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Department of Ancient History and Ancient Near Eastern Studies Department of Ancient History and Ancient Near Eastern Studies

assoz. Prof. Mag. Dr. Irene Madreiter assoz. Prof. Mag. Dr. Irene Madreiter, +43 512 507 41009

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SE Ancient History I: Earthquakes - volcanic eruptions - tsunamis: natural disasters in antiquity and their management

SE 2

10

weekly

annually

German

Acquisition of the skills to process information (sources and/or research literature) based on the scientific rules of the discipline and writing and presenting a historic paper on a selected topic of the sub-discipline.

Strengthening of subject‐specific skills by examination of a selected topic from the field of Ancient History with special emphasis on methodology.

Similar to present times, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, heavy rains or lasting droughts were also part of ancient real life. The seminar deals with the question, how ancient cultures - especially Greeks and Romans - managed such natural disasters. As scientific knowledge about the causes of these events was widely missing, strategies seem quite irrational (at least from a modern point of view), e.g. the sacrifice of humans. These sources have to be read critically. Therefore, an important part of the seminar will be the joint analysis of the source material (texts, monuments etc.).

Joint reading and discussion of ancient sources about natural disasters (in translation); critical evluation and interpretation of the sources; contextualisation with the help of secondary soures; introductory lecture by the instructor.

Active participation in discussions, oral presentation and discussion of a selected topic, joint creation of a source collection (manual) about natural disasters in atiquity.

599: successfully passed elective module 1 or 2

603: two positively passed modules from elective modules 1 to 6.
The respective proof ought to be produced until the end of October 2022.

Due to substantial differences in the allocation of ECTS-Credits in various curricula, the requirements for this course vary. Information will be provided by the instructor at the beginning of the course.

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