Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: CITY & FESTIVAL: CULT PRACTICES & THE ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTION IN THE ANCIENT GRECO-ROMAN WORLD

Department: Art History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Language of Instruction: Taught in English

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: How do social events, festivals, cult practices, public spectacles shape a city? The course will explore what makes a city in the first place, and attempt to make sense of the fragmentary archaeological evidence from the ancient Greco-Roman world in understanding, reconstructing cities. For each lecture, Graduate Students will be assigned additional readings. They will write an annotated bibliography of all these readings to be turned in at the end of the semester. We will meet for an additional every two or three weeks to discuss interpretive and methodological problems and ideas associated with the readings. Graduate Students will be expected to complete all the requirements of the class in addition to writing a substantial research paper due at the end of the semester.