The Hellenistic world - AEA500001

• Anglický název: |The Hellenistic world
• Zajišťuje: Český egyptologický ústav (21-CEGU)
• Fakulta: Filozofická fakulta
• Platnost: od 2023
• Semestr: letní
• Body: 0
• E-Kredity: 4
• Způsob provedení zkoušky: letní s.:
• Rozsah, examinace: letní s.:2/0, Z [HT]
• Počet míst: neomezen / neurčen (neurčen)
• Minimální obsazenost: neomezen
• 4EU+: ne
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
• Stav předmětu: vyučován
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Poznámka: předmět je možno zapsat mimo plán; povolen pro zápis po webu
• Garant: doc. PhDr. Mgr. et Mgr. Filip Coppens, Ph.D.
• Vyučující: doc. PhDr. Mgr. et Mgr. Filip Coppens, Ph.D.

Anotace

Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Mgr. et Mgr. Filip Coppens, Ph.D. (05.02.2024)

THE HELLENISTIC WORLD
(AEA500001)
Spring semester 2024


Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Filip Coppens, Ph.D. ([e-mail])

Lecture Room C505 (Celetná) — Friday, 12.30–14.05
Type of attestation: credit (zápočet)
Language of instruction: English

CONDITIONS FOR ACQUIRING THE CREDIT:
A written, referenced paper (5-6 pages) in English, French or German with additional bibliography (not included in the 5-6 pages), and a 15-minute presentation in English, French or German during the course.

COURSE SUMMARY
The course provides students with the historical framework for the Hellenistic period and the available sources for its study (e.g. literary, archaeological, epigraphical, papyrological, and numismatics). A number of specific topics will be investigated in more detail, focusing on the various approaches of Hellenistic rulers, in particular in the Ptolemaic and the Seleucid kingdoms, to local traditions such as the concept of kingship or existing belief systems, as well as the cultural interaction between various ethnicities in the Hellenistic world.

INTRODUCTORY LITERATURE
- M. Austin, The Hellenistic World from Alexander to the Roman Conquest. A Selection of Ancient Sources in Translation, Cambridge 2006 (second augmented edition).
- G. R. Bugh, The Cambridge Companion to the Hellenistic World, Cambridge 2006. [Kla-43E-5]
- R. M. Errington, A History of the Hellenistic World: 323-30 BC, Malden, Mass. 2008. [H 1406]
- A. Erskine (ed.), A Companion to the Hellenistic World, (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World), Oxford 2005. [H 1425]
- A. Erskine – Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (eds.), Creating a Hellenistic world, Swansea 2011 [H 1389].
- P. Green, Alexander to Actium. The Hellenistic Age, London 1990.
- K. Nawotka – A. Wojciechowska, Alexander the Great and the East (Philippika 103), Wiesbaden 2016. [B 732]
- G. Shipley, The Greek World After Alexander, 323–30 BC, London – New York 2000. [H 1419]
- A. Stewart, Art in the Hellenistic World, Cambridge 2014. [U 445]
- P. Thonemann, The Hellenistic Age, Oxford 2016.
- F. W. Walbank, The Hellenistic World, London 1992. [H 1423]
- P. Wheatley – R. Hannah (eds.), Alexander and his Successors: Essays from the Antipodes. A Companion to Crossroads of History: The Age of Alexander; Alexander's empire: Formulation to Decay. Claremont 2009. [B 738]