2020-21

: Social psychology forms perhaps the most basic branch of psychology. It cannot be taught in just one semester and so all university departments in Greece where the subject is taught it is taught over at least two semesters. The course covers half of the basic subject matter of social psychology. It covers the topics concerning explanations for human behavior at an interpersonal and intergroup level.

The course deals with the main artistic trends and tendencies in painting in Orthodox lands of eastern Europe and the Middle East. At the same time, it places particular emphasis on the historical and ideological context in which the painters worked, so as to offer an iconographic interpretation of the painting produced during the Ottoman occupation.

The course forms an introduction to new methods of molecular biology, with emphasis on the study of ancient DNA, related both to archaeology and forensics. It also examines the basic principles of population genetics and its application to physical anthropology and archaeology. The course employs the study of the geographical distribution of the genetic traces of contemporary and prehistoric populations in an attempt to reconstruct their biological history. The course is accompanied by practical sessions in the Laboratory of Anthropology of the Department.

The course commences by clarifying the meaning of the term 'ethnography' and its development, so that the student understands the relationship between social and political anthropology, on the one hand, and Ethnography, on the other, both in the context of so-called 'Ethnographic Realism', that is, the classic version of Social Anthropology, and as part of 'Cultural Critique', which has revived academic discussion of Social Anthropology and Ethnography.