WINTER SEMESTER
A.CORE SUBJECTS
CODE-TITLE
DESCRIPTION
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.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH508/
D. Lampropoulou, 3 hours
ΙΙ 10
Ancient History A
From the end of the Mycenaean world to the end of the Peloponnesian War
The course will focus on the evolution of the ancient Greek world during the Archaic period, the appearance of the polis-state and her organization, and the most significant characteristics of this period: legislation, colonization, and tyranny. We will also examine the transition to the Classical period and the relevant developments as well as the conflict with the Achaemenids, the hegemony of Athens and the final confrontation with Sparta.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH910
E. Psoma, 3 hοurs
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.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH959/
K. Nikolaou, 3 hours
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.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH303/
V. Seirinidou, 3 hours
B. SPECIALIZATION SUBJECTS
ΙΙ 29
Methodological Problems of
History
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 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 hours
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.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH701/
N. Giannakopoulos, 3 hours
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-economic and political transformation of Western societies, 1500-1700. Τhe course is supported by a webpage.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH100/
C. Gaganakis, 3 hours
II 31
Modern
Greek History B
The course examines the major political, social and economic developments in modern Greek history from the Goudi movement (1909) to the entry of Greece into the Second World War (1940). The ideology of Venizelism and bourgeois modernization, the rural economy, the economic crisis of the 1930s, and the Metaxas dictatorship 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.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH304/
Sp. Ploumidis, 3 hours
ΙΙ03
Introduction
to World History
The course will trace pivotal phenomena and turning points in the evolution of human societies in the course of history, placing emphasis in the modern era (15-20th centuries). It will focus on issues such as the impact of geography in the economic and political evolution of human societies and of the political entities, the role of technology, of sea routes and of commerce, cultural interactions, the factors that led to the rise of the West and the making of the European colonial empires, and the ongoing challenge to the West-centred perception of history.
The course will place great emphasis on geography and knowledge of the world map.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH309/
Ε. Hatzivassiliou, 3 hours
C. OPTIONAL COURSES
C1. SEMINARS
SI 95 Ancient Greek History
Ancient Greek History and its Sources
The seminar introduces the different sources for Ancient Greek History, their use, and how these can be interpreted and combined. Literary testimonia, papyri, inscriptions concerning public and private life, coins and archaeological data are examined together with the aim of a more complete approach and interpretation of the ancient Greek world.
E. Psoma, 3 hours
SI 160 Byzantine History
Questions of the social history during the byzantine period
The seminar deals with some of the main questions of the social history during the byzantine period (10th-15th.cent.) such as:
The byzantine family
Childhood and youth
The byzantine Saint
Urban space and social relations
Social groups
Byzantine identities
Kiousopoulou, 3 hours
SI 79
Byzantine History
Collective attitudes and individual pathways in Early and Middle Byzantium (4th-11h c.)
Our aim is to study and interpret the attitudes of ethnic, religious, gender, social, economic, professional, spiritual and other groups and strata in the Byzantine Empire (e.g. Romans-"Romioi", Greeks - Armenians - Jews - iconophiles - iconoclasts - saints - monks - women - eunuchs - rich - poor - farmers - slaves - artisans - soldiers - chroniclers - historians - intellectuals - teachers), while at the same time we follow, record and evaluate the individual routes taken by characteristic representatives.
K. Nikolaou, 3 hours
SΙ 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 (like, for example, the turn of Byzantium towards the West for reasons of political expediency; the exceedingly intensive and imaginative Byzantine diplomacy targeting the major centers of Europe; the city of Constantinople as a pole of attraction for Italian humanists; and the unique contribution of charismatic Byzantine intellectuals to the mutual cultural rapprochement of Byzantium with the West) - channels which will lead to cultural relations, of essential quality and proportions, between the declining Byzantium and Renaissance Italy.
The course makes use of the PowerPoint system and is supported by a webpage (e-class).
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH450/
S. Mergiali-Sahas, 3 hours
SΙ 106
Medieval European History
Nutrition, health and longevity in the Middle Ages
Each culture entails different ideas about what is healthy and what is unhealthy. After all, the traditional illness and health beliefs that are incorporated in folk remedies remain strong for many generations, even when they coexist with medicine. Our understanding of food and health is undoubtedly based primarily on our cultural and social identity, since the relationship between food and health is constantly changing and is determined by a variety of social and cultural factors. What is considered right and healthy can be based either on social custom or on folk medicine or can be linked to a larger medical theory about the proper function of the body and the contribution of food in maintaining physical and mental health.
