HHIK05031U HIS 3. The Greek Polis: Beginning(s), End(s), Afterlife
MA-Area 3: Academic Writing with Focus on Source Analysis
(HHIK03911E)
[Kandidatuddannelsen i historie, 2022-ordningen]
MA-Area 3: Academic Writing with Focus on Source Analysis
(HHIK03911E)
[Kandidatdelen af sidefaget i historie, 2022-ordningen]
MA-Area 9: Historical Area with Focus on Source
Analysis (HHIK03991E) [kun for studerende, hvis
centralfag hører under et andet hovedområde end humaniora.
ÅU-studerende skal være tilmeldt til eller have bestået 45 ECTS af
kandidatsidefaget af historie før tilmelding]
[Kandidatdelen af sidefaget i historie, 2022-ordningen]
MA-Area 9: Historical Area with Focus on Source
Analysis (HHIK13991E) [ikke muligt for
ÅU-studerende]
[Kandidattilvalg i historie, 2022-ordningen]
Historical Theme 1 (HHIB10211E) [kun for studerende med
grundfag i Historie]
[Bachelortilvalg i historie, 2022-ordningen]
Få overblik på:
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Historie,
KA-2022, ét-faglig, lektionskatalog forår 2025
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Historie,
KA-2022, to-faglig, lektionskatalog forår 2025
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Historie,
KA-sidefag-2022, lektionskatalog forår 2025
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Historie,
BA, lektionskatalog forår 2025
HIS 3. The Greek Polis: Beginning(s), End(s),
Afterlife
This course aims to explore the development of the ancient
polis (‘city-state’), from the earliest attestations
through to the final stages of its history (and its afterlife). The
Greek city-state, and especially the democratic polis of
Athens, has historically held a special place in the collective
consciousness of the western world, and of Europe in particular. In
2003, while preparing the draft Treaty establishing a Constitution
for Europe, representatives of the EU Member States made a point of
opening its preamble with the notion, put by the Athenian historian
Thucydides in the mouth of the Athenian statesman Pericles, that
“Our Constitution ... is called a democracy because power is in the
hands not of a minority but of the greatest number” (Thuc. 2.37.1).
As recently as 2021, on the 40th anniversary of Greece’s
accession to the EU, president of the European Council Charles
Michel said in so many words that “Europe was born in Greece”, and
then proceeded to cite an array of (almost) solely classical
Athenian examples. But Greece was much more than Athens, and the
concept of polis is much more multifaceted than what the
Athenian example alone would suggest: different poleis
throughout the Greek world had different political regimes,
different civic cultures, different institutions, different modes
of integration of the non-(male)-citizen population into their
societies. By using John Ma’s recent comprehensive study on the
Greek city-state (2024) as a blueprint, students in this course
will engage with a variety of literary and epigraphic sources (in
translation) to unravel the history of the polis from a
pluralistic, non-Athenocentric perspective, and to explore the ways
in which this kaleidoscopic history can help us make sense of our
own relationship towards community, participation, autonomy,
justice, power structures, and democracy in our modern
societies.
- John Ma: Polis: A New History of the Ancient Greek City-State from the Early Iron Age to the End of Antiquity. Princeton, 2024.
This Master’s course is open for international Bachelor’s students, but requires at least the equivalent to 45 ECTS passed within history. Questions regarding course registration should be directed to visitingstudents@hum.ku.dk
- Category
- Hours
- Class Instruction
- 56
- Preparation
- 203
- Exam Preparation
- 129,5
- Total
- 388,5
Se relevant lektionskatalog for blanketnavn.
Henvendelse med spørgsmål vedr. tilmelding til Historiekurser på
hverdage kl. 10-12 på tlf.: 51 29 98 32.
Exchange students: apply for
courses in Mobility Online. Questions regarding course registration
should be directed
to visitingstudents@hum.ku.dk
International fee-paying guest
students: visit
https://humanities.ku.dk/education/guest/ on how to
sign up for courses.
BA-stud: This Master’s course is open for international Bachelor’s students, but requires at least the equivalent to 45 ECTS passed within history. Questions regarding course registration should be directed to visitingstudents@hum.ku.dk
- Credit
- 15 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Other
- Exam registration requirements
Aktuelle studieordninger for Historie og Studiehåndbogen [KA] eller Studiehåndbogen [BA].
Criteria for exam assesment
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- HHIK05031U
- Credit
- 15 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree MasterBachelor choice,Full Degree Master choice,Master’s minor subject
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Spring
- Schedule
- See schedule link
Study board
- Study Board of Archaeology, Ethnology, Greek & Latin, History
Contracting department
- SAXO-Institute - Archaeology, Ethnology, Greek & Latin, History
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
Course Coordinators
- Linda Rocchi (lindar@hum.ku.dk)
- Christian Ammitzbøll Thomsen (cammt@hum.ku.dk)