PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
Program in Hellenic Studies

COURSE OFFERINGS: FALL 2003

Freshman Seminar The Mediterranean and Its Travelers Constanze Güthenke
HLS 101/MOG 101 Elementary Modern Greek
 Dimitri H. Gondicas
HLS 105/MOG 105 Intermediate Modern Greek
 Zoe Passati-Bouloutas
ART 206/HLS 206 Byzantine Art and Architecture Slobodan Curcic
CLG 240/HLS 240 Introduction to Post-Classical Greek
from the Late Antique to the Byzantine Era		 Susan Wessel
HLS 361/ECS 361 Special Topics In Modern Greek Civilization:
Europe and Greece: Between East and West
 Constanze Güthenke
ART 430/HLS 430 Medieval Art: Byzantine Monasteries Slobodan Curcic
COURSES OF INTEREST

 

   The Mediterranean and Its Travelers
FRESHMAN SEMINAR

In this seminar we will look closely at the fascination which the physical and cultural environment of the Mediterranean has exerted on its travelers since antiquity. We will ask what the Mediterranean is, how far it stretches, and whether it is an area of geographical and cultural unity. We will also explore the link between travel, curiosity and the imagination, and the idea that travel somehow changes the traveler who writes about it. To this end, we will look at travelers from different periods and to different areas of the Mediterranean, including the ancient historian Herodotus; early pilgrims to the Holy Land; artists and poets in search of artifacts and inspiration; adventurous women travelers in the 18th and 19th century; Mark Twain (who raises the question: is a traveler the same as a tourist?); and some contemporary travel writers and film makers.
Constanze Güthenke

   Elementary Modern Greek
HLS 101/MOG 101

This course is the first part of the modern Greek language sequence regularly offered every year. It aims to set the foundations for acquiring a command of spoken and written modern Greek. The pace is intensive: readings and grammar from textbook, with accompanying daily exercises, and regular language laboratory attendance. Auditors welcome with instructor's permission.
Dimitri H. Gondicas  Classes: 11:00 -11:50 p.m. MTWTh

  Intermediate Modern Greek
HLS 105/MOG 105

This course is the third part of the modern Greek language sequence offered every year. It will introduce students to themes in the Hellenic tradition through readings in modern Greek literature (Cavafy, Seferis, Ritsos). We will read newspaper articles, listen to Greek songs, and study documentary films. The emphasis will be on improving students' oral and written skills. Classes will be held entirely in Greek. Auditors welcome with instructor's permission.
Zoe Passati-Bouloutas  Classes: 11:00 -11:50 p.m. MTWTh

  Byzantine Art and Architecture
ART 206/HLS 206

Art and architecture of the Eastern Mediterranean and Eastern Europe, from ca. 600 to ca. 1500. The course will focus on the art of the Byzantine empire and its capital, Constantinople, but will also consider its broader sphere of cultural influence (Russia, Armenia, Georgia, Sicily, Venice, Serbia, Bulgaria, Rumania). The course will examine the major factors which shaped the artistic legacy of Eastern Christendom during the Middle Ages.
Slobodan Curcic  Lecture: 11:00 -11:50 p.m.TTh

  Introduction to Post-Classical Greek from the Late Antique to the Byzantine Era
CLG 240/HLS 240

Intended for students at all levels beyond that of the textbooks, the course will expose students to a variety of prose genres characteristic of the post-Classical period. Although some attention will be given to literary analysis and Classical predecessors, the main emphasis will be on learning to read such texts with facility.
Susan Wessel  Classes: 1:30-2:30 p.m. MWF

Special Topics In Modern Greek Civilization: Europe and Greece: Between East and West
HLS 361/ECS 361

In this course we will explore evolving conceptions of Europe. We will study how the cultural and territorial borders of Europe have been defined, taking Modern Greece (from the eighteenth century to the present) as our reference point. Greece is a country poised precariously between East and West, in literature and history. We will ask how images of Europeanness have developed and we will focus on the role played by literature in this process, both in staking out familiar territory and creating new grounds.
Constanze Güthenke Seminar: 1:30 - 4:20 p.m. W

Medieval Art: Byzantine Monasteries
ART 430/HLS 430

Byzantine Monasteries: art and architecture of the monastic sphere within the Byzantine Empire and the related lands, from c. 400 to c. 1500. The aim is to understand the main religious, social, and cultural factors within the Byzantine monastic sphere, and the manner in which these factors were expressed in art and architecture created directly under monastic auspices.
Slobodan Curcic Seminar: 7:30 p.m. - 10:20 Th
  

Courses of Interest

Greek Archaeology of the Bronze Age
ART 300
Lecture: 10:00-10:50 MW
T. Leslie Shear, Jr

 

Myths in Greek Art
ART 302
Lecture: 2:30-3:20 MW
William A. Childs

 

Architecture of Periclean Athens
ART 525
Seminar: 1:30-4:20 F
T. Leslie Shear, Jr.

