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Organisation of the program of study

The Department of History & Archaeology offers two study orientations,

linked to two specializations:

Specialization in History

Specialization in Archaeology and History of Art.

Upon completion of his/her fourth term each student registers his/her selection

of study orientation at the Department secretary.

Independently of specialization, the programme includes compulsory subjects

for both orientations, aiming at providing an encyclopaedic knowledge and

facilitating the employment of the Faculty’s graduates in the field of secondary

education. With his/her specialization, each student engages in an in-depth

approach, according to the requirements of the current state of research, in

various eras or aspects and acquires specialized knowledge, stimulation and

familiarization with the interpretive tools and methods of the historical and

archaeological disciplines.

The minimum duration of studies cannot be shorter than eight terms, during

which students are free to develop their own programme of studies. Subjects

are divided into base, core, specialization as well as (free) elective subjects.

Basic subjects consist of courses in Literature, Philosophy and Education

Studies. These courses are compulsory for our students, so as to enable them to

acquire the knowledge that will allow them to approach, in the broadest

manner, the specialization of their choice and to meet the requirements of a

prospective career in secondary education.

Core subjects include courses in History, Archaeology and History of Art and

are compulsory for students of both orientations. With these courses our

students acquire a common corpus of knowledge, which will serve as a basis

for the subsequent, more in-depth study in the specialized branches of their

discipline, provided by the specialization subjects. This latter category includes

both compulsory and elective subjects.

From the available Elective Specialization subjects, students are obliged to

choose at least two seminars before completing their studies, in which their

performance is evaluated on the basis of a seminar essay, proving their skills in

the use of interpretive tools, in the choice of a significant subject of research and

in their critical approach towards their subject of choice.

Students may also choose from among Free Electives, which may be offered by

the other study orientation (History or Archaeology – compulsory or elective

courses), by a different department or faculty at the University of Athens.

Courses from the Faculty’s programme are offered to other Faculties in the

School of Philosophy, either as compulsory or as elective (joint teaching)

courses.

Courses are supported by a webpage and offer training in the use of

bibliographic databases and other search tools. The Faculty also has a digital

teaching lab, housed within the archaeological museum, on the second floor of

the building and exclusively used for courses requiring the use of computers

by teachers and students.

Practical training of students (ESPA 2014-2020)

This programme aims at acquainting a large number of our students with

the physical locations of their future professional work and to create an

interaction between academic education and relevant services. Participation in

the programme is voluntary and is carried out in the ephorates of the

Archaeological Service, in historical archives, museums, libraries, research

centres and in the ministries of culture and education. Participants are engaged

for a term of one, two, three or four months. The programme is funded by the

programme ESPA 2014-2020 (financed by the European Union and the Hellenic

Republic). The academic responsibility for the Programme of Practical Training

lies with lector A. Hassiacou- Argyraki. Students interested in the programme

may address themselves for additional information to lector A. Hassiacou-

Argyraki at her office (Office 405, 4st floor).

Practical training of students (voluntary)

The Department of History runs a programme of voluntary work for students

of the Faculty of History and Archaeology in archives and research centres.

Students interested in this programme may address themselves to associate

professor M. Efthymiou, who is in charge of the programme. The Faculty also

offers additional courses and free tutorials. (p. 103-109).

Library

The two departmental libraries (History and Archaeology and History of Art)

comprise around 70,000 volumes of specialized books and periodicals. Search

may be conducted at the following address: www.lib.uoa.gr / (click on: οpac).

Webpage

For more information, visit the Faculty website at www.arch.uoa.gr and the

university e-learning platform at eclass.uoa.gr

Review of the curriculum and recommended curriculum

Overview

In the recommended curriculum that follows, general and mandatory courses

precede specialized courses, so that students acquire a foundation of basic

skills that will enable them to better assimilate specialized courses. Therefore,

the first teaching terms comprise general courses and the last terms consist of

specialized courses.

The distribution of courses into teaching terms is indicative rather than

mandatory for the student, who may combine his/her courses freely,

depending on their availability.

It is recommended that general precede specialized courses. Students should

draw up their weekly schedule keeping in mind that their classes should not

overlap.

The organization of the curriculum has been adapted to the minimum number

of eight teaching terms and to the minimum number of required courses, as

analyzed above.

Students may choose those selective courses which suit their interests, if these

are available.

Twice a year, in the winter and spring semesters, students must state all the

courses for which they intend to take exams. These statements are submitted

through the following internet address: http://my-studies.uoa.gr. They may use

their own computers or the computers in the Faculty IT lab (8th floor) or the

University Club (15 Hippocratous St.)

Failure in a mandatory course implies that the student must retake the same

course. If a student fails a selective course, he/she may take another course.

Students who have graduated wishing to register in the alternative studies

orientation are not permitted to take the selective courses they have already

passed in their first round of studies.

A recommended curriculum by teaching terms along with useful notes are

listed below.

Shared for students of both majors

http://my-studies.uoa.gr/

First Year

WINTER SEMESTER (1st)

Code Course title

** II04 Introduction to Historical Studies

** ΙΙ03 Introduction to World History

** ΙΙ10 Ancient History A

** IA04 Introduction to Archaeology

** ΙΑ11 Classical Archaeology A

Β FΑ03 Ancient Greek Literature I

SPRING SEMESTER (2nd)

Code Course title

** ΙΙ11 Ancient History B

** ΙΙ12 History of Western Europe in the

Middle Ages Α

** ΙΑ02 Prehistoric Archaeology Α

** ΙΑ12 Classical Archaeology Β

** IA17 Introduction to Art History

Β FL03 Latin Literature Ι

2nd year

WINTER SEMESTER (3rd)

Code Course title

** ΙΙ13 Byzantine History A

** ΙΙ17 History of Modern Greece Α

** ΙΑ13 Byzantine Archaeology A

** ΙΑ15 History of Art Α

Β FΑ04 Ancient Greek Literature ΙΙ

Β FL04 Latin Literature ΙΙ

B FΒ27 Byzantine Literature

SPRING SEMESTER (4th)

Code Course title

** ΙΙ21 Byzantine History Β

** ΙΙ18 Modern Greek History Α

** ΙΙ14 Modern European History Α

** ΙΑ10 Prehistoric Archaeology Β

** ΙΑ14 Byzantine Archaeology Β

** ΙΑ16 History of Art Β

Β FΝ03 Modern Greek Literature Ι

HISTORY MAJOR

3rd Year

WINTER SEMESTER (5th)

Code Course title

*Ι ΙΙ29 Problems of Historical Methodology*

*Ι ΙΙ25 Ancient History C

*Ι ΙΙ31 Modern Greek History Β

*Ι ΙΙ19 Modern European History Β

Β FΑ27 Ancient Greek Literature ΙΙΙ

Β PD300 (Education ΙΙΙ:)Educational

Psychology

1 History Elective


Code Course title

*Ι ΙΙ22 History of Western Europe in the

Middle Ages Β

*Ι ΙΙ30 History of Modern Greece Β

*Ι ΙΙ84 History of the Post-War World

*Ι ΙΙ24 History of the Ottoman Empire

Β FΑ07

ή

FG07

Ancient Greek Literature or

Linguistics

Β FΝ83 Modern Greek Literature ΙΙ

Β PD302

«

(Education ΙV): Analytical Program.

Teaching and Learning

4th Year


Code Course title

Β PD301 Education I: Teaching History:

Theory and Practice

4 History Electives

1 Free Elective


Code Course title

* The course includes student practical training.

PD303 Education II: Theory and Practice in

the Teaching of Literature Courses

IA190

II26

PD162

PD119

Elective Core Course

One of the following courses:

Μuseum pedagogy: on learning and

creativity in museums

or

History of Education (The course will

not be offered during the academic

year 2018-2019)

or

Organization and Administration of

Education

or

Sociology of Education 3 History Electives

ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF ART MAJOR

3rd Year


Code Course title

*ΙΙ ΙΑ26 Prehistoric Archaeology C

*ΙΙ ΙΑ42 Archaeology of Eastern Civilizations

*ΙΙ ΙΑ43 Specializing in Archaeology

*ΙΙ ΙΑ44 Postbyzantine Archaeology

Β FΑ27 Ancient Greek Literature III

Β PD300 (Education ΙΙΙ:) Educational

Psychology

1 Archaeology and History of Art

elective


Code Course title

*ΙΙ ΙΑ31 Classical Archaeology C

*ΙΙ ΙΑ21 Topography-Architecture-Town

Planning

*ΙΙ ΙΑ29 History of Art C

Β FΑ07

or

FG07

Ancient Greek Literature ΙV

or

Linguistics

Β FΝ83 Modern Greek Literature ΙΙ

B PD302 (Education ΙV): Analytical Program.

