6971001European History (Seminars)

Numbering Code G-LET26 76971 SJ38 Year/Term 2022 ・ First semester
Number of Credits 2 Course Type Seminar
Target Year Target Student
Language Japanese Day/Period Fri.5
Instructor name FUJII TAKASHI (Graduate School of Letters Associate Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course This seminar aims to provide students with the ability to independently conduct research on Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman history. Students will be required to analyze primary sources and secondary literature, which will lead to a more complete understanding of important historical events and topics, and the essential subjects of scholarly discussion. Students will also showcase their research communication competence orally and in writing, and acquire the proficiency to exchange their ideas with peer-students/ researchers.
Course Goals - Understanding important historical events and topics and the essential subjects of scholarly discussion.

- Acquiring the ability of independent research and making advances in research for the BA/MA/PhD thesis.
Schedule and Contents The objective of this seminar is to understand source materials and the subjects of scholarly discussions concerning the Greek/ Hellenistic economic history, through the reading of Alain Bresson's "The Making of the Ancient Greek Economy (2016)," which has been a game-changing work in the field of the ancient economic history.

- Introduction (1 class)

- Reading the text (13 classes)

- Conclusion and Feedback (1 class)
Evaluation Methods and Policy Students are evaluated based on their presentations and contributions to class discussions.
Course Requirements This seminar is for undergraduate and graduate students at the Department of European History.
Study outside of Class (preparation and review) Students are required to work on the abovementioned reading materials.
Textbooks Textbooks/References Instructed during class
References, etc. Introduced during class
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