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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
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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
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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/
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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
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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
SPRING SEMESTER (6th)
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
WINTER SEMESTER (7th)
Code Course title
Β PD301 Education I: Teaching History:
Theory and Practice
4 History Electives
1 Free Elective
SPRING SEMESTER (8th)
Code Course title
* The course includes student practical training.
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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
WINTER SEMESTER (5th)
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
SPRING SEMESTER (6th)
Code Course title
*ΙΙ ΙΑ31 Classical Archaeology C
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*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
1 Archaeology and History of Art
Elective
4th Year
WINTER SEMESTER (7th)
Code Course title
Β PD301 Education I: Teaching History:
Theory and Practice
*ΙΙ ΙΑ108 Roman Archaeology
3 Archaeology and History of Art
Electives
1 Free Elective
SPRING SEMESTER (8th)
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 ***
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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
2 Archaeology and History of Art
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.
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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
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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:
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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
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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
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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).
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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
SΙ 133 Early Modern European
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
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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
SΑ 22 Prehistoric Archaeology 3 6
SΑ 70 Prehistoric Archaeology 3 6
SΑ 111 Prehistoric Archaeology 3 6
SΑ 116 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 88 Classical Archaeology 3 6
SΑ 162 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
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ΙΑ 202 Prehistoric Archaeology 3 5,5
ΙΑ 203 Prehistoric Archaeology 3 5,5
ΙΑ 208 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.
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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.
SΙ 55 Early Modern European
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.
M. Papathanasiou, 3 hrs.
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.
S. Koutmanis, 3 hrs.
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
M. Papathanasiou, 3 hrs.
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 -
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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.
S. Koutmanis, 3 hrs.
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=
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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).
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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.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH164/
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
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH164/
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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).
Optional visits to museums and archaeological sites.
e-class: ARCH254
Y. Papadatos, 3 hours
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.
Optional visits to museums and archaeological sites.
e-class: ARCH170 (Bibliography, images and handouts)
Y. Papadatos, 3 hours
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).
e-class: ARCH579 (Bibliography, images and handouts)
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