Instructors	dr. F.G. Naerebout & dr. M.-J. Versluys
ECTS	5 (archaeology); 10 (history)
Level	500
Semester	2nd
Schedule	Mondays 3-5 p.m.; see schedule
Language	English
Method	seminar (every student will be expected to present several short presentations of preliminary findings)
Examination	compulsory attendance (1 ECTS), prescribed literature (1 ECTS) and paper (3 or 8 ECTS)
Website	see sitemap
Enrollment	by way of U-TWIST

Description

Alexandria, one of the ancient world's largest cities, for a long time remained relatively unknown, buried under the modern town. Recent finds on land and under water have greatly enhanced our knowledge. Alexandria, as the capital city of the Greek rulers of Hellenistic Egypt, had always held a strong interest for those interested in Greek-Egyptian interaction. Now archaeological evidence allows us to further analyse the acculturation processes taking place in this ancient world 'melting pot'. This course aims explicitly at bringing together a textual and a material culture perspective, and thus present as full a picture of this incredibly important community as possible.

ECTS, papers, deadlines

Please note that this course is a 5 ECTS course for students of Archaeology; for ALL MA History students, it is a 10 ECTS course. Archaeology students must attend all meetings, read the prescribed literature and write a final paper of about 12 pages. History students must also attend all meetings and read the prescribed literature, and in addition to this they should write a paper with a minumum size of 7500 words. A list of subjects can be found here under assignments.

Course objectives

A thorough knowledge of Hellenistic Alexandria in particular, and of acculturation issues of that period in general.
Enhanced performance in the following areas: research skills, composition skills, ability to evaluate the findings of other researchers.

Reading

Articles to be read during the course: see schedule
Literature for papers will be assigned on an individual basis: for your orientation, there is a bibliography available on this site.

Entry test

None.

Further information

With the tutors: f.g.naerebout@let.leidenuniv.nl or m.j.versluys@arch.leidenuniv.nl.