In this seminar, the ingredients and the cooked food, the preparation, the subjects that cook and consume food, the table manners and the organization of a banquet, the different eating habits and prohibitions, but also the meaning of hunger shall be examined. Documents related to kitchen bills, manuscript illustrations and, of course, cookbooks and recipe collections, along with other sources, shall be analyzed in order to understand medieval culture, as food consumption is not only a biological need, but also a culturally defined activity.
N. Giantsi-Meletiadi, 3 hours
SI 217
History Of the Ottoman Empire
Ideologies and political views spread by the Orthodox 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 Roman-Catholic and Protestant Western 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.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH298/
P. Konortas, 3 hours
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.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH111/
C. Gaganakis, 3 hours
SI147
Modern Greek History / Modern
and Contemporary History
Greek perceptions of Cold War crises
This course will discuss Greek perceptions of Cold War crises. Suggested examples of Cold War crises: Berlin Blockade (1948-1949); Korean War (1950-1953); Suez Crisis (1956); Hungary (1956); Congo (1960-1961); Berlin Wall (1961); Cuban Missile Crisis (1962); the Prague Spring (1968); US intervention in Chile (1973); Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979); First Gulf War (1990-1991).
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH960/
E. Koumas, 3 hours
C2. CLASSES
II 95
Byzantine History
Βyzantine society during the Palaeologan period.
A survey of the period 1261-1453 focused on the main features of the byzantine society during the Palaeologan period (13th-15th.cent.) such as:
The aristocracy as the ruling class
Social relations and the land
The byzantine cities
3α. Urban space and social relations
3β. The development of the urban economic activities.
Relations between the State and the Church
A monastic world
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH 914
Kiousopoulou, 3 hours
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.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH271/
Ε. Hatzivassiliou, 3 hours
ΙΙ135
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.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH
D. Lampropoulou, 3 hrs
II140
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, focusing on the history of children and childhood, in Europe (mainly in northern, northwestern, western Europe and generally in the so-called western world). It focusses on the time 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” and “youth”, 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.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH481/
M. Papathanassiou, 3 hours
SPRING SEMESTER
A. CORE SUBJECTS
Code no.
Course title
Course description – Tutor – Hours
ΙΙ 11
Ancient History B
Part A: From the end of the Peloponnesian war until the death of Philip II.
Part B: Overview of the period from Alexander until the political end of
the Hellenistic world (336-30 BC).
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH538/
N.Giannakopoulos, 3 hours
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 collective identity; occultism; the heresies; astrology and idolatrous outlooks; the state apparatus and the court offices; the economy.
The course makes use of PowerPoint and is supported by a webpage (e-class)
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH357/
S. Mergiali-Sahas, 3 hrs
ΙΙ 12
Medieval European History Α
Introduction to the Medieval History of the West (5th - 15th c.)
Drawing on certain political, social and economic history issues during the period under consideration, the course will focus on the changes taking place within the medieval European environment, especially between the 11th and the 15th centuries.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH931/
N. Giantsi-Meletiadi, 3 hours
ΙΙ 14
Modern European History Α
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.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH480/
M. Papathanassiou, 3 hours (A-Ma)
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH120/
Κ. Raptis, 3 hours (Mε-Ω)
ΙΙ 18
Modern Greek History A
Greek state and society (19th-early 20th century)
The course introduces students to the main political, social and cultural developments that characterized the first century of Greece as an independent state, from 1830 until the first decades of the 20th century, when Greece entered a new phase both in a national and an international level. We will examine the formation of political forces and the construction of political institutions, the history of social relations and social classes, the evolution of towns and cities and the respective urban network, the social and productive functioning of the countryside, the role of shipping enterprise, the first attempts of the industrial sector, the growth of educational institutions, the workings of national ideology and the contemporary ideological ferment. The above mentioned subjects will be situated in their European and Balkan contexts.
e-class: https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH353/
D. Lampropoulou, 3 hours
B. SPECIALIZATION SUBJECTS
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.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH330/
K. Konstandinidou, 3 hours
II 24
History of the Ottoman Empire ΙΙ
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 the legal framework as well as fields such as society, economy, politics, ideology, literature and arts. During the same period the infiltration of the European Christian states 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 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 succeeded 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”.
