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090010 VU Latin Epigraphy: Verse inscriptions as historical sources (2022S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 9 - Altertumswissenschaften
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

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max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

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The first lesson is on the 8th March 2022.

  • Dienstag 08.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 29 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Dienstag 15.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 29 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Dienstag 22.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 29 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Dienstag 29.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 29 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Dienstag 05.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 29 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Dienstag 26.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 29 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Dienstag 03.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 29 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Mittwoch 04.05. 15:30 - 17:00 Übungsraum Alte Geschichte Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 2
  • Dienstag 10.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 29 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Dienstag 17.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 29 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Dienstag 24.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 29 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Dienstag 31.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 29 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Dienstag 14.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 29 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Dienstag 21.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 29 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Dienstag 28.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 29 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

CONTENTS:
This course will provide a general overview on Latin Epigraphy, taking in consideration the most modern approaches and exploring the limits of the discipline.
The main focus of the units will be on verse inscriptions. This specific epigraphical “category” has traditionally been studied from a philological perspective. However, verse inscriptions provide a unique insight into the social life of the Roman world, often offering information that is absent from their prose counterparts. Thus, in this course verse inscriptions will be analysed and discussed from a historical point of view, as sources for cultural and social history.

The course will be structured thematically. Relevant topics which will be addressed in the thematic units include traditional vs. digital editions, classical Latin vs. language of the inscriptions, multilingualism, (in)visible minorities in funerary inscriptions, epigraphic dialogue with the gods and rituals, inscriptions on unusual objects, epigraphic layout and stonecutter mistakes etc. Selected verse inscriptions, which will be read and discussed during the lectures, will illustrate each aspect and provide concrete and practical examples.

The course will include a guest lecture and, if the pandemic situation allows it, an excursion and a visit to the verse squeeze collection of the Department of Ancient History.

AIM:
The aim of the course is to provide the students with a better understanding of the Latin epigraphy panorama, with a specific focus on verse inscriptions. Within the course the students will become familiar with reading epigraphic texts preserved in different forms (directly from the stone, on squeezes, casts, rubbings, via manuscript tradition, and through critical editions) and use them critically in the context of historical studies.

METHOD: This course will combine the classical frontal lecture with practical exercises on reading and interpretation of inscriptions. Epigraphic texts will be discussed and analysed in group.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Regular attendance and active participation (25%), short presentation (25%), essay (50%).

Bibliography and texts treated during the lectures will be provided in digital form on the Moodle platform.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Regular attendance, preparation of the materials, and knowledge of Latin are required. Active participation and discussion will be encouraged.
The Latin texts presented in the sessions will be translated and worked on in more detail. Greek texts will be provided both in the original and in German or English translation.

Prüfungsstoff

The examination material corresponds to the teaching material.

Literatur

Recommended:
Schmidt, Manfred G. Lateinische Epigraphik. Eine Einführung. 3. Auflage. Darmstadt: wbg 2015.
Bruun, Christer, and Jonathan C. Edmondson. The Oxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy. New York, NY: Oxford UP, 2015. Print.
Cooley, Alison. The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy. Cambridge : Cambridge UP, 2012. Web.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Mi 30.03.2022 14:08