Syllabus/Daily Assignments for Classics 383B/ Africana Studies 383C/Anthropology 380P: Race and Ethnicity in Ancient North Africa
Readings are TO BE COMPLETED BY the date under which they appear on the
syllabus as they will constitute the principal material for that day's
discussion. Papers are marked when they are due. Please check the syllabus on
this web page often, every class day is preferable. I will update the syllabus
frequently, adding upcoming readings, illustrations, maps, resources, and, most
important, discussion questions that you should consider as you read and
prepare that material for class. You will sign up for a 20% oral report topic a
few days into class, and I will list those reports here and on the link below
when we have determined the schedule and the roster.
Oral Report
schedule and resources THIS LINK IS UPDATED for this SEMESTER
Honors
Sample Page Map
of Modern North Africa
|
Date |
Topic(s) |
Assignments |
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M 1-25 |
Race,
Ethnicity, National Origin, Cultural Identity, |
|
|
W 1-27 |
Egypt: The
land and the people Egypt Map Landsat map Heracles
in Egypt tomb
murals Agenda-oriented sites chosen for careful scrutiny as examples: Black Egyptians, another
less balanced Cheikh Anta Diop
– leading Afrocentric scholar |
Watterson Egyptians, Intro +
Chapters 1 & 2 |
|
M 2-1 |
Egypt:
Pharaoh's land and Predynastic Egypt Class will
end at 1:45 to allow for travel to Hamilton College for a talk by Mary-Kay
Gamel, UCal-Santa Cruz on Staging of Greek Tragedy |
Herodotus.
pp. 116-144 (+ notes) |
|
W 2-3 |
Egypt:
Pharaohs – Pyramid-builders |
Watterson
Chapter 3 Herodotus.
pp. 144-154 (+ notes) |
|
M 2-8 |
Egypt:
Pharaohs of Imperial Egypt New Kingdom - PBS New Kingdom images |
Watterson,
pp. 97-150, 171-173 20% report
topics assigned |
|
W 2-10 |
Egypt:
Late Pharaohs |
Watterson,
Chapter 5 Herodotus.
pp. 154-186 (+ notes) |
|
F 2-12 |
Ethnic
Self-Study Paper due by 5 PM |
10%: Ethnic
self-study due |
|
M 2-15 |
PRESIDENTS’ DAY(because
everyone needs to celebrate William Henry Harrison, James Buchanan, Chester Alan
Arthur, Warren Harding and Richard Nixon with the same gusto as used to be
afforded only to Washington and Lincoln) |
NO
CLASS (to say the least!) |
|
W 2-17 |
Egypt: The Ptolemies |
Watterson
Chapter 6, Bowman Egypt
after the Pharaohs pp. 29-32, 56-65 20%
reports begin |
|
M 2-22 |
Cleopatra
and Roman Egypt - Cleopatra temple Cleopatra site Alexandria |
Bowman Egypt
after the Pharaohs pp. 203-217,218-233; Plutarch on Cleopatra; |
|
W 2-24 |
*I am
researching graffiti from Dura-Europos, Syria preserved at Yale Art Museum* |
NO
CLASS |
|
M 3-1 |
Egypt:
Greek and Egyptian Nile Mosaic, Details - Nubians, Lion, Inscriptions
and Papyri. Daily Life |
Bowman
Egypt after the Pharaohs. pp. 16-20, 121-135, 136-150, 151-164 |
|
W 3-3 |
Late
Classical Egypt. Christianity. Fayyum portraits |
Watterson
Chapter 7; Juvenal.
Satire 15; |
|
M 3-8 |
Ethiopia:
The land and the people Nubia |
Snowden.Blacks
in Antiquity, pref + ch. 1-2 |
|
W 3-10 |
Ethiopia:
Greek observations |
Herodotus
3.17-25, 7.61-80 (bring text to class); |
|
M 3-15 |
Ethiopia:
Roman observations |
Snowden.
ch. 4, 5, 7 |
|
W 3-17 |
Ethiopia:
Classical attitudes |
Snowden.
ch. 8 + Summation |
|
M 3-22 |
Jews:
Being Jewish and Greek |
Modrzejewski.
foreword, ch. 1-3 |
|
W 3-24 |
*I am delivering
a paper on antebellum African-American Latin teacher, John Chavis, in
Oklahoma City* |
NO CLASS |
|
M 3-29 W 3-31 M 4-5 |
* Spring
Break* |
|
|
W 4-7 |
Jews:
Being Jewish and Greek (contd) |
Modrzejewski.
ch. 4-5 |
|
M 4-12 |
Jews: From
glorious opportunity to rank prejudice |
Modrzejewski.
ch. 6-8 |
|
W 4-14 |
Jews: The
last days |
Modrzejewski.
ch. 9-10 + Epilogue |
|
F 4-16 |
MIDTERM
EXAM DUE |
Click here
for Midterm
Exam |
|
M 4-19 |
Carthage:
Phoenician ancestors Phoenician culture |
Polybius.
pp. 48-91, excerpts from Herodotus – bring Herodotus |
|
W 4-21 |
Carthage:
Hannibal and the Barcids |
Polybius.
pp. 92-112, 123-24, 178-92, 194-5; |
|
Sat 4-24 |
Undergraduate
Medieval Studies Conference Underpinnings:
The Evolution of Underwear from the Middle Ages through Early Modernity |
|
|
M 4-26 |
Carthage:
Everyday life |
Polybius.
pp. 197-244 Final
Debate Speech Groups Assembled |
|
W 4-28 |
Carthage:
Everyday life Carthage Harbor, Punic Wars |
Polybius.
pp. 244-276; 344-51 |
|
M 5-3 |
Carthage:
Religion Appian’s ‘Punic Wars’ on 3rd
Punic War |
Polybius.
pp. 374-85, 387-94, 399-406, 424-28 |
|
W 5-5 |
Carthage:
Religion mask6cBC, more masks, goddess 6cBC, |
Polybius,
pp. 452-82; 535-37 Excerpts from
Plautus’ Poenulus a comedy about a Carthaginian – Read only cast
list and Act 5 scenes + director’s notes at end |
|
Sunday 5-9 |
FINAL EXAM
- - 15% Carthaginian Debate - - – Dickinson
‘Amphitheater’ or Lecture Hall 10 (in case of rain) 10AM-12noon |
15% Debate
speech Presented |