Teacher’s name to be announced, 3 hours
II 18
Modern
Greek History A
Greek state and society (19th-early 20th century)
State-building in Modern Greece (1830-1909): In particular, the course examines the major political, socio-economic and cultural developments in Modern Greece during the ‘long’ nineteenth century. The course focuses on the government of John Capodistrias; politics and statecraft under King Otto; constitutionalism; the Greek Great Idea (Megali Idea); land reform; early industrialization; social banditry; et. al. Historical developments will be studied within their wider European and Balkan context.
e-class: https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH353/
Sp. Ploumidis, 3 hours
II84
History of the Post-War World
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.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH114/
Ε. Hatzivassiliou, 3 hours
E. Κoumas, 3 hours
C. OPTIONAL
C1. SEMINARS
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 hierarchy of the Roman Empire
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH706/
N. Giannakopoulos, 3 hours
SΙ 219
Early
Modern
Greek History
Poverty and disease in the Greek Territories under Venetian Rule (13th-18th).
Framed by the broad themes of poverty and disease in the Greek territories under Venetian rule, an examination is made of: a) the management mechanisms of the phenomenon of poverty, c) the epidemic phenomenon, especially the plague epidemics from the Black Death to the end of the Early Modern period, c) the operation of institutions (hospitals, plague houses, monti di pietà) in the territories under examination.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH934/
K. Konstantinidou, 3 hours
SI 153
Early
Modern
Greek History
Family and gender in the early modern Greek world
The seminar seeks to familiarize students with issues and methodological tools of family and gender history and to apply them in the case of Ottoman-dominated Greek society. Through the study of court and legal documents, normative and narrative texts and religious and medical discourse, we will explore the various aspects of family relationships, as well as social practices and perceptions related to gender, sexuality, childhood and emotions.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH957/
V. Seirinidou, 3 hours
SI 19
Modern Greek History
From Skiadika (1859) to the Polytechnic School Uprising (1973). Stories from student protests in Greece.
What did the student protests mean in Greece, from the establishment of
the University of Athens (1937) to the present day? How do we study them in connection with the political and social developments? How did the university authorities and the state dealt with them, especially during
authoritarian times? In which cases can we talk about a student movement? Do we have to use singular or plural form: movement or movements? Which were the historical moments that defined those movements? How do we read the continuities and ruptures of their course? The seminar will examine certain significant moments of the history of student protests in Greece in the social and political context of their time; it will attempt to compare them with international cases of student activism, and focus on the notion of student movement itself. The Skiadika, the Evangelika, the student unionism during the interwar period, as well as the resistance to foreign occupation in WWII and the anti-dictatorial struggle (1967-1974) will be the main stops of our course. By using a wide international and Greek bibliography on the subject, the seminar will pose a series of questions about the student status, the concept of movements and particularly of the student movement, the nature of student demands, the presence and role of student movements in the public sphere, and their relationship with international events.
