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Department of Ancient History and Ancient Near Eastern Studies Department of Ancient History and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Pedagogical University Tyrol Pedagogical University Tyrol

Mag. Dr. Stephan Scharinger Mag. Dr. Stephan Scharinger

920187

723BGS09AA
(Pedagogical University Tyrol)

UE Sources and Studies in Ancient History: Mystery-Cults in Antiquity

UE 1

2,5

not applicable

not applicable

German

Acquisition of skills for critically dealing with historical sources and depictions of the subjects mentioned above as well as the competence to present the knowledge acquired in verbal and/or written form; acquisition of the competence to apply methods of auxiliary sciences.

Students learn how to analyse, interprete and contextualise sources and representations of Ancient History.

In this course we deal with different mystery-cults of ancient Egypt, the Orient, Greece, and Rome. Based on sources and scientific studies we will learn how to be initiated into the cults, how rituals work, and we will also analyse the social classes from which the initiates came. The analysis of our sources considering research literature is our focus.

Combination of lecture, reading tasks and presentations of the participants.

Participation in discussions, presentation, written tasks.

Sehlmeyer, Markus: Die Antike. Orientierung Geschichte. 2. Auflage, Paderborn 2014. Gehrke, Hans-Joachim, Schneider, Helmuth (Hgg.): Geschichte der Antike. Ein Studienbuch. 4. Auflage, Stuttgart/Weimar 2013. Kloft, Hans: Mysterienkulte der Antike. Götter, Menschen, Rituale. 2. Auflage, München 2003. Will be discussed in the first lesson.