2020-21

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the teaching of history courses at secondary level. In particular, the aim is to give students an understanding of the ideological, pedagogical and academic context of such courses, of the parameters that dictate course aims, content and teaching methods and to familiarize them with contemporary teaching methods. The subject content is as follows:
History courses as a means of imposing prevailing ideologies: Detailed programmes, school textbooks, national celebrations, public history, the role of the state and the Church.

The course focuses both on the changes to be observed in Ottoman administrative structures from the middle period of the Ottoman empire (17th cen.) onwards and on the consequences for economy and society of such changes. The weakening of the Sultan’s institutional power and the emergence of çiftlik land ownership, the implementation of Tanzimat reforms are some of the issues discussed in the course. In addition, the course analyses aspects of social and economic questions of the 19th century and the matter of how far the Ottoman empire enjoyed access to the new industrial era.

This course focuses on the relations between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire from the 15th century, when the Byzantine Empire fell to the Ottoman Turks, to the 18th century when the Republic of Venice (La Serenissima) disappeared.  The course deals with both the fighting and with other types of contact between the Ottomans and the Venetians that occurred in Greece, a frontier region between these two powers.  The seminar will focus on the elements by which “The Other” is identified.

Teaching Method: Seminar. The seminar can be attended by a maximum of 20 students.

Upon the imposition of the Pax Romana, the Greek world was to enjoy an extraordinary cultural renaissance from the middle of the 1st century AD to the mid 3rd century. This phenomenon was promoted chiefly by the upper classes of the Greek poleis, under the aegis of the Romans, who were enthusiastic admirers of Greek culture, and is associated with many well-known names, such as that of Lucian, Dio Chrysostom and Pausanias. These draw their materials from the glories of the Classical past, to produce a new Greek culture.