The participants in the seminar will work on original archival material from the Historical Archive of the University of Athens and other archives.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH966/
V. Karamanolakis, 3 hours
SI142
Modern
Greek History
Post-war: society, politics, culture in Greece from 1945 to 1967
The decades following World War II constitute a distinct historical period in both the Greek and the international context, which is traversed by trends that have changed the shape of the world, such as the decolonization, the Cold War, the welfare state and the economic growth, the new social movements, the cultural revolution. Greek society participated in the formation of this new world, carrying for years the political, social and emotional burden of the civil war. However, apart from the great breakthrough of the Civil War, many more important turning points and transformations took place in Greece until the end of the 1960s. In the seminar we shall address essential aspects of the civil war period, but our main focus will be on the 1950s and 1960s. We will investigate the social, cultural and ideological processes of the period, tendencies and debates that, although not directly related to central politics, are nevertheless connected with it, as they are mutually shaped. We will also deal with the historiographical questions about the period, the diversity, the possibilities and the difficulties of the available sources (different types of archives, press, testimonies, cinema, literature, advertising, etc.), but also with different types of analysis, which have examined central aspects of Greece during that period of time, such as the sociological, the political and the anthropological.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH 964
D. Lampropoulou, 3 hrs
SI 231
Modern European History
History of the British Empire (1763-1947)
We examine the history of the world’s most powerful colonial empire between the end of the Seven Years War (1763) which consolidated Britain’s colonial supremacy towards France and Spain, and the India Independence Act (1947) which marks the beginning of imperial Britain’s dismantling process. We focus on the period of the “Second British Empire” (1815-1914), when the empire was at its peak. Taking into account the distinction between “formal” and “informal” empire and under the prism of multiple historiographical tendencies, we deal with 1) the causes and mechanisms of ritish colonial expansion, 2) its connection with the development of industrial capitalism, 3) the methods of colonial expansion, administration, as well as control of the local populations, 4) the cultural interactions between the colonies and the metropolis, 5) the dominant social Darwinism and its instrumentalization in regard to the natives. We tackle these questions with reference to concrete geographical cases, turning points or individual itineraries, and, where possible, in comparison with the other colonial empires of the period.
Requirements: Very good knowledge of English –having passed the exam in “Modern European History A’”- II14 (for Greek students)
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH843/
M. Papathanassiou, 3 hours
C2. CLASSES
II91
Ancient
Greek History
Ancient Greek Numismatics: an Introduction
Extensive introduction to ancient Greek historical numismatics as an auxiliary science of history that includes the following sections: the introduction of coinage, the relationship between law and coinage (nomos and nomisma), the different values of a coin, metal, iconography, issuing authorities, weight standards, monetary policy, patters of circulation, the so-called international currencies of the Ancient Greek World, the reasons why cities and kings issued coins, and increased the production of their currencies.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH943
E. Psoma, 3 hours
II 133
Byzantine History
Love and politics in Byzantium
The aim of this course is occasioned by a wish to view love, in its romantic expression, as a motive and a stimulus for political, constitutional and social changes that affect the empire directly, as well as indirectly or in the long term. The rationale behind this is to give prominence to the decisions and actions of individuals who played a leading role in Byzantine history, decisions and actions that derived from the love these persons had for their romantic partners and occasionally bordered on the abuse of power. It is to demonstrate that their actions –the result of long-term mental processes, which is usually the case with human feelings, as opposed to the impulsive unjustified acts usually born of rather “instinctive” romantic sentiments– contributed to the evolution of state institutions, the change in political direction or the realignment of social or “partisan” balances of power.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH958/
K. Nikolaou, 3 hours
II 125
Byzantine History
The phenomenon of the saint as a component of the history of Palaiologian era (1261 to 1453).
The historical development of the last two centuries of Byzantium through hagiological contemporary sources, which reveal ideals and mentalities, as well as a particular view of the events of the time which astounded the late Byzantine society, as such events were experienced by the saints and recorded by their biographers.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH496/
S. Mergiali-Sahas, 3 hours
ΙΙ 22
Medieval European History B
Women in the Middle Ages: Gender and Sexuality.
The history of human sexuality remains, for the most part, terra incognita, especially when it comes to women. Only in the last century have women themselves openly discussed their sexuality in ways that are accessible to history. Besides, for most of human history, the written word has largely been a male-dominated field of expression, so we almost always perceive women through the distorting lens of men. Literature is full of sexually ravenous women, unfaithful wives, and cheating females who are enthusiastically involved in sex acts.
Christian theorists were convinced that human sexuality suffered an irreversible decline as a result of the sin of Adam and Eve. Their negative assessment has remained with us until today. This course will take a deeper look at the customs and ideas that dominated the construction of gender in the Middle Ages. It will also offer an idea not only about one but many different "sexualities". The sexuality of the medieval woman included many divergent aspects and did not only refer to her sexual activity, as her sexual life was both social, cultural, legal, and religious as well as personal.
We will also look at the experiences of women in medieval society: public and private power, the changing notions of the family and the domestic sphere, women in religious life, women in the workplace, and the beginnings of the "feminist" way of thought. The course also includes exploring the lives and experiences of women in medieval Europe, with particular emphasis on political power, religious life, work, and family life.