 

Participatory Democracy: From Ancient Athens to the Postmodern Organization
CHV 312/CLA 312
Class: 11:00-12:20 TTh
Josiah Ober

 

The Greek World in the Hellenistic Age
CLA 217/HIS 217
Lecture: 3:30-4:20 TTh
Marc Domingo Gygax

African American Writers and the Classical Tradition
CLA 240/AAS 240
Lecture: 2:30-3:20 TTh
Staff

 

Greek Tragedy: Tragedy, War and Empire
CLA 506
Seminar: 1:30-4:20 W
David S. Rosenbloom

 

Problems in Greek Literature: A Theoretical Introduction to the Iliad
CLA 514
Seminar: 1:30-4:20 Th
Mark Buchan

 

Problems in Ancient History: Society, Wealth and the Divine: Benefaction and Ancient Cities
CLA 547/PAW 501
Seminar: 9:00-11:50 F
Marc Domingo Gygax, William A. Childs

 

Socrates
CLG 105
Class: 12:30-1:20 MTWTh
Christian Wildberg

 

Tragic Drama
CLG 213
Seminar: 11:00-12:20 TTh
Mark Buchan

 

 Greek Tragedy
CLG 302
Class: 1:30-2:50 TTh
David S. Rosenbloom

Cultural Interpretation
ECS 209/HUM 209
Lecture: 11:00-11:50 MW
Maurizio Viroli, Patrick J. Deneen

 

Communication and the Arts: Books and Their Readers
ECS 331/COM 341
Seminar: 1:30-4:20 Th
Anthony T. Grafton

 

Europe from Antiquity to 1700
HIS 211
Lecture: 11:00-11:50 MW
Michael S. Mahoney

 

The World and the West since 1300
HIS 213
Lecture: 10:00-10:50 MW
Gyan Prakash, Robert L. Tignor

 

10th Century European History: Interwar Europe
HIS 563
Seminar: 1:30-4:20 T
Philip G. Nord, Anson G. Rabinbach

 

From Antiquity to the Middle Ages: Literature and the Arts
HIS 216
Lecture: 11:00-11:50 M
Class: 1:30-2:20 MW
Class: 2:30-3:20 MW
Theodore K. Rabb, P.A. Sitney, Anthony T. Grafton

 

From Antiquity to the Middle Ages: History, Philosophy and Religion
HUM 217
Lecture: 11:00-11:50 WTh
Class: 1:30-2:20 Th
Class: 2:30-3:20 Th
Theodore K. Rabb, P.A. Sitney, Anthony T. Grafton

 

The World of the Middle Ages
MED 227/HUM 227
Lecture: 1:30-2:20 TTh
D.V. Smith

 

Problems in Early Christian Music
MUS 511
Seminar: 1:30-4:20 W
Peter G. Jeffery

 

Jews, Muslims, and Christians in the Middle Ages
NES 220/HIS 220
Class: 1:30-2:50 MW
Staff

 

The Near East and the Eastern Question since 1815
NES 433/HIS 433
Class: 1:30-2:50 MW
M. Sükrü Hanioglu

 

The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1800
NES 437/HIS 337
Class: 1:30-2:50 TTh
Heath W. Lowry

 

Introduction to Syriac
NES 515
Class: 10:00-10:50 MTWThF
Emmanuel Papoutsakis

 

Introduction to Classical Armenian
NES 524
Class: 9:00-9:50 MWF
Emmanuel Papoutsakis

 

Problems in Early Ottoman History
NES 571
Seminar: 1:30-4:20 Th
Heath W. Lowry

 

Introduction to Ancient Philosophy
PHI 205/CLA 205
Lecture: 2:30-3:20 MW
Christian Wildberg

 

The Philosophy of Aristotle
PHI 501
Seminar: 10:00-12:50 F
Staff

 

Special Topics in the History of Philosophy: Plotinus, Ennead VI 8
PHI 516/CLA 526
Seminar: 7:00-9:50 W
Michael Frede

 
The History of Early Christianity
REL 252
Lecture: 1:30-2:20 MW
Elaine H. Pagels		 Jews, Gentiles, and Christians in the Ancient World
REL 343
Class: 11:00-12:20 TTh
John G. Gager