COURSES
Undergraduate course "Pausanias"
In cooperation with the university of Utrecht the NIA organises a bi-annual undergraduate course for students in Classics, Ancient history and Archaeology. After 10 classes in the Netherlands and the preparation of papers, the course continues with excursions in Greece. In 2009, the theme for the course is "Pausanias". During the course the texts of Pausanias and other ancient geographers will be studied in relation to myth and story-telling and the archaeological remains. The course starts in January in Utrecht. From 20 -30 March 2009 the excursion in Greece will take place.
Interacademic MA Course
Greek Epigraphy
7 JUNI – 15 JUNI 2009
Inscriptions can be very useful
in the study of the ancient world. They are original documents on stone or
bronze originating from the same period as the events they record. They give
us detailed information, which literary sources often tell very briefly or
just omit. Study of inscriptions is not easy. Apart from different forms and
systems of letters, it is sometimes almost impossible to assign an exact date.
Just few complete inscriptions have survived. The documents are not self-evident
and need interpretation.
The Netherlands Institute at Athens has decided to offer a nine-day course
on Greek epigraphy for MA-students and PhD-students of all Dutch universities
in the summer of 2009. It will be an introduction into Greek epigraphy and
has as aim to acquire research-skills in epigraphy within different fields
of MA- and PhD-research. Inscriptions will be studied from the Achaean period
until Late Antiquity. The most important genres will be examined within a
few topic-domains: state and politics, family and the individual, religion
and ideology, city and urban life and culture. Attention will be paid to the
theoretical and methodological aspects of epigraphy, and there will be worked
on the application of these aspects within the framework of other approaches
(literature, history, linguistics, archaeology, religious studies). Prof.
dr. O. M. van Nijf (RUG) and dr. L. E. Tacoma (UL) will lecture the course.
The course consists of classes, visits of sites and museums, individual research
in the libraries in Athens and lectures of guest speakers. Final date of entry:
December 1 2008.
More information:
Prof. dr. O. M. van Nijf
Professor Ancient History, University of Groningen
o.m.van.nijf@rug.nl
Dr. L. E. Tacoma
Lecturer Ancient History, University of Leiden
l.e.tacoma@let.leidenuniv.nl