The course will focus first on the personal aspects of medieval female sexuality: namely Virginity, Marriage, Medicine, and Rape. In addition, the framework of Canon Law and the secular jurisdiction beliefs for medieval female sexuality will also be examined.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH932/
N. Giantsi-Meletiadi, 3 hours
II 126 History of Education
History of Education
Education is always accomplished within a specific historical context directly linked to political, social and cultural circumstances. This course aims to study issues related to the history of education in the Greek state, especially during the 19th and 20th centuries. Indicative points of discussion will be: theories that formed educational systems; education in a changing, geographically and politically, world; literacy and learning; organization of educational system; the social character of education; teaching and learning methods; educational reforms. Most course sections will focus on the comparative examination of the above mentioned and other relative issues during past periods.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH528/
V. Karamanolakis, 3 hours
II146
Modern
Greek History
Greek Foreign Policy, 1923-1949
This course will discuss Greek foreign policy from the conclusion of the Treaty of Lausanne and the end of the Megali Idea to the early Cold War era. It will examine the following topics: the strategies that the Greek governments adopted to deal with the Greek security problem; Greek stance towards the international organizations (the League of Nations and the United Nations); Greece’s relations with the Great Powers and its neighbors; Greek perceptions of the international system; Greek national aspirations after 1923; and the Greek policy in the Middle East.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH961/
E. Koumas, 3 hours
61 ΠρΑσκ
Practical training of students
Practical training of students
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” (funded by the European Union and the Hellenic Republic).
The academic responsibility for the Programme of Practical Training lies with assistant professor
Ν. Dimakis (assisted by E. Kefalidou, M. Mouliou and E. Koumas).
OPEN TUTORIALS
Open Tutorial I
Political Physiognomies of the 19th Century
Epamineondas Deligeorgis (Tripoli 1829-Athens 1879): The perceptions of the prominent Greek politician regarding the Great Idea and the internal political, economic and social development of the Greek state (1843-79). (winter semester) (maximum 20 students)
A. Antonopoulos, 3 hours
Open Tutorial II
"Τhe Great Idea (Μεγάλη Ιδέα)and the alternate policies of achieving it: From the liberation-by arms-of the "unredeemed" hellenic lands to the Helleno-ottoman cooperation (2nd half of the 19th century). (spring semester)
This free lesson aims to familiarise the students with the process of the national awekening of the modern Hellenic state, especially during the second half of the nineteenth century. The alternate policies-military confrontation against the Ottoman Empire with the cooperation of the fellow Balkan nations (Serbs, Albanians, Rumanians) or partnership with the former against the "slavic menace" (i.e. the Bulgarian national movement)-were the two main options with which preeminent Greek politicians, such as Al. Koumoundouros, Ch. Tricoupis, Ep. Deligeorgis were faced upon. Which of the two was the more suitable ? The answer to this particular question depended mainly on the assessment of the European diplomatic, political and economical climate of the time, as well of the modernizing visions of the above mentioned major political figures of the newborn Hellenic state. To sum up, as a supplementary means of getting accustomed with the "raw material" of this particular historical period, the students will have to pay visit(s) to the central archive center of the Hellenic Parliament (Καπνεργοστάσιο).(maximum 20 students)
A. Antonopoulos, 3 hours
Open Tutorial III
How to write papers. An introduction
(Spring Semester)
This open tutorial aims to introduce students how to write scientific papers, familiarizing them also with the literary style of essays. The seminar is taught both theoretically and practically. Students are expected to write some assignments during the course or as homework.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH554/ (maximum 20 students)
Ch. Bali, 3 hours
Open Tutorial IV
How to read and interpret primary sources: “Professor’s Nikolaos Vlachos Files”.
(Spring Semester)
The personal files of Nikolaos Vlachos (1893-1956), professor of History of Modern Greece at the University of Athens, is kept in the
Laboratory of Historical Research and Documentation, https://ergasthrioistorias.arch.uoa.gr/sylloges/archeio_nikolaoy_blachoy. Using this material, this open tutorial aims to familiarize students with the interpretation and documentation of archival sources.
https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/ARCH607 (maximum 15 students)
Ch. Bali, 3 hours
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