Teaching and Learning


Elective

4th Year


Code Course title

Β PD301 Education I: Teaching History:

Theory and Practice

*ΙΙ ΙΑ108 Roman Archaeology


Electives

1 Free Elective


Code Course title

Β PD303 Education II: Theory and Practice in

the Teaching of Literature Courses

*ΙΙ ΙΑ103 Excavation and Study of

Archaeological

Materials-Museology ***

IA190

II26

PD162

PD119

Elective Core Course

One of the following courses:

Μuseum pedagogy: on learning and

creativity in museums

or

History of Education (The course will

not be offered during the academic

year 2018-2019)

or

Organization and Administration of

Education

or

Sociology of Education


Electives

1 Free Elective

*** The course includes an 8 days-long student practical

training (preferable: 2 days per week).

[Note] Course codes correspond to:

Β = Introductory courses

**= Mandatory courses for both majors

*Ι = Mandatory courses for History majors

*ΙΙ= Mandatory courses for Archaeology and History of Art majors

All courses prefixed Β (Introductory) as well as all courses during the first 4

semesters are mandatory for both majors.

Distribution of Courses

To obtain a degree, students are required to successfully complete 52 three-

hour courses, which correspond to 156 teaching hours (each course

corresponds to three hours of teaching per week throughout the semester). The

minimum period of study for graduation is 8 semesters.

In accordance to current legislation (3374/2-8-2005), the program of study is

structured on the basis of the principle of transferring and accumulating credits

(ECTS). The number of credits represents the workload required to complete

all necessary coursework, which is estimated at thirty (30) credits per semester.

Overall, during their studies, students must accumulate at least 240 credits

(ECTS).

Note: In the indicative program of the Department of History and Archaeology,

the numbers of 30 credits per semester as well as the overall 240 credits are

approximate.

Organization of credits

Teaching hours and credits correspond to three-hour semester courses

distributed in the following sections:

1) Courses mandatory for both majors

a) Core courses:

11 courses x 3 teaching hours = 33 teaching hours

plus 40 credits (9 courses from the department of Literature x 3.5 credits and 2

courses from the department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology × 4

credits and 2.4 credits respectively).

b) Core courses:

20 courses × 3 teaching hours = 60 teaching hours and × 5 credits = 100 credits

More specifically:

History courses:

10 courses × 3 teaching hours = 30 teaching hours and × 5 credits = 50 credits

Archaeology and History of Art courses:

10 courses × 3 teaching hours = 30 teaching hours και × 5 credits = 50 credits

2. Specialization courses:

17 courses × 3 teaching hours = 51 teaching hours, grouped for:

History majors:

8 core courses 9 specialization elective courses

× 3 t. h. = 24 t.h × 3 t.h. = 27 t.h. and 50,5 - 54 cr.

and 40,5 credits (7 courses (see in detail below)

× 5 credits and 1 course × 5,5 credits)

Archaeology majors:

9 core courses 8 specialization elective courses

× 3 t.h. = 27 t.h. × 3 t.h. = 24 t.h. and 45 - 48 cr.

and 46 credits (8 courses (see in detail below)

× 5 credits and 1 course × 6 credits)

b) Free elective courses

4 courses × 3 teaching hours = 12 teaching hours

The number of credits that a student can attain from free elective courses

offered from another department or school, outside of the Department of

History and Archaeology, is 3 per course. IN EXCEPTIONAL

CIRCUMSTANCES, if students register in free elective courses from either

major in the Department of History and Archaeology beyond those required

for obtaining their degree, the number of credits these courses would bestow is

determined by the Department of History and Archaeology, according to the

following list.

Overall, the distribution of teaching hours and credits can be tabulated as

follows:

For history majors:

Category Kind Number Teaching

Hours

Credits

Mandatory for both

majors

Introductory 11 33 40

Core 20 60 100

Specialization Specialization

mandatory

8 24 40,5

Specialization

electives

9 27 50,5 - 54

Free electives 4 12 Fluctuating

number of credits,

in accordance with

the provision

regarding credits

for free elective

courses

Total 52 156 231 - 234,5 credits

plus the credits of

four free elective

courses

For Archaeology and History of Art majors:

Category Kind Number Teaching

Hours

Credits

Mandatory for

both majors

Introductory 11 33 40

Core 20 60 100

Specialization Specialization

mandatory

9 27 46

Specialization

electives

8 24 45 - 48

Free electives 4 12 Fluctuating

number of credits,

in accordance with

the provision

regarding credits

for free elective

courses

Total 52 156 231 – 234 credits

plus the credits of

four free elective

courses

Courses on offer

Teaching hours and credits per course are as follows:

MANDATORY FOR BOTH MAJORS

a)

Introductory Courses t.h. c.

13 courses 33 46

Ancient Greek Literature I 3 3,5

Ancient Greek Literature II 3 3,5

Ancient Greek Literature III 3 3,5

Ancient Greek Literature IV or

Linguistics

3 3,5

Latin Literature I 3 3,5

Latin Literature II 3 3,5

Byzantine Literature 3 3,5

Modern Greek Literature I 3 3,5

Modern Greek Literature II 3 3,5

Education I 3 4

Education II 3 4,5

Education III 3 3

Education IV 3 3

Total 39 46

b)

Core courses t.h. c.

20 courses 60 100

History courses t.h. c.

ΙΙ 03 Introduction to World History 3 5

ΙΙ 04 Introduction to Historical

Studies

3 5

ΙΙ 10 Ancient History Α 3 5

ΙΙ 11 Ancient History Β 3 5

ΙΙ 12 History of Western Europe in

the Middle Ages Α

3 5

ΙΙ 13 Byzantine History Α 3 5

ΙΙ 21 Byzantine History Β 3 5

ΙΙ 14 Modern European History Α 3 5

ΙΙ 17 History of Modern Greece Α 3 5

ΙΙ 18 Modern Greek History Α 3 5

Total 30 50

Archaeology Courses t.h. c.

ΙΑ 04 Introduction to Archaeology 3 5

ΙΑ 02 Prehistoric Archaeology Α 3 5

ΙΑ 10 Prehistoric Archaeology Β 3 5

ΙΑ 11 Classical Archaeology Α 3 5

ΙΑ 12 Classical Archaeology Β 3 5

ΙΑ 13 Byzantine Archaeology Α 3 5

ΙΑ 14 Byzantine Archaeology Β 3 5

ΙΑ 17 Introduction to the History of

Art

3 5

ΙΑ 15 History of Art Α 3 5

ΙΑ 16 History of Art Β 3 5

Total 30 50

HISTORY OR ARCHAEOLOGY MAJOR COURSES

a) Specialization courses

History major

Mandatory t.h. c.

8 courses 24 40,5

ΙΙ 25 Ancient History C 3 5

ΙΙ 22 History of Western Europe in

the Middle Ages Β

3 5

ΙΙ 29 Problems of Historical

Methodology

3 5,5

ΙΙ 30 History of Early Modern Greece

Β

3 5

ΙΙ 31 Modern Greek History Β 3 5

ΙΙ 19 Modern European History Β 3 5

ΙΙ 24 History of the Ottoman Empire 3 5

ΙΙ 84 History of the Post-War World 3 5

Total 24 40,5

Electives

History majors are required to attend nine (9) specialization elective courses,

including at least two seminars. Each elective seminar course is equivalent to 3

teaching hours per week and 6 credits, while each of the elective lecture-based

courses is equivalent to 3 teaching hours per week and 5.5 credits. As a result,

credits of all elective History courses can range between 50.5 (2 seminars and 7

lecture-based courses) and 54 (9 seminars).

Α) Elective Seminar Courses t.h. c.

SΙ 71 Ancient History 3 6

SΙ 91 Ancient History 3 6

SΙ 41 History of Western Europe in

the Middle Ages

3 6

SΙ 78 Byzantine History 3 6

SΙ 55 Early Modern European

History

3 6


History

3 6

SΙ 57 Early Modern Greek History I 3 6

SΙ 218 Early Modern Greek History 3 6

SΙ 219 Early Modern Greek History 3 6

SΙ 217 History of the Ottoman

Empire

3 6

SΙ 18 Modern Greek History 3 6

SI 06 Contemporary History 3 6

Β) Elective lecture-based courses t.h. c.

