HIST0007-3

Duration

15h Th, 30h Pr, 5d FT Tr. Pr.

Number of credits

	Master in history (120 ECTS)	10 crédits
	Master in history (60 ECTS)	10 crédits

Lecturer

Yann Berthelet

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

All year long

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The seminar will be devoted to the modalities of Rome's domination on the territory of its empire: what were the relations between the centre of the Roman Empire and its peripheries? How was it governed and administered? What should be understood by the "romanization" of Italy and the provinces?
It must be followed by the students of Master 1 who wish to carry out their TFE in history of Greco-Roman antiquity. The seminar, until then biennial, had not been given last year, must also be followed this year by the students of Master 2 carrying out their TFE in history of Greco-Roman antiquity.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

This seminar is the last stage of the student's training in history before writing the TFE. It aims to strengthen skills acquired during the baccalaureate: autonomy, ability to establish a critical presentation of the modern bibliography, to identify a question of research, to establish and/or to justify a corpus of sources allowing to respond to the question of research posed, to implement the basic philological reflexes, to critically interrogate traces of the past by taking into account all types of sources and to communicate clearly and correctly the result of his research.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

To take this seminar, the student must have:

followed the general course Histoire de l'Antiquité gréco-romaine, y compris 15h d'histoire du Proche-Orient (LCLA0015-1);
have basic notions of classical Latin [= having taken the course of Initiation au latin (LCLA0018-1) or the course of Auteurs latin I (LCLA0018-1);
have a very good oral and written knowledge of the French language.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The weekly seminar of one hour and a half will be divided as follows: - 1/2h of course ex cathedra or of reading of articles on the topic. - 1/2h organized as follows: 20 minutes of oral presentation by one of the students of the critical commentary of a historical text related to the programme which he will have prepared individually in the previous weeks. Will follow a correction by the teacher (10 min). [U]Note[/U]: The first weeks of Q1, this 1/2h will be devoted to reminders and deepening of the knowledge and know-how indispensable to the bibliographical research (ancient sources and modern works) in history of antiquity Greco-Roman. - 1/2 h of correction of Latin inscriptions translations which have been prepared individually by the student during the previous week.
Note : Translation and commentary works are mandatory for all.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Seminar given all year round, on a weekly rhythm, every Tuesday, from 10.30 to 12.00 am, in the Salle du Conseil du département des Sciences historiques (Bât. A4, 2nd floor, access by the stairs facing the room R30).
This seminar requires the active participation of each student. Readings of articles or chapters of books may be requested from one session to another.

Assessment methods and criteria

The evaluation of May/June (and that of August/September, in case of failure in May/June) will be based :

on a written work (max. 15 p. + possible annexes). Through this work, which is to be filed at the beginning of the May/June session, the student will demonstrate that he is capable of proposing -in a flawless French- a critical essay in connection with the seminar theme, nourished by the course, the documents commented and the readings recommended during the year as well as by his personal reflection. Part of this mark will depend on the oral defense of this work, as well as on a translation exercise of one of the Latin inscriptions seen during the year.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Enseignant titulaire Pr. Dr. Yann Berthelet Chargé de cours. Université de Liège, Bât. A4 - Histoire de l'Antiquité gréco-romaine, Quai Roosevelt 1B, 4000 Liège - Belgique +32 4 3665606 Yann.Berthelet@ulg.ac.be

Historical criticism seminar (Greek and Roman Antiquity)