Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Collégialité
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
In 2025-2027, the course will focus on the theme of "the calendar."
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
This collaborative seminar, jointly organised by two departments of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters (Historical Sciences and Classical Studies), aims to raise students' awareness of the need to gain training in the various fields and disciplines of Ancient Studies (history, art history and archaeology, philology, papyrology, epigraphy, and numismatics) and to foster dialogue between all areas of the ancient world (Ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome).
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None - bearing in mind that history, archaeology, philology, epigraphy, numismatics, the history of religions, and art history form an inseparable whole, bringing together all specialists in Altertumswissenschaft.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Alternation between an in-person session (with a regular rotation of instructors) and a week of independent preparatory reading (with no in-person session).
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Further information:
The seminar, offered only in Q2, will be organised according to an alternating schedule:
- Week A = no in-person session, but compulsory reading assignments for students, in accordance with the instructions provided by the person responsible for the Week B session.
- Week B = in-person session held in room R30 (Thursday, 3:00-5:00 p.m.), led by a researcher or academic staff member and based on the readings assigned in advance.
- participation of academic staff and researchers specialising in Ancient Studies from the Department of Historical Sciences and the Department of Classical Studies;
- possible contributions from invited international speakers.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
The course materials and the bibliographical advice will be given by each specialist at the seminar.
Written work / report
Further information:
Preparation of a short research paper of approximately ten pages (excluding the bibliography and any appendices) on a topic related to the seminar and defined in agreement with one of the academic staff members directly involved in organising the course (excluding the student's thesis supervisor).
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
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