ΙΙ 91 Ancient History 3 5,5

ΙΙ 213 Byzantine History 3 5,5

II 128 Byzantine History 3 5,5

II 99 Early Modern Greek History 3 5,5

II 07 Early Modern Greek History 3 5,5

II 64 Early Modern European

History

3 5,5

II 140 Modern European History 3 5,5

II 105 History of the Turkic peoples 3 5,5

ΙΙ 112 History of the Balkans 3 5,5

ΙΙ 88 Modern Greek Political History 3 5,5

II 135 Modern Greek History 3 5,5

II 06 Contemporary History 3 5,5

Archaeology and History of Art major

Mandatory t.h. c.

9 courses 27 46

ΙΑ 21 Topography-Architecture-

Town Planning

3 5

ΙΑ 26 Prehistoric Archaeology C 3 5

ΙΑ 42 Archaeology of Eastern

Civilizations

3 5

ΙΑ 31 Classical Archaeology C 3 5

ΙΑ 108 Roman Archaeology 3 5

ΙΑ 43 Specialization in Archaeology 3 5

ΙΑ 44 Post-byzantine Archaeology 3 5

ΙΑ 29 History of Art C 3 5

ΙΑ 103 Excavation and Study of

Archaeological Materials-Museology

3 6

Total 27 46

Electives

Archaeology and History of Art majors are required to attend eight (8)

specialization elective courses, including at least two seminars. Each elective

seminar course is equivalent to 3 teaching hours per week and 6 credits, while

each of the elective lecture-based courses is equivalent to 3 teaching hours per

week and 5.5 credits. As a result, credits of all elective Archaeology and History

of Art courses can range between 45 (2 seminars and 6 lecture-based courses)

and 54 (9 seminars).

Α) Elective seminar courses t.h. c.

SΑ 10 Prehistoric Archaeology 3 6





SA 122 Prehistoric Archaeology 3 6

SΑ 15 Archaeology of Eastern

Civilizations

3 6

SA190 Archaeology of the Near East 3 6

SA 26 Classical Archaeology 3 6

SΑ 61 Classical Archaeology 3 6



SΑ 129 Byzantine Archaeology 3 6

SΑ 130 Byzantine Archaeology 3 6

SΑ 80 History of Art 3 6

SΑ 135 Μuseology 3 6

Classical Archaeology SA 26 Classical Archaeology

Β) Elective lecture-based courses t.h. c.

IA 72 Prehistoric Archaeology 3 5,5

IA 74 Prehistoric Archaeology 3 5,5

ΙΑ 150 Prehistoric Archaeology 3 5,5




ΙΑ 113 Classical Archaeology 3 5,5

ΙΑ 145 Byzantine Arhcaeology 3 5,5

ΙΑ 146 Byzantine Arhcaeology 3 5,5

ΙΑ 131 History of Art 3 5,5

ΙΑ 106 Μuseology 3 5,5

IA 190 Museum Pedagogy 3 5,5

b) Free Elective Courses

4 courses (each course corresponds to 3 teaching hours, total = 12 teaching

hours)

N.B.: The number of credits that a student can attain from free elective courses

offered from another department or school, outside of the Department of

History and Archaeology, is 3 per course. IN EXCEPTIONAL

CIRCUMSTANCES, if students register in free elective courses from either

major in the Department of History and Archaeology beyond those required

for obtaining their degree, the number of credits these courses would bestow is

determined by the Department of History and Archaeology, according to the

preceding list .

A student may select four free elective courses from:

1. courses of the History & Archaeology Department in either specialization,

2. courses from other departments of the School of Humanities and other

University of Athens departments in accordance with availability. (A list will

be posted to the Secretariat of the Department).

To enhance the educational training of students, it is recommended that they

register in at least two Education courses (in addition to the two compulsory

introductory courses), especially courses D302 "Curriculum, Teaching and

Learning" and PD300 "Educational Psychology". These courses are offered by

the Education section of the Department of Philosophy, Education and

Psychology to students of our department during the fifth and sixth semesters

of the indicative program of study.

If a student wishes to choose courses from category b) he/she is kindly

requested to contact the departmental studies advisor of his major.

N.B. : Any elective course must be taught at least three hours a week.

European Credit Transfer System units for Erasmus students

ECTS units for courses attended by Erasmus students from the Faculty of

History and Archaeology at foreign universities are defined by the university

offering the courses. Students should make sure that the courses they select will

enable them to complete the minimum amount of the 240 ECTS units required.

ECTS units for courses offered by this university to foreign Erasmus students

are as follows:

Ordinary taught course: 5 ECTS units

Ordinary taught course with applied training: 5.5 ECTS units (specialization

in History), 6 ECTS units (specialization in Archaeology)

Ordinary specialization course (non-seminar): 5.5 ECTS units

Seminar: 6 ECTS units

Postgraduate course: 10 ECTS units

[1] Each student is required to choose by the end of their studies at least two

seminars among the available elective specialization courses. The student's

performance in the seminars will be determined on the basis of participation,

an oral presentation and a written essay in which he/she will demonstrate

his/her ability to engage with scholarly methodology, identify issues of

research interest and display a critical attitude toward the subject matter of

his/her research.

Students’ participation in seminar courses is compulsory. Any student who

fails to attend at least 3 seminar meetings would automatically fail the course.

Seminar essays should be between 5,500 and 7,000 words, including references.

Note that the maximum number of students admitted in each seminar is 23.

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1. HISTORY COURSES

WINTER SEMESTER

A) CORE COURSES

Code No., Course title Course description - Tutor – Hours

ΙΙ 04 Introduction to Historical

Studies

The course aims to make the students well acquainted

with the basic ideas of historical studies (time, place,

event, structures, sources, etc) and their methodology

(use and evaluation of sources, archival research, etc). It

also focuses on current debates about history, as well as

its most recent fields of interest. We will also examine

the historical formation of the notion of historical studies

and their current position within humanities and social

sciences. In short, the main purpose of the course is to

familiarize the students with different kinds of historical

sources, their critical reading, and the writing of

historical papers.

D. Lampropoulou, 3 hours

ΙΙ 03 Introduction to World History Major phenomena and crucial moments in the evolution

of human societies from the early years to the present.

The course relies on extensive use of maps, primary

sources, texts, music, as well as slides. The course

includes a two-hour tutorial.

Μ. Efthymiou 3 hrs.

ΙΙ 10 Ancient History Α From the Formation of the Mycenaean States to the

End of the Peloponnesian War.

The course focuses on the evolution of the ancient Greek

world from the development of the palace system to the

formation of the city-state, the relations between cities in

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the archaic and classical eras (till the late fifth century) as

well as the development of civil institutions in the city-

states of this period.

S. Psoma, 3 hrs.

ΙΙ 13 Βyzantine History Α Byzantine History from the 4th to the 11th Century.

This course introduces the students to the history of

Byzantium from the fourth to the eleventh century,

focusing on selected aspects of the empire’s history,

while adhering to a basic chronological frame. The

course examines the structure of the Byzantine state (as

well as challenges and changes to that structure),

political ideology, religious developments as well as

specific topics of economic and cultural history, military

and cultural interactions with neighbors.

K. Nikolaou, 3 hrs.

ΙΙ 17 Early Modern Greek History Α The socio-economic, cultural and national development

of Greeks and the Greek diaspora from the fall of

Constantinople to the early 19th century.

V. Seirinidou, 3 hours

B) SPECIALIZATION COURSES

I. Compulsory

ΙΙ 29 Methodological Problems of

History

How does the past turn into history? How do we create

cohesive, meaningful histories out of the chaotic events

and phenomena of past times? Is history the sole way in

which modern societies relate to the past? What is the

role of myth, memory, art? What is public history? What

is historical experience? Dominant trends in historical

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thought: Historicism and social history, structuralism

and the longues durées, from culture to cultural history,

micro-history and social anthropology, mnemonic

studies, oral history and psychoanalysis, feminism and

gender history, meta-history and the linguistic turn.

Postmodernism and the problem of truth. Transnational

history and historiography. What “the end of history”

means and what are the prospects for historical studies

and for historians?

