Universität Wien

090062 SE Byzantinische Geschichte: People and Power in the Early Byzantine City (2017W)

8.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 9 - Altertumswissenschaften
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 10 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

three double-length sessions

Mittwoch 08.11. 15:00 - 16:30 (Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 L3-05)
Mittwoch 15.11. 15:00 - 18:15 (Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 L3-05)
Mittwoch 13.12. 15:00 - 16:30 (Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 L3-05)
Mittwoch 10.01. 15:00 - 16:30 (Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 L3-05)
Samstag 13.01. 09:00 - 12:30 (Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 L3-05)
Mittwoch 17.01. 15:00 - 16:30 (Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 L3-05)
Samstag 20.01. 09:00 - 12:30 (Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 L3-05)
Mittwoch 24.01. 15:00 - 16:30 (Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 L3-05)
Mittwoch 31.01. 15:00 - 16:30 (Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3 L3-05)

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

The ‘decline of the city’ is often mentioned as one of the features that characterize the early Byzantine period. This seminar investigates the changes in urban life in the Eastern Roman (or Early Byzantine) Empire from the fourth to the eighth centuries, by focusing on the status and administration of cities (curia/boule); social structures and social groups; elites and non-elites; and urban self-representation by collectives and individuals in text and image. All major sources —texts, papyri, inscriptions, archaeology and material culture—will be considered, in addition to relevant scholarly literature. Particular emphasis will be placed on the question of the impact of Christianity on urban life in this period.
This is an advanced, research-intensive seminar that depends on the active participation of each student. Students are expected to contribute throughout the semester, by participating in class discussion, by presenting a written source and a non-written source and by giving a book report on relevant scholarly literature. In addition, students will develop a research topic of their own, which they first present in oral form and then write up in an extensive scholarly essay.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Participation in class discussion: 20%
Presentations of a written and a non-written source: 10%each
Book report: 10%
Oral presentation: 20%
Written essay: 30%
Guidelines for the written essay, which should be based on a substantial amount of original research:
Topic to be agreed in dialogue with the instructor;
Bibliography and outline must be presented for discussion in class;
Final length: 10.000-12.000 words, excluding footnotes and bibliography;
Quotations in the text in English, in the footnotes in the original language; Citation system must be consistent.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

In all five examination categories above, students must achieve a grade of at least ‘mangelhaft’ (4), in order to pass the course. Students are required to be present at each session. Unavoidable absences must be announced ahead of time. Missing more than two sessions may result in a failing grade.

Prüfungsstoff

Materials covered in the seminar meetings, and additional readings selected by the student.

Literatur

Abbott, F. F., Johnson, A. C., Municipal Administration in the Roman Empire (Princeton, 1926)
Barnish, S., “The Transformation of Classical Cities and the Pirenne Debate,” JRA 2 (1989), 385-400
Brandes, W., Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert (Berlin, 1989)
Chastagnol, A., L’Album municipal de Timgad (Bonn, 1978)
Claude, D., Die byzantinische Stadt im 6. Jahrhundert (Munich, 1969)
Durliat, J., De la ville antique à la ville Byzantine (Paris, 1990)
Jones, A. H. M., The Greek City from Alexander to Justinian (Oxford, 1940)
L’évêque dans la cite du IVe au Ve siècle. Image et autorité, CEFR 248 (Rome, 1998)
Liebeschuetz, J. H. W. G., The Decline and Fall of the Ancient City (Oxford, 2002)
Recent Research in Late Antique Urbanism, ed. L. Lavan, 2001
Saradi, H., The Byzantine City in the Sixth Century: Literary Images and Historical Reality (Athens, 2006)
The City in Late Antiquity, ed. J. Rich (London, 1992)
The City in the Classical and Post-Classical World. Changing Contexts of Power and Identity, ed. C. Rapp, H. Drake (Cambridge University Press: New York 2014)
The Greek City from Antiquity to the Present. Historical Reality, Ideological Construction, Literary Representation, ed. K. Demoen (Louvain etc., 2001)
The Idea and Ideal of the Town between Latin Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, ed. G-P. Brogiolo and B. Ward-Perkins, The Transformation of the Roman World, 4 (Leiden, Boston, Cologne, 1998) CR
Towns and their Territories between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, ed. G. P. Broglio, N. Gauthier, N. Christie (Leiden etc., 2000)
Towns in Transition: Urban Evolution in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, ed. N. Christie, S. Loseby (Aldershot, 1996) CR
Vescovi e pastori in epoca teodosiana, 2 vols. (Rome, 1997)
Whittow, M., “Ruling the Late Roman and Byzantine City,” Past and Present 129 (1990), 3-29
Wickham, C., “From the Ancient World to Feudalism,” Past and Present 103 (1984), 3-36

Further bibliography will be communicated in the course of the semester.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Di 31.05.2022 00:18