright from the University of Exeter, on the surviving fragments of ancient Greek tragedy and Athens' quotation culture during the week we examine proverbs in tragedy.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3-5

CLASSICS 304: Developing a Classics Dissertation Prospectus

This workshop concentrates on the development process of writing a successful dissertation proposal and clarifies expectations of the defense process. Includes peer reviews of draft proposals with an aim to present provisional proposals by the end of term. Required for current third-year Classics Ph.D. students.
Terms: Win | Units: 4-5
Instructors: Trimble, J. (PI)

CLASSICS 305: Post-humanism: archaeological perspectives

What is the object of archaeological research? Do archaeologists reconstruct the human past? This seminar answers these questions by focusing on the concept of humanity. Challenging the radical separation of people and objects, culture and nature, values and objectivity, a post-humanist paradigm is about ecologies of people plus things plus other species, located in specific contexts. Sensitive to contemporary experience of this paradigm takes in techno-humanism that looks to the potential of technology to augment human capability, embracing the co-evolutionary entanglement of humanity and technology. Through archaeological case studies at the cutting edge of theory and methodology the seminar offers unique insights into a matter of common and pressing concern - just how are we to conceive of our humanity in times of runaway change?
Last offered: Spring 2021

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

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 311: The Poetics of the Odyssey

An intensive study of the entire poem, with particular attention given to problems of narrative construction, characterization, diction, and themes. Basic knowledge of Homeric language and versemaking is a prerequisite. Reading will cover about 500 lines of Greek each week in addition to secondary readings (several book chapters or articles).
Last offered: Winter 2021
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