V. Karamanolakis, 3 hrs.

ΙΙ 25 Ancient History C

Introduction and Overview of Roman History from the

Early Years to Diocletian

Overview of the evolution of Roman history from the

foundation of Rome to the tetrarchy of Diocletian (753

BC–305 A.D). In this term, the main weight of the

lectures will fall on the following issues:

- The constitution, the political institutions and the

social organization of Republican Rome.

- The expansion of Rome in Italy and the

Mediterranean Sea

- The crisis of the Roman Republic

- The establishment of the Augustan Principate

- The administrative and social organization of the

Roman Empire

- The crisis of the 3rd century AD.

N. Giannakopoulos, 3 hrs.

ΙΙ 19 Early Modern European

History B

Early Modern Western Societies (16th – 18th centuries).

Social stratification and economic organization, power

relations, cultural traditions and collective mentalities,

questions of identity construction (social, gender,

religious, ethnic, national). Aspects of the socio-

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economic and political transformation of Western

societies, 1500-1700. Τhe course is supported by a

webpage.

C. Gaganakis, 3 hrs.

II 31 Modern Greek History II

The course examines the major political, social and

economic developments in Modern Greece from the

coup d’état of 1909 to the entry of Greece into the Second

World War (1940). The modernizing policies of

Eleftherios K. Venizelos; the National Wars (1912-1922);

the Asia Minor Question (1891-1922); the settlement of

the refugees; the agrarian reform of 1917; the economic

crisis of the 1930s; and the Metaxas dictatorship (1936-

1941) will be thoroughly analyzed. The lessons will be

supplemented by the reading of primary sources and by

visits to museums and other historical sites of memory.

Sp. Ploumidis, 3hrs

II. Optional Courses

IIa. Optional seminar courses

SΙ 91 Ancient History

Sources of Ancient Greek History

Detailed presentation of the literary, epigraphic and

numismatic sources of Ancient Greek History. The

seminar focuses on the method of reading, assessing and

critical thinking over the primary sources.

S. Psoma, 3 hrs.

SΙ 41 Medieval European History City and Social Services: Medical Care, Education and

Justice in the European Cities in the Late Middle Ages

(Twelfth to Fourteenth Century)

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The seminar focuses on the major changes that took

place in the areas of healthcare, education and justice

during this transitional period, when urban

development and the influx of settlers from the rural

areas into the cities throve.

N. Giantsi-Meletiadis, 3 hrs.

SI 57 Early Modern Greek History I Collectivities and Communities in the Greek-Venetian

East (13th-18th centuries)

Τhe formation, functions, internal hierarchizations,

institutional characteristics and a typology of the

collectivities of urban and rural areas in the Greek-

Venetian East, within the framework of the Venetian

State and of the broader Greek world.

Α. Papadia-Lala, 3 hrs.


History

Hunting Witches in the West, 1550-1750

The magical universe of early modern Europe. Elite and

popular perceptions and uses of witchcraft in daily life.

The homogenizing persecuting discourse of the lay and

ecclesiastical elites and popular perceptions of

witchcraft. Sabbath and maleficium. The reaction of

communities and the instrumentalization of witchcraft.

The question of gender in the witch-hunts. Witchcraft,

poverty and marginalization. Objections to the existence

of witches and sorcerers and reactions to the witch-

hunts, from Johann Weyer to Reginald Scot. Τhe course

is supported by a webpage.

C. Gaganakis, 3 hrs.

SΙ 217 History of the Ottoman Ideologies and political views spread by the Orthodox

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Empire

Church during the Ottoman period

The aim of the seminary is to describe and analyse -

through the adequate sources and summary

bibliography- the ideological tendencies of the Orthodox

Church -especially those of the Greek-Orthodox

Patriarchate of Constantinople- during the Ottoman

period. In fact the Church was the main central

institution of the Orthodox subjects of the sultans,

especially during the two first centuries that followed

the fall of the Byzantine Empire. The seminary will focus

on issues such as the preservation of the Byzantine

legacy, the relations with Catholic and Protestant

Europe, as well as Orthodox Russia, the concept of

“Romiosyni” and its relationship with aspects of

Hellenism, the confrontation of the Church with

different movements, such as the Enlightment (18th

century) and the different nationalisms that spread in

the Ottoman Empire, mainly during the 19th century.

Particular reference will be given to the impact that had

on the above mentioned matters the Ottoman legal,

political and ideological framework, as well the views of

the Orthodox Church towards the Ottoman

administration.

P. Konortas, 3 hrs.

SI 18 Modern and Contemporary

Greek History

The Constitutional History of Greece: 20th Century

The course examines the function of the Constitution in

20th century Greece. Emphasis will be placed on the role

of the Constitution in the European countries, on the

constitutional reforms of 1911, 1927, 1952 and 1975, on

the various proposals for constitutional reforms, and on

the impact of the two major cleavages (the National Rift

and the civil war) which caused the Greek “crisis of

institutions” in 1915-1974.

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Εv. Hatzivassiliou, 3 hrs.

IIb. Optional courses, non seminars

II 213 Byzantine History Women in Byzantium

The course focuses on the role and position of women in

society and the economy, as well as in the constitutional

and political history of Byzantium, especially during the

Middle Byzantine period. We will examine the legal

position of women relative to social practice, their

presence and activities in the family and in the social and

economic life of the Empire, as well as the phenomenon

of the exercise of political power by women. A number of

passages from contemporary textual sources will be

singled out for historical commentary.

K. Nikolaou, 3 hrs.

II 128 Byzantine History The grand strategy of the Byzantine empire: 6th-11th

century

The Byzantine Empire, a superpower from the 6th to the

11th c., was the longest living center of international

power and influence in the history of the Western

civilization, which distinguished itself as no other power

in the art of geopolitical survival. Retaining the Roman

ecumenical ideology, although with a radically different

geopolitical orientation after 476, the Byzantine Empire,

through the grand strategy of a combination of military

power and diplomacy, succeeded in facing successfully

simultaneous threats on many fronts and promoting

successfully an international order of things based on the

byzantine civilization. The absolute doctrine of this high

strategy had to do with avoiding conflicts and securing

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achievements using a variety of diplomatic means.

S. Mergiali-Sahas, 3hrs.

II 99 Early Modern Greek History Poverty’s Environment in the Greek-Venetian Levant

The course will examine poverty in the context of the late

medieval and early modern period in the Venetian

possessions on the Greek territories. With starting point

the European West, our interest will focus on the

Venetian case as well as on the Greek-Venetian world

where it will be discussed the conceptualization of

poverty, its causes, its perception from the local societies,

the measures taken in order to fight poverty and the

attitude of single social subjects and collectivities toward

the poor and indigent.

K. Konstantinidou, 3 hrs.

II 101 Early Modern Greek History Migration and Greek Diaspora (13th-early 19th

century)

The course examines the various migration movements

from the traditional Greek world to Europe, the Balkans,

the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea that took place

during the Early Modern Period. It examines the

economic, political and cultural dimensions of the

migration phenomenon as well as the various aspects of

the Greek Diaspora. Friday, 12:00-15:00, class. 432

S. Koutmanis, 3 hrs.

II 140 Modern European History History of Childhood and Youth in Modern Europe

The course deals with central issues and basic aspects of

the history of childhood and youth in Europe (mainly in

northern, northwestern, western Europe and more

generally in the so-called western world). It focuses on

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the period from the 18th century to the interwar years,

with extended references to the early modern period and

the Middle Ages. The historical meanings of

“childhood”, dominant adult perceptions, discourses and

practices in relation to children, children’s private lives,

their place, function and experience, within the contexts

of households, institutions, educational mechanisms,

peer groups, national states and colonial empires are

examined, in relation to gender as well as to social class.

M. Papathanasiou, 3 hrs.

ΙΙ 135 Modern Greek History

Greece in the Second World War: Occupation,

Resistance, Liberation

World War II has been one of the most significant

historical experiences of twentieth century in any level,

either global, European or Greek. The course will focus

on the conditions in occupied Greece in comparison with

the rest of European territories under Nazi rule, as well

as the changes that Greek society underwent during that

period. More specifically, we will study the process of

economic disintegration, the famine and its multiple

consequences, the strategies of the Occupation forces,

their violence and terrorism against civilians, the

extermination of the Greek Jewry, the multifaceted

phenomenon of collaborationism, the Resistance

movement, the internecine conflicts during the

Occupation, the December events, the relation between

the period of Occupation and that of the Greek Civil

War. We will also touch upon the matter of how WWII,

the Occupation and the Resistance have been negotiated

in the context of memory and public history. The course

aims to offer basic knowledge about Greek society

during the war and the occupation and a rough

introduction to the rich bibliography that has been

produced in the last decades.

