Бакалавриат
2026/2027
Научно-исследовательский семинар "Научные проблемы истории Греции"
Статус:
Курс по выбору (Классическая филология)
Кто читает:
Институт классического Востока и античности
Где читается:
Факультет гуманитарных наук
Когда читается:
3-й курс, 1-4 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
9
Контактные часы:
128
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Problems of Greek Historiography. The course is aimed at highlighting the most controversial and prominent problems in modern classical studies. The research seminar covers issues of Greek historiography. A special feature of the program is that it mainly addresses those issues that have survived a change in the research paradigm and examines the modern achievements of historical science in relation to a particular problem.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- To be able to use the key ideas of Greek thinkers from Thales to Aristotle, including: the debate around virtue, justice, truth and the possibility of rational explanation of the universe.
- We will take a close look at the most authoritative story on the origin of the cosmos from Greek antiquity: Hesiod’s Theogony.
- Characterises the key ideas of Greek thinkers from Thales to Aristotle, including: the debate around virtue, justice, truth and the possibility of rational explanation of the universe
- To develop an understanding of the theoretical and methodological frameworks underpinning contemporary classical studies.
- To highlight a broad spectrum of pressing issues in modern classical scholarship, including source-critical and historiographical questions.
- Based on a comprehensive analysis of sources, to correlate paleotopographical, archaeological, visual, and scientific data with written traditions of various genres in order to analyze current debates in historiography.
- To highlight a broad spectrum of pressing issues in modern classical scholarship, including source-critical and historiographical questions
Course Contents
- Problem of Greek Historiography
- Theory and Methodology. Processual, Post-processual and Recent Approaches in Historical and Archaeological Research
- Geography and Demography. Settlement Systems, Demography, and Trade Contacts in the Bronze Age Aegean
- Geography and Demography. Settlement Systems and Demography in Dark Age Greece
- Geography and Demography. Settlement Systems and Demography in Archaic and Classical Greece
- Geography and Demography. Settlement Systems, Demography, and New Political-Economic Models in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods
- Myth and Reality. “Seven-Gated” Thebes: Epic Tradition, Topography, and Evidence of Material Culture
- Personalities. Eurymachoi and Leontiadai: “Unknown” Personalities in the Context of the Politics of the Theban Polis
- Personalities. Pelopidas as a Negotiator in the Context of the Diplomacy of the Theban Polis
- Personalities (Philosophy and Education). Not only ἐπιχώρια διδάγματα: Epaminondas’ Paideia.
- Disease: The “Plague” in Thucydides and Its Impact on Paideia
- War. Thucydides’ Mistake? Pylos and Sphacteria in 425 BC and the Battle of Navarino in 1827: Natural Causes of a Shared Pattern
- War. Strategy and Tactics, Logistic Constraints, and Technological Progress: The Battle of Delium in 424 BC.
- Classical Authors. Combining the Incompatible: Thebes in Fifth-Century BCE Tragedies and Thucydides (Politics and Paideia).
Interim Assessment
- 2026/2027 1st module0.5 * экзамен + 0.5 * Выступление с докладом
- 2026/2027 4th module0.1 * 2026/2027 1st module + 0.2 * Выступление с докладом + 0.4 * Экзамен + 0.1 * Выступление с докладом
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- 37833 - Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome - - - Public Domain (English) - https://hse.alpinadigital.ru/book/37833 - Alpina
- 9788862279529 - Gianvittorio, Laura - Choreutika : Performing and Theorising Dance in Ancient Greece - 2017 - Fabrizio Serra editore - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1642244 - nlebk - 1642244
- A companion to ancient Greece and Rome on screen, , 2017
- A culture of freedom : ancient Greece and the origins of Europe, Meier, C., 2011
- A history of Western thought : from ancient Greece to the twentieth century, Skirbekk, G., 2001
- A. C. T. (2007). The Ambassadors: From Ancient Greece to the Nation State. Contemporary Review, 289(1684), 134. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=f5h&AN=24884411
- An environmental history of ancient Greece and Rome, Thommen, L., 2012
- Ancestral fault in ancient Greece, Gagne, R., 2013
- Ancient Greece : a history in eleven cities, Cartledge, P., 2009
- Baby and child heroes in ancient Greece, Pache, C. O., 2004
- Bispham, E., Harrison, T. J., & Sparkes, B. A. (2006). The Edinburgh Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=279994
- Citizen and self in ancient Greece : individuals performing justice and the law, Farenga, V., 2012
- Creators, conquerors, and citizens : a history of Ancient Greece, Waterfield, R., 2018
- Deger-Jalkotzy, S., & Lemos, I. S. (2006). Ancient Greece : From the Mycenaean Palaces to the Age of Homer. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=165161
- Democracy's slaves : a political history of Ancient Greece, Ismard, P., 2017
- Economic analysis of institutional change in ancient Greece : politics, taxation and rational behaviour, Lyttkens, C. H., 2013
- Euripides. (2019). Euripides: The Complete Works. [N.p.]: Euripides. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2190927
- George, G. B. Translation from the "Medea" of Euripides / G. B. George. — Санкт-Петербург : Лань, 2013. — 2 с. — ISBN 978-5-507-29530-2. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/39800 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
- George, G. B. Translation of the Nurse's Dole in the Medea of Euripides / G. B. George. — Санкт-Петербург : Лань, 2013. — 1 с. — ISBN 978-5-507-29536-4. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/39805 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
- Great books of the Western World. Vol.5: Herodotus. Thucydides, , 2007
- Kinship myth in ancient Greece, Patterson, L. E., 2010
- Kuiper, K. (2010). Ancient Greece : From the Archaic Period to the Death of Alexander the Great (Vol. 1st ed). New York: Britannica Educational Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=317112
- Money, labour and land : approaches to the economies of ancient Greece, , 2011
- Oath and state in ancient Greece, Sommerstein, A. H., 2013
- Popular tyranny : sovereignty and its discontents in ancient Greece, , 2003
- Seaford, R., & Bostocke, R. (2018). Tragedy, Ritual and Money in Ancient Greece : Selected Essays. Cambridge University Press.
- Shanks, M. (1996). The Classical Archaeology of Greece : Experiences of the Discipline. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=93872
- Stuurman, S. (2008). Herodotus and Sima Qian: History and the Anthropological Turn in Ancient Greece and Han China. Journal of World History, 19(1), 1–40. https://doi.org/10.1353/jwh.0.0004
- The art and archaeology of ancient Greece, Barringer, J. M., 2014
- The invention of art history in Ancient Greece : religion, society and artistic rationalisation, Tanner, J., 2009
- The origins of theater in ancient Greece and beyond : from ritual to drama, , 2009
- The plague of war : Athens, Sparta, and the struggle for ancient Greece, Roberts, J. T., 2017
- Thucydides and the modern world : reception, reinterpretation and influence from the Renaissance to the present, , 2012
- Writing science : medical and mathematical authorship in ancient Greece, , 2013
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- A commentary on Thucydides. Vol.3: Books 5.25-8.109, Hornblower, S., 2011
- Ancient Greece : a very short introduction, Cartledge, P., 2011
- Ancient Greece : social and historical documents from archaic times to the death of Alexander the great, Dillon, M., 2010
- Economy and economics of ancient Greece, Amemiya, T., 2014