AP/HUMA 3421 3.00 Origins Of Christianity I

This course explores the literary, social and cultural context of the apostle Paul and the recipients of his letters while also considering the legacies of Paul after his death.

AP/HIST 3180 6.00 The Rise And Fall Of The Sassanian Empire

ANCILLARY COURSE. The course will cover the origins of the Sassanians of Iran, their rise and domination of the Middle East, and their subsequent defeat and fall at the hands of the Arab Muslims.

GL/HIST 3161 6.00 Genre Et Sexualité En Grèce Ancienne Et Dans Le Monde Romain

Ce cours propose d’étudier les rapports hommes-femmes et la pluralité des féminins et des masculins dans les mondes grec et romain.

AP/HIST 3160 6.00 Women And Gender In Ancient Greece And Rome

This course challenges the traditional dichotomy of women's and great man history by addressing questions of gender roles and their social functions in Greek and Roman society. Surviving evidence from the ancient world is primarily literature written by men of the upper strata of society. A major focus of this course will be to determine […]

AP/HIST 3155 3.00 Egypt After Cleopatra: Society And Culture In A Roman Province

Trailer. When Egypt came under Roman rule in 30 BC, its administrative machinery certainly changed. But what of the social and cultural impacts of these transitions? Did the inhabitants of Egypt begin to identify as Romans? Did political and administrative change really impinge on the deeper structures and processes of life on the Nile, such […]

AP/HIST 3154 3.00 Egypt From Alexander To Cleopatra

The occupation of Egypt by Alexander the Great and the establishment of the Ptolemaic monarchy resulted in a significant influx of settlers from all around the Greek world. In this course, we examine the complex social, cultural, and political negotiations that resulted from this ancient episode of colonialism. How did the Ptolemaic monarchs, who had […]

AP/HIST 3152 6.00 Classical Greek History

This course examines the history of Classical Greece.

AP/HIST 3150 6.00 Early Greek History

This course examines the political, social, economic and intellectual history of Greece in the Bronze Age and the Archaic Period. It covers Mycenaean Greece, the Dark Age, and the rise of the city-state and culminates in the Persian Wars.

AP/HIST 3145 3.00 Roman Britain

This course studies the history of Roman Britain from Julius Caesar’s invasions of Britain in 55 and 54 BC until the end of Roman rule in the 5th century AD.

GL/HIST 3142 3.00 Inventing Barbarians: Race And Identity In The Ancient World

This course studies how Greeks and Romans defined their own identity and those of others. Based on the reading of ancient texts (in translation) and the analysis of iconographic material, students reflect on the concepts of race and identity.