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D. Lampropoulou, 3 hrs.

II 88 Modern and Contemporary

Greek Political History

The Greek political system, 1929-1967

An examination of the evolution of the Greek political

system from the Great Depression of the 1930s until the

imposition of the military dictatorship in 1967. The

course will examine the political forces and their

evolution, the causes of the collapse of Greek democracy

in 1936, the post-war elections, the search for new

orientations and development strategies in the post-war

era, the influence of international ideological trends, the

influence of the Greek civil war and the post-civil war

realities, and the causes for the overthrow of democracy

in 1967. Moreover, the course shall discuss the

convergences and divergences between the Greek and

Western European post-war political systems, especially

France and Italy.

Εv. Hatzivassiliou, 3 hrs.

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SPRING SEMESTER

A) CORE COURSES

Code no. – Course title Course description – Tutor – Hours

ΙΙ 11 Ancient History B

The late-classical and hellenistic periods

Part A: From the end of Peloponnesian war to the death of

Philip II. Part B: Introduction to and overview of the period

from Alexander the Great to the complete political

subjection of the 11ellenistic states (336-30 BC).

S. Psoma, 3 hrs.

ΙΙ 12 Medieval European History A

Overview of Medieval European History (5th – 15th

centuries).

The course focuses on an overview of Medieval European

History, especially on issues related to the political and

socio-economic structures of the Medieval West (barbaric

invasions, feudal system, the confrontation between the

Papacy and Imperial power, state organization, the growth

of the urban world, the crusades, cultural life, the recession

of the 14th century and the reestablishment of growth in the

15th).

N. Giantsi-Meletiadi, 3 hrs.

ΙΙ 21 Byzantine History B

History of the Byzantine State, 1081-1453.

The late Byzantine period is approached through the

following thematic units: geographic space and key events;

the place of Byzantium on the international scene; the way

of evolution of the Byzantine society; the social and ethnic

groups in Constantinople during the Comnenian and the

Palaeologan period; the cultural life and the Byzantine

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collective identity; occultism; the heresies; astrology and

idolatrous outlooks; the state apparatus and the court

offices; the economy.

S. Mergiali-Sahas, 3 hrs

ΙΙ 14 Modern European History A Introduction to the History of Modern Europe, 1789-1989

The course focuses on major aspects of the economic,

political and social history of Europe, from the French

Revolution to the downfall of “actually existing socialism”

in Eastern Europe.


ΙΙ 18 Modern Greek History A

The course examines nation- and state-building in Modern

Greece during the ‘long’ nineteenth century (1830-1909). I

will focus on politics and statecraft; the institutional

development; the state ideology of Great Idea; the foreign

policies and the national unification of Greece within the

framework of the Eastern Question. Several other issues of

social history (such as the agrarian reform of 1871, the

language issue and social banditry) will also be analyzed.

The historical developments will be studied in their

European and Balkan context.

S. Ploumidis, 3 hrs.

B) SPECIALIZATION COURSES

I. Compulsory

ΙΙ 22 Medieval European History B

Medieval European History II

The course examines closely the situation in Western

Europe during the 11th-15th centuries. The urbanization

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process in Western Europe during the Middle Ages and the

transition of authoritarian mechanisms of ecclesiastical

institutions into urban communities as well as the policy of

the Pope (Reconquista of the Iberian peninsula, Crusades in

the eastern Mediterranean) are of special interest. Emphasis

is also put on the organization of the crusading dominions

and the (diplomatic and economic) activities of the Latins

there as well as their symbiosis with the local populations

in the former Byzantine Empire (Romania).

N. Giantsi-Meletiadi, 3 hrs.

ΙΙ 30 Early Modern Greek History

B

History of the Greek Territories during the Venetian

Period (13th-18th centuries).

Political environment, ideology, administrative institutions

and ecclesiastical policy, social stratification and groupings,

economic activities, cultural life.

Α. Papadia-Lala, 3 hrs

II 24 History of the Ottoman

Empire II

History of the Late Ottoman Empire and of the Early

Turkish State (19th cent. – 1946)

The course will focus at first on the process that leaded

towards a -partial at least- westernization of the empire

and the Reforms (Tanzimat), that touched he legal

framework as well as fields such as society, economy,

politics, ideology, literature and arts. During the same

period the infiltration of the European interests in the

Ottoman economy and politics increased at a great scale.

Particular references will be given οn the legal, social and

economic status of the non Muslim Ottoman subjects

during the same period (with special references to the

millet system and particularly to the Greek-Orthodox

millet), as well as on the appearance and spread of

nationalist movements of the Ottoman Empire, including

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Turkish nationalism. The last ideology, that spread

particularly during the events that marked the years 1920-

1922, will become the main factor of construction of the

Turkish national state that succeded the Ottoman Empire in

1923. Finally, the course will examine the main structures

of the Turkish state and the Turkish society during the

period 1923-1946, called “the single party period”.

P. Konortas, 3 hours

ΙΙ 84 History of the Post-War

World

The course discusses the postwar history of international

relations, focusing on three processes: the Cold War,

decolonization and European integration.

E. Hatzivassiliou, 3 hrs

II. Optional

IΙa. Optional seminar courses

SI 71 Ancient History Sources on the Greek polis in the Roman Period.

The seminar will focus on the examination of primary

historical sources (literary, epigraphic, legal sources) for the

Greek polis under Roman rule. The following issues will be

addressed:

- The role of the Council and the Popular Assembly

in the civic life of Greek poleis under Roman rule

- The various magistracies in the Greek cities

- The significance of gymnasial, professional and

religious associations

- The significance of euergetism and the award of

honours

- The award of Roman citizenship and the integration

of civic elites in the administrative and social

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hierarchy of the Roman Empire

N. Giannakopoulos, 3 hrs.

SI 78 Byzantine History Cultural relations between the declining Byzantium and

Renaissance Italy.

This seminar will focus on the removal of the cultural

alienation between the two sectors of Christendom (Eastern

and Western) and on the emergence of a new dynamic in

the relations between the two as a result of their inevitable

coexistence in the East after 1204, as well as on the

phenomenon of mutual influences which this coexistence

brought about on the political, social and economic level.

From 1261 onwards and as a result of a series of factors and

conditions, a number of intricate channels of

communication are formed between the two worlds -

channels which will lead to cultural relations, of essential

quality and proportions, between the declining Byzantium

and Renaissance Italy.

S. Mergiali-Sahas, 3hrs.

SI 76 Byzantine History Rich and poor, charity and social welfare in Byzantium

The seminar examines the social stratification in Byzantium

in order to demonstrate the ways in which individuals,

state and ecclesiastical bodies were pursuing social politics

either through charity or through structures, aiming to

mitigate the gap between the social strata and to improve

the living conditions of the weaker. The student’s essays

will focus on issues of collective solidarity, charity, social

care, and more generally the whole system of welfare

towards the weakest members of society. The breadth of

the centuries under study allows diachronic examination

both in the major cities of the empire and in the provinces.

Also, the expression of the contradictions between the

social and economic strata and the perceptions of the State

and the Church on poverty and wealth will be examined.

The seminar is a field for the meeting of the economic and

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social history of Byzantium and gives students the

opportunity to deepen on essential issues for the byzantine

era and beyond.

M. Lykaki, 3hrs.

SI 218 Early Modern Greek

History

Greek Communities in Western Europe (13th-18th

centuries)

This seminar will explore aspects of the history of the

Greek communities in Western Europe, and in particular in

Italy, between the 13th and 18th centuries, in the

framework of the wider migration phenomenon: the

political-socioeconomic factors that prompted the Greeks to

emigrate and the forms of their emigration, as well as the

typology of their settlements (urban or rural), their

relations with the local populations, the communal

organization, the degree to which they acculturated to their

new environment and, finally, the new multiple identities

that arose.

Α. Papadia-Lala, 3 hrs

SΙ 219 Early Modern Greek

History

Leisure Time in Venetian Greece (14th c.-18th c.)

In this seminar we will examine the issue of leisure time

in Venetian Greece from the 14th to the 18th centuries.

Topics to be examined include the existence or not of

leisure time as concept and experience during the late

medieval and early modern periods, its eventual

“discovery” and perceptual endowment, its social

dimensions, its control and management by the

authorities, its ambivalent and questionable nature as

perceived by the authorities, its regularization as well as

its various facets and stages of development during the

period in question.

