HIST0016-1

Duration

15h Th, 30h Pr

Number of credits

	Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : classics	10 crédits
	Bachelor in information and communication	10 crédits
	Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : German, Dutch and English	10 crédits
	Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : general	10 crédits
	Bachelor in history	10 crédits
	Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : general	10 crédits
	Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : musicology	10 crédits
	Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : Oriental studies	10 crédits
	Bachelor in philosophy	10 crédits
	Bachelor in French and Romance languages and literatures : general	10 crédits

Lecturer

Yann Berthelet

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

All year long, with partial in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This seminar is an introduction to research in ancient history. This year, it will be devoted to an ongoing research on the history of the Roman Patriciat during the 5th and 4th centuries B.C.
Here you will introduce yourself to the practice of the profession of historian: first contacts with the diversity of ancient sources, introduction to the bibliographical research, first concrete applications of the rules of historical criticism in the ancient period...

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

During this seminar, the student will begin to familiarize himself with the heuristics in ancient history, with the historical and critical analysis of ancient documents and will practise, for Latin texts, working on the sources in original language.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

To take this course, 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 good oral and written knowledge of the French language.

Important note: Students who plan to follow the following year the course of Exercices en histoire grecque et romaine de niveau II are encouraged to choose the Mineure en Antiquité gréco-romaine, conceiving their study program of Block 2 and block 3 in order to strengthen their Latin and to learn the ancient Greek.
In the framework of the Mineure en Antiquité gréco-romaine (blocks 2 and 3), you can complete your training in ancient languages by choosing a course (not otherwise followed) among: LCLA0066-2 : Langue latine I LCLA0070-2 : Langue grecque II (needs to have passed Langue grecque I) LCLA0071-3 : Langue latine II (needs to have passed Langue latine I)
You can also choose, for the course of Traduction de textes, one of the following courses (not otherwise followed): LCLA0065-2 : Langue grecque I LCLA0073-1 : Auteurs latins II (it is advisable to have followed and passed LCLA0018-1 ou LCLA0068-1 beforehand).

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

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

The weekly seminar (Monday, 11h-13h, A4 S50, during Q1 ; Wednesday, 11h-13h, A4 S100 during Q2) will alternate exercises of heuristic and of historical and critical analysis of documents (including Latin).
Mandatory Latin translation exercises will be requested regularly.
Some sessions may be suspended in order to enable students to carry out the required exercises in a library.
Bibliographic repetitions in library with an assistant outside of the course sessions. Do not hesitate to ask for help from the student(s)-instructor(s) for advice, additional explanations or additional bibliographic repetitions.

Assessment methods and criteria

January examination (10% of the final mark): theoretical written test of bibliographical research and heuristics, in class.
The examination organised in January, obligatory, will count for 10% of the overall score of the year in case of success (note greater than or equal to 10/20).
In case of failure in January (< 10/20), the May-June examination note (or, in case of failure in May-June, the August-September exam note) will be worth 100% of the final score.
The evaluation of May/June (and August/September in case of failure) will be based on:
- on the exercises requested throughout the year ;
- on a practical test of bibliographical research and heuristics, in library;
- on the (re)translation of one of the Latin texts translated during the year (written examination);
- on the historical and critical analysis of a document or corpus of documents related to the topic covered during the year (written examination);
Important note: the correction of the French language (spelling, conjugation, syntax, punctuation, etc.) is fully part of the evaluation.

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@uliege.be

Exercises in historical issues, including an introduction to bibliography : Greek and Roman history 1