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Teaching Delivery: This module is taught in 10 weekly two-hour lectures for BA students; and 10 weekly two-hour lectures and a weekly one-hour session for MA students.
颁辞苍迟别苍迟:听 The module looks at theories, roles, and meanings of race in the Greek and Roman world; it also explores the interplay between ancient and later concepts & practices of race. 听We look at the social and historical contexts in which questions of difference are posed in antiquity and how such categories as gender, class, status, and sexuality intersect with race. 听We also explore how ideas of race have changed across time and place and how ancient ideas of race continue to have an impact into the present. 听Some of the questions we shall consider are: 听What is race? 听How should we think about race in relation to the ancient world? 听Are Greek and Roman attitudes to race the same? 听What is the relationship between race and prejudice, and between race and slavery? 听What is the legacy of ancient theories of race in the modern world?
Skills: At the end of the module students should:
1. have engaged with texts, images, and theories with which they can reflect on race in the ancient world;
2. have a good understanding of how race has been used in ancient and modern cultures through evidence from the texts and visual culture;
3. have a sound knowledge of the relevant primary and secondary bibliography;
4. have developed their understanding of the methodological problems relevant to the field;
5. be able to deploy appropriate evidence and test arguments in oral discussion and written analysis;
6. be able to deploy evidence and argument effectively in written presentation.
惭辞诲耻濒别听迟别虫迟:
Race and Ethnicity in the Classical World: An Anthology of Primary Sources in Translation. Selected and Translated by Rebecca F. Kennedy, C. Sydnor Roy, and Max L. Goldman, 2013.
D. E. McCoskey, Race: Antiquity and Its Legacy. London, 2012.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
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This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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