Katerina Konstantinidou, 3 hrs.

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SI 152 Early Modern Greek History

Empires, cities and exchanges in the Eastern

Mediterranean (13th - early 19th century)

The seminar examines the Eastern Mediterranean as an

area of imperial policy, urban culture and economic and

cultural exchanges during the Early Modern Period.

Particular emphasis is given to the role of port cities as

convergence points of the above dimensions of the

Mediterranean.


SI 113 Modern European History

History of Work

The seminar examines basic aspects and central issues of

the history of work in urban as well as in rural Europe

(mainly in Britain, France, the german speaking and central

European regions) and their relation with industrialization

as well as with surviving preindustrial structures and

practices, from the late 18th century to the interwar period.

The term «work» is used instead of “labour” because of its

broader meaning, to signify working in industry as well as

in the rural sector, away from home as well as housework,

manual as well as non manual, remunerated and non

remunerated. Contemporary discourses, debates and

perceptions of work as well as working conditions,

relations and living experiences are dealt with, along with

different types of work, the impact of micro-social and

broader social environments as well as of gender and age.

Students are required to be able to read scholarly texts in

english, prepare for class discussions, take active part in

them, as well as give an oral presentation and submit a

written paper on a particular subject


SI 06 Contemporary History Oral history: research questions, practical applications,

theoretical reflections

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The seminar is an introduction to the key methodological

and theoretical issues of oral history: How was oral history

constructed as a distinct field of historical inquiry? What

makes oral history different? What kind of specific

characteristics do oral testimonies have as historical

documents? In what ways can they illuminate history of

the recent past? What kind of challenges do they convey for

the historians’ task?

We shall focus on the relationship between memory

and history, the memorial process as a source of identity,

the connection between the individual and the collective,

the narrative strategies of oral accounts, the interaction

between the interviewer and the interviewee.

The course aims to familiarize the students with: (a)

the basic Greek and international bibliography on oral

history, (b) the methodology and techniques of research

based on oral testimonies.

D. Lampropoulou, 3 hrs

IIb. Optional courses, non seminars

II 91 Ancient Greek History Introduction to Greek Historical Numismatics

An extensive introduction to Greek numismatics as a

historical science including the following topics: beginning

of coinage, nomos and nomisma, the different values of a

coin, iconography, metals, issuing authorities, monetary

standards, circulation, the so-called international coinages,

coinages and historical events, coinages and historical

context.

S. Psoma, 3 hrs.

II 94 Byzantine History Social and cultural history of the Byzantine wars (6th -

19

11th c.)

As an omnipresent phenomenon, war has been a dominant

feature that has affected every sector of the state and society

of the byzantine empire. The course examines the byzantine

wars from the 6th to the 11th century in their social, political

and cultural context. The aim is to outline the mutual

relations between the military organization and the

economic, legal, political and social spheres, while drawing

special attention the consequences of war conditions

especially in relation to the experiences of the widespread

population of the empire, identities, cultural production and

international relations of the byzantine state.

M. Lykaki, 3hrs.

II 102 Early Modern Greek

History

Cultural and ideological orientations of the Early Modern

Greek world (15th-early 19th century)

The course examines the various cultural phenomena that

took place during the Venetian and Ottoman period of

Greek history, as well as in the Diaspora communities

during the longue durée of the early modern years. In

particular, issues of education, organization of schools,

literature production and folk culture, scientific ideas and

political ideology will be examined.


II 07 Modern Greek History The Revolution of 1821

Main political, social and ideological parameters of the

Greek Revolution will be studied vis-à-vis the military

events.

M. Efthymiou, 3 hrs.

II 105 History of the Turkic

peoples

History of the Turkic peoples till the 14th century: from

Eastern Asia to the Mediterranean

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The course will focus on the political, economic, social and

cultural history of the Turkic peoples till the foundation of

the Ottoman Emirate at the end of the 13th and the

beginning of the 14th century. Main points of the course will

be the terms “Turkic peoples” and “Turkic languages”, the

evolution of the meanings of the term “Turk” through the

ages, the reasons of the migrations of the Turkic peoples in

different directions, the gradual transition from a nomad to

a settler’s way of life, the “Nomadic (Steppe) Empires” , the

gradual turkification of Central Asia as well as the gradual

islamization of the majority of the Turkic peoples, the effect

of Iranian cultural influences, the importance of

international trade routes (such as the Silk Road) and the

impact of the infiltration of Turkic peoples into the core of

the Islamic world since the 11th century. Finally the course

will examine the process of the gradual turkification and

islamization of Anatolia from the 11th to the 14th century

P. Konortas, 3 hrs.

II 64 Early Modern European

History II

Propaganda and identity construction in the Reformation

crisis, 1520-1600

The course focuses on the propaganda war unleashed by

the emergence of Martin Luther and his reform movement

in Germany. Often described by historians as a “war by

print”, the confrontation between the Catholic Church and

the Lutherans actually involved all means of

communication, print (text, imagery), visual (theatre,

processions) and oral (preaching from the pulpit, public

disputations). The first part of the course deals with the

various media and strategies employed by the Lutheran

propagandists, and it also focuses on the belated Catholic

response. The second part of the course focuses on the

“War of Words” that fed the French Wars of Religion (1562-

1598). It examines and compares the propaganda strategies

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of both confessional camps, Calvinist ad Catholic, and

sheds light on the new, revolutionary phase of the

propaganda war, which actually became a total war of

attrition, undermining, spread of false rumours, and was

eventually politicized on both sides, as the French Wars of

Religion were viewed as a major element in a broader

European conflagration that was to culminate in the Thirty

Years’ War in the 17th century.

K. Gaganakis, 3 hrs.

ΙΙ 141 Modern European History British History, 18th – early 20th century

In this course fundamental issues of the political and social

history of Britain during the long nineteenth century will

be examined in relation to the great economic and social

transformation of the relevant period. Topics such as the

formation of the modern British state, the expansion of the

voting right and democratisation, the transformation of the

political and economic elites, the emergence of social

movements, the British Empire and the Industrial

Revolution will be approached in a combined way,

highlighting their historical background and their

implications on the British and consequently on European

history in general.

A. Ampoutis, 3 hrs.

II 112 Modern and Contemporary

History

History of the Balkans (19th – 20th Century)

The course examines the political and diplomatic history of

the Balkan states (Albania, Bulgaria, Rumania, former

Yugoslav states) from their establishment till 1999. The

formation of national identities; the wars of independence;

the institutional development of the nation-states; the

national wars (1912-18); and the royal dictatorships of the

inter-war period will be thoroughly presented. The

structure of the post-war socialist regimes and the wars of

Yugoslav succession will also be discussed.

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Sp. Ploumidis, 3 hrs.

ΙΙ 06 Contemporary History Introduction to social history: questions, concepts,

methods.

How are the lives of common people shaped? How are

formed and change over time the experience of social

groups, their aspirations and fears? Through which

practices do they develop their relationship to labour,

education, and politics? How are their public and private

manifestations connected with historical conjunctures?

These are some of the questions historians posed as they

shifted their focus of interest from institutions and political

élites to the non-dominant social groups. It was an

altogether different perspective, a narrative of history

“from below”. The course aims to familiarize students with

the basic thematic areas and the sources of social history, to

enable them to understand the evolution of

historiographical questions within this perspective and to

tackle categories such as “social class”, “gender”, “race”,

used by social history in its various investigations.

In the course will be discussed some fundamental

contributions in international as well as modern and

contemporary Greek history, so as to facilitate the

comprehension of the various ways through which Greek

historiography converses with developments in the

international academic community.

D. Lampropoulou, 3 hrs

OPEN TUTORIALS

The “Megali Idea” and its repercussions upon the formation of Greece's foreign

policy (second half of the 19th century)

Spring Semester

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This free lecture/course examines the development of the nationalistic ideology of the

newborn Hellenic Kingdom (Megali Idea) during the second half of the nineteenth

century, especially from the viewpoint of the then partisan press. It focuses, as well, to

the divergent policies as to its gradual implementation, policies that had been developed

by prominent political figures of the time, such as Al. Koumoundouros, Har. Tricoupis,

who favoured an energetic policy in alliance with the other Balkan nations against the

Ottoman Empire and Ep. Deligeorgis, who in contrast inclined towards a more

conciliatory approach, fearing the nationalistic fervour of the neighboring Slave peoples

and the then current ideology of Panslavism from Russia.

A. Antonopoulos, 3 hours

How to write papers

Spring Semester

This open seminar aims to educate students how to write scientific papers, familiarizing

them also with the literary style of essays. The seminar is taught both theoretically and

practically. Students will be trained to write a paper, during the course and also as

homework. It is mainly aimed at the students of the History major and at those of the

first four semesters.

Ch. Bali, 3 hours

University of Athens and Politics

Working with archival sources: Professor’s Nikolaos Vlachos Files.

Spring Semester

The connection between University of Athens and the political life of Greece is an

important part of the history of the institution. Studying also this connection, this open

seminar aims primary to familiarize students with the research and interpretation of

archival sources. This archival material will be mainly documents from the Nicholaos

Vlachos (1893 - 1956) Files, Professor of History of Modern Greece at the University of

Athens. The seminar is aimed primarily at the students of History orientation, without

excluding those of the first four semesters, who wish to participate.

Ch. Bali, 3 hours

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2. COURSES IN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ART HISTORY

WINTER SEMESTER

Α) CORE SUBJECTS

Code number-

Course Title

Course desrcription - Professor – Hours taught

ΙΑ 04 Introduction

to Archaeology

Introduction to Archaeology

The course deals with the definitions, principles, methods and

practice of the discipline of Archaeology. The main methods of

discovering, unearthing, recording, dating and studying

archaeological remains are also discussed. Other issues include

archaeological ethics, heritage management, and the importance of

archaeology for the present and future of modern societies. Case

studies from greek and world archaeology are also presented to

enhance the understanding of the above issues. Bibliography,

images and handouts can be downloaded from eclass (ARCH284).

Optional visits to museums and archaeological sites.

e-class: ARCH284 (Bibliography, images and handouts)

Y. Papadatos, 3 hours

ΙΑ 11 Classical

Archaeology Α

Introduction to Greek Archaeology and a brief survey of the

Geometric and Archaic Periods (c. 1050-480 BC). An Introduction

to Greek Archaeology and its methodology. A brief survey of the

development of architecture, sculpture, metallurgy, pottery and

vase painting in mainland Greece and the islands between 1050

and 480 BC, based on the archaeological record.

Optional fieldtrips to archaeological sites and museums.

Ε-class: ARCH441 (images, notes, announcements).

https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH441/

Opencourses.uoa.gr/modules/document/index.php?course=ARCH

3&openDir=/5412be48wBO1/559fbab0eDNF/55f2abe5Qp2A&sort=

name&rev=1

[2]

D. Plantzos, 3 hours.

ΙΑ 13 Βyzantine

Archaeology I

Introduction to Byzantine Archaeology. Early Byzantine period

(4th – 7th c. AD)

From the Christian Αrt history of the 19th c. to the interdisciplinary

approaches of the 21st c. Study of Vernacular and Ecclesiastical

Architecture, Monumental Painting and Minor Arts of the period

between the 4th and the 7th century A.D.

Ε-class: ARCH272

P. Petridis, 3 hours

ΙΑ 15 History of

Art I

The Art of Renaissance and Mannierism (15th -16th centuries)

Starting with the development of the “Natural Style” and Giotto’s

artistic production during the 14th century, Painting, Sculpture and

Architecture will be examined in the main Italian artistic centres (

Florence, Rome, Venice)in the 15th and 16th centuries. Emphasis

will be put on theoretical texts concerning Renaissance Art, namely

on Leon Battista Alberti’s, Della Pittura, Florence 1436, as well as on

Leonardo da Vinci’s Trattato della Pittura, Paris 1651.

e-class: ARCH200 (full archive of courses pictures)

Ε. Μavromichali, 3 hours

Β) SPECIALIZATION SUBJECTS

SPECIALIST COURSES

ΙΑ 42 Archaeology

of the Near East

Archaeology of the Near East

This course offers an overview of the history and archaeology of

the Near East during the late 3rd and the early 1st mil. B.C. An

emphasis is given to Anatolia (Hittite empire, Phrygia, Lydia), the

Levant (Canaanite archaeology, Late Hittite, Aramaic, Philistine,

Phoenician and Israelite kingdoms, the Assyrian expansion) and

Egypt (New Kingdom, 3rd Intermediate Period). A special

discussion will follow about the Egyptian and Hittite texts which

refer to the Aegean (Ahhiyawa, Keftiu, Tanaja).

[3]

e-class: ARCH275

K. Κopanias, 3 hours

ΙΑ 43 Specialist

Courses in

Archaeology and

Art History

Α. Theory of the archaeological discipline: Main trends and

schools

The object of the course is the familiarisation with the main

directions of archaeological thought, such as Culture History, New

or Processual Archaeology, Post Processual Archaeology and the

current neo-materialist tendencies. The course also examines the

contribution of philosophical traditions, such as positivism,

evolutionism and phenomenology, in archaeological research. The

course objective is the critical presentation of the theoretical frame,

within which any archaeological research is circumscribed. The

treatment of theoretical issues is based upon indicative examples

mainly but not exclusively from the prehistoric Aegean.

e-class: ARCH 325

G. Vavouranakis, 3 hours

B. Great Greek Sanctuaries.

A survey of the great Greek sanctuaries in relationship with the

historical landscape and with emphasis on architecture.

Examination of site development, function and space organization,

along with typology of propyla, stoas and altars. The evolution of

local architectural workshops in combination with the dominant

trends and the narrative of the sanctuaries. The movement of

architectural workshops within the Greek Mainland.

C. Kanellopoulos, 3 hours

C. Art and Technology in Byzantium

The course offers an overview of the history of art and material

culture of Byzantium (4th to 15th C.) exploring the materiality of

the artworks and the interrelation between artistic expression, raw

materials, and technological achievements. Panel paintings,

ivories, textiles, metalwork, and jewellery will be examined

focusing on their technical features and the expertise of the

workshops that produced them, and testimonies to exchanges

between Byzantium, Latin West and the Islamic world. Special

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emphasis will be given to the role of artefacts in Byzantium’s

economy, trade and diplomacy. The course will be supplemented

by visits to museum galleries and hands-on examination of works

of art.

The course will be supported by the Benaki Museum Conservation

Department.

A. Drandaki, 3 hours

D. Reasearching into Archaeology and the History of Art:

Modern Greek Art (19th cent.)

This course examines 19th century modern Greek art (Painting,

Sculpture, Architecture) within the framework of the

corresponding European art and in relation to the national

ideology of the newly established Greek state. Specific areas of a

deeper, sustained analysis will be the following artists: Nikolaos

Gyzis and the Munich Sezession, Symeon Savvides and

contemporary European chromatic theories, Giannoulis Chalepas

and his late sculpture, as well as the Agglo-Greek painter and

metallist, Maria Cassavetti-Zambaco and the Pre-Raphaelite

movement.

Ε. Mavromichali, 4 hours

ΙΑ 26 Prehistoric

Archaeology

The Palaeolithic and Neolithic societies

Human emergence in Africa and the production of the first stone

tools around 2.5 million years B.C. point the beginning of the

Palaeolithic period, characterized by the constitution of the first

human groups and the organization and functioning of the first

societies. The end of the palaeolithic occurs during the 10th mill.

B.C. with the melting of glaciations, the rise of temperature and the

climate improvement. During the neolithic period which follows

and goes till the 3rd mill. B.C. sedentarization and the

domestication of plants and animals reveals a new way of life and

new relations with the environnement. Our aim is the study of the

Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers societies, the phenomenon of

Neolithization, as it appears in the near east, and the agro-pastoral

societies of the neolithic in the broader geographical context of the

eastern mediterranean with emphasis to the material culture and

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the ideological systems as well.

The course is enriched by an educational excursion and videos.


G. Kourtessi-Philippakis, 3 hours

ΙΑ 108 Roman

Archaeology

Introduction to the Archaeology of the Roman Period

The subject of this course is the evolution of the arts during the

Roman imperial times, from August, i.e. the end of Hellenistic

period in 30 B.C., to Constantine the Great and the end of the

ancient world. The origins of the arts of this period, both in Italy

(Etruscans, Republican Rome) and in the Hellenistic East, will also

be examined, as well as Late Antiquity, namely the transition to

the Christian world. Furthermore, for a better understanding of the

artistic tendencies, we will study the historical and socio-political

data of the period. Emphasis will be laid on architecture, sculpture

(specially the portrait and the significant groups of statues),

painting and pottery. The course includes visits to the National

Archaeological Museum and the archaeological sites of the Roman

Agora and the Library of Hadrian. In order to be able to meet the

demands of the course the student ought to have successfully

completed the course IA 12: Classical Archaeology B.

e-class: ARCH274 (bibliography, images and handouts)

St. Κatakis, 3 hours

ΙΑ 44 Post-

Byzantine

Archaeology

The Greek world after the Fall of Constantinople: art and

archaeology of the 15th to 18th century

The course offers an overview of the material culture and artistic

production developed after 1453 in areas with Greek orthodox

population and Greek communities living under Latin or Ottoman

rule. Urban planning, secular and religious architecture, sculpture

and ceramics are among the topics that will be explored. Particular

emphasis will be paid to the main trends in religious painting,

represented in monumental art and portable icons, as well as to

aspects of metalwork and embroideries. Aspects of tradition and

renewal in the art of the period will be discussed throughout the


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course, with reference both to the Palaiologan legacy and the

reception and appropriation of western and ottoman artistic

expressions.

The lectures will be supplemented by visits to monuments and

museums in Athens and Attica.

Visits to monuments and museums of Athens and Attica.

e-class: ARCH649

G. Pallis, 3 hours

Α. Drandaki, 3 hours

OPTIONAL COURSES

Α. SEMINARS1

SΑ 70 Prehistoric

Archaeology

The Middle Bronze Age in mainland Greece and the beginning

of the Mycenaean world.

The course examines the Early Helladic origins and the character

of the Middle Helladic period. It examines the transition to the

Late Helladic era and the genesis of the Mycenaean world. It

discusses the distribution of sites in the mainland, the habitation

patterns, the architecture, the funerary architecture and burial

practices, the economic and social organization of the period.

e-class: ARCH 147 (texts, bibliography)

A. Hassiacou- Argyraki, 3 hours

SΑ 15

Archaeology of

the Near East

Years of Crisis: The End of the Late Bronze Age in the Eastern

Mediterranean

This course focuses on the political, social and economic

organization of the palatial centers of the Eastern Mediterranean

(Anatolia, Levant, Egypt) during the 13th century, as well as the

subsequent period (12th-8th c.).

1 Students announce their participation on the start of the seminar. They will be graded on the basis of

their participation in the seminar, oral presentation and an essay.

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e-Class: ARCH639

K. Κopanias, 3 hours

SΑ 111 Prehistoric

Archaeology

SA 122 Prehistoric

Archaeology

Critical (re-) interpretation of prehistoric burial data

Burial assemblages are treated in various ways by archaeological

research: e.g., as sealed contexts and thus significant for the

typology of artifacts and their dating, as indicative of the identity

and social status of the dead, as sources of information about the

biological characteristics of past people, as examples of

metaphysical beliefs, and, more generally, collective notions about

the world and the function of society. The seminar is divided into

two parts. The first part discusses the main theoretical and

interpretative directions of research. In the second part, students

are called to apply the above directions by re-interpreting the finds

from a prehistoric cemetery of their choice. Compulsory series of

short written essays and their oral presentation.

e-class: ARCH324

G. Vavouranakis, 3 hours

The insular communities of the Aegean, their relations with

palatial Crete and the problem of minoanization

This course deals with the history of the insular Aegean

communities and their relations with the palatial centres of Crete

in the first half of the 2nd millennium BC. The focus of study is the

phenomenon of minoanization and the problem of the so called

‘Minoan thalassocracy’, while special emphasis is given on the

different ways these communities adopted Minoan culture.

Written essay and oral presentation are compulsory. Bibliography,

images and handouts can be downloaded from eclass (ARCH256).


e-class: ARCH254


SA 26 Classical Images of Greek Theater

Greek vases include a number of scenes that refer to ancient Greek

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Archaeology theater (tragedy, comedy, and satyr drama) as well as to various

pre- and para-dramatic performances. A large amount of

scholarship has been devoted to the discussion of the origin(s) and

the interpretation(s) of these scenes, which appear already in the

6th c. BC and continue until the late 4th c. BC. The seminar focuses

on the ways of visual narration/iconography in order to examine

the most important theatrical scenes and motifs, comment on the

sources of inspiration and on the choices of their makers, discuss

their visual codes and, finally, compare the literary and pictorial

narration of the same myths.

The students will have to prepare and present a paper.

e-class: ARCH420

Eurydice Kefalidou, 3 hours

SA 129 Byzantine

Archaeology

Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Church Architecture in Athens

(10th-18th c.)

Church architecture flourished in Athens during the Byzantine

and Post-Byzantine era, although the city was of a secondary

significance as it concerns population, administration and

economy. Τhe Byzantine churches of Athens and the surrounding

area belong to the so-called “Helladic School” of architecture,

which formed many of its characteristic features in this city. The

Post-Byzantine churches represent the continuity of the already

established architectural tradition in a new environment, as well as

the peculiar dialogue between the local church building

production and the ottoman architecture. The course aims to

follow the development of Athenian church architecture working

on the monuments and to introduce students in the methodology

of studying them.

E-class: ARCH 691

G. Pallis, 3 hours

SA 80 History of

Art

Artists and trends in contemporary art

Definitions, movements, trends and artists of the 20th century

(from Fauvism to Land Art).

e-class: ARCH444

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D. Pavlopoulos, 3 hours.

Β. TAUGHT OPTIONALS

ΙΑ 72 Prehistoric

Archaeology

The Insular Aegean in the Early Bronze Age

This course examines the culture of the Aegean islands during the

3rd millenium B.C. Special emphasis is given to the Cyclades, but

the neighbouring insular and littoral areas (Northeast Aegean, the

coastline of Asia Minor, Attica and Euboea, North Crete) are also

examined for a better understanding of the close relations and

intense interaction that developed during this period.

Bibliography, images and handouts can be downloaded from

eclass.




IA 74 Prehistoric

Archaeology

The Prehistory of Cyprus.

The development of the early societies of the island, that is of the

neolithic and chalcolithic periods, are briefly examined, while at

the same time the connection of the latter with the evolution of the

Bronze Age is attempted. Greater emphasis is given to the social

phenomena which characterize the Early, Middle and Late Bronze

Age. Problems of space organization, productive processes and

institutional changes (administration, economy, religion) are

analyzed through the study of material culture. The cultural

physiognomy of the island is placed within the framework of the

important developments which took place in the eastern

Mediterranean during this era. The use of new technologies

enriches the teaching process. The course is also completed with

visits to museum collections with Cypriote antiquities in Athens.

e-class: ARCH132

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E. Mantzourani, 3 hours

ΙΑ 150

Αrchaeology and

Archaeometry

Production and distribution of ancient ceramics: archaeological

and archaeometric approaches

This course deals with archaeological and archaeometric

approaches to the production and distribution of ancient ceramics.

Issues presented and discussed include the basic principles of

ceramic technology and the main analytical methods (petrography,

chemical analysis, scanning electron microscopy) applied in the

study of provenance and technology of ancient ceramics. Case

studies from Prehistoric, Classical and Byzantine period are also

presented. Apart from lectures in class, the course includes also

practical exercise on the petrographic microscopes of the

Laboratory of Mineralogy and Petrology at the Faculty of Geology

and Geoenvironment, under the supervision of Dr. Panagiotis

Pomonis (Asst. Prof. of Mineralogy and Petrology, University of

Athens) and Dr. Eleni Nodarou (geoarchaeologist, director of the

Petrography Laboratory at INSTAPEC).


G. Papadatos, Eu. Kefalidou, P. Petridis, P. Pomonis, 3 hours

ΙΑ 203 Prehistoric

Archaeology

Methods, Materials, Techniques

The course discusses theoretical matters of ethics and methodology

during the scholarly research, as well as matters of terminology

and translation; it presents practical ways for the classification,

cataloguing, description and study of the archaeological material;

it discusses the methodology of compiling a thesis or a publication;

it presents materials and techniques with special reference to

ceramics in Prehistoric Aegean.

e-class: ARCH 283 (texts, power points)

A. Hassiacou -Argyraki, 3 hours

ΙΑ 64 Classical

Archaeology

Attic Black-figure Vases

This lesson examines the black-figure vases which were produced

in Attica during the Archaic period. We will present and discuss

the manufacturing techniques, the shapes and the uses of these

vases, which were being exported in large quantities all over the

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Mediterranean Sea.

We will also examine their iconography, which provides us with

rich information on everyday life, myth and ideology of

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