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Spring 2007

Courses are listed below. Another good resource is the Columbia University Class Directory .

Ancient Studies

ANCS V3997y Directed Readings 3 pts.
11899

ANCS V3889y Directed Research
3 pts.
N. Worman
03733

Classical Civilization

CLCV V3230y Classics and Film 3 pts. Considers cinematic representations of the ancient Mediterranean world, from early silent films to movies from the present day. Explores films that purport to represent historical events (such as Gladiator) and cinematic versions of ancient texts (Pasolini's Medea). Readings include ancient literature and modern criticism.

Th 4:10p-8:00p
328 Milbank
K. Milnor
09427

CLCV W4110y Gender and Sexuality in Ancient Greece 3 pts. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. Examination of the ways in which gender and sexuality are constructed in ancient Greek society and represented in literature and art, with attention to scientific theory, ritual practice, and philosophical speculation. Topics include conceptions of the body, erotic and homoerotic literature and practice, legal constraints, pornography, rape, and prostitution.

MW 2:40p-3:55p
307 Milbank
H. Foley
06751

Greek

GREK V1102y Elementary Greek II 4 pts. Prerequisites: GREK V1101 or the equivalent, or the permission of the instructor or the director of undergraduate studies. Continuation of grammar study begun in GREK V1101; selections from Attic prose.

TuThF 11:00a-12:15p
609 Hamilton
J. Lougovaya
63012

TuTh 6:10p-8:00p
613 Hamilton
M. Mordine
25512

GREK V1121y Intensive Elementary Greek 4 pts. Covers all of Greek grammar and syntax in one term. Prepares the student to enter second-year Greek (GREK V1201 or V1202).

MWF 1:10p-2:25p
609 Hamilton
P. Glauthier
67648

GREK V1201y Intermediate Course: Prose 4 pts. Prerequisites: GREK V1101-1102 or the equivalent. Selections form Attic prose.

MW 6:10p-8:00p
613 Hamilton
E. Irwin
62530

GREK V1202y Intermediate Greek Poetry: Selections From Homer 4 pts. Prerequisites: GREK V1101-1102 or GREK V1121 or the equivalent. Detailed grammatical and literary study of several books of the Iliad and introduction to the techniques or oral poetry, to the Homeric hexameter, and to the historical background of Homer.

MW 11:00a-12:15p, F 11:00a-11:50a
214 Milbank
H. Foley
09826

GREK V3310y Selections From Greek Literature: Poetry 3 pts. Prerequisites: GREK V1201-V1202 or the equivalent. Since the content of this course changes from year to year, it may be repeated for credit. Topic for 2006-2007: Aristophanes

TuTh 2:40p-3:55p
214 Milbank
N. Worman
03325

GREK V3320y Intensive Reading Course 3 pts. (Post-bac students only)

MW 2:40p-3:55p
406 Hamilton
R. Sokolov
19261

GREK V3997y Directed Readings 3 pts. Prerequisites: Permission of the director of undergraduate studies. A program of reading in Greek literature, to be tested by a series of short papers, one long paper, or an oral or written examination.

76799

 

GREK V3998y Supervised Research In Greek Literature 3 pts. Prerequisites: Permission of the director of undergraduate studies. A program of research in Greek literature. Research paper required.

77347

GREK W4009y Selections From Greek Literature 3 pts. Prerequisites: Prerequisite: GREK V1201 and V1202 or their equivalent. Since the content of the course changes from year to year, it may be taken in consecutive years. Topic for 2006-2007: Euripides' Orestes

MW 11:00a-12:15p
617B Hamilton
M. Fantuzzi
78099

GREK W4105y History of Greek Literature I 4 pts. Prerequisites: At least two terms of Greek at the 3000 level or higher. Readings in Greek literature from Homer to the 4th century B.C.

TuTh 2:10p-4:00p
617B Hamilton
D. Steiner
88197

GREK W4139y Elements of Greek Prose Style 3 pts. Prerequisites: At least four terms of Greek, or the equivalent. An intensive review of Greek syntax with translation of English sentences and paragraphs into Attic Greek.

TuTh 9:10a-11:00a
617B Hamilton
E. Dickey
91196

GREK W8214y Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics 3 pts.

Th 11:00a-12:50p
617B Hamilton
E. Scharffenberger and W. Mann
72800

GREK G8219y Hellenistic Poetry - 3rd century BC 3 pts.

M 6:10-8:00p
617B Hamilton
M. Fantuzzi
88699

Latin

LATN V1101y Elementary Latin I 4 pts. For students who have never studied Latin. An intensive study of grammar with reading of simple prose and poetry.

MW 4:10p-6:00p
617B Hamilton
S. Jacobs
68147

LATN V1102y Elementary Latin II 4 pts. Prerequisites: LATN V1101 A continuation of LATN V1101, including a review of grammar and syntax for students whose study of Latin has been interrupted.

MWF 1:10p-2:25p
318 Hamilton
T. Myers
71246

TuTh 4:10p-6:00p
609 Hamilton
I. Halim
72896

MW 6:10p-8:00p
609 Hamilton
Laura M. Samponaro
72999

LATN V1121y Intensive Elementary Latin 4 pts. Designed to cover all of Latin grammar and syntax in one semester in order to prepare the student to enter LATN V1201 or V1202.

MWF 1:10p-2:25p
613 Hamilton
R. Ast
77846

LATN V1201y Intermediate Latin I 4 pts. Prerequisites: LATN V1101-V1102, or LATN V1121, or the equivalent. Selections from Catullus and from Cicero or Caesar.

MW 1:10p-2:25p, F 1:10p-2:00p
607 Hamilton
N. Papathanasopoulou
82248

LATN V1202y Intermediate Latin II 4 pts. Prerequisites: LATN V1201 or the equivalent. Selections from Ovid's Metamorphoses and from Sallust, Livy, Seneca, or Pliny.

MW 4:10p-6:00p
609 Hamilton
J. Gajderowicz
96101

TuTh 6:10p-8:00p
616 Hamilton
C. Matone
97149

LATN V3309y Selections From Latin Literature 3 pts. Prerequisites: LATN V3012 or the equivalent. Since the content of this course changes from year to year, it may be repeated for credit. Topic for 2006-2007: Epistolography

TuTh 1:10p-2:25p
613 Hamilton
E. Dickey
09303

LATN V3320y Intensive Reading Course 3 pts. (Post-bac students only)

TuTh 11:00a-12:15p
609 Hamilton
A. Wouters
16547

LATN V3997y Directed Readings in Latin Literature 3 pts. Prerequisites: Permission of the director of undergraduate studies. A program of reading in Latin literature, to be tested by a series of short papers, one long paper, or an oral or written examination.

17446

LATN V3998y Supervised Research In Latin Literature3 pts. Prerequisites: Permission of the director of undergraduate studies. A program of research in Latin literature. Research paper required.

17947

LATN W4010y Selections From Latin Literature: Poetry 3 pts. Prerequisites: LATN V3012 or the equivalent. Since the content of this course changes from year to year, it may be repeated for credit. Topic for 2006-2007: Lucan

TuTh 11:00a-12:15p
613 Hamilton
K. Milnor
06405

LATN W4106y Latin Literature of the Empire 4 pts. Prerequisites: At least two terms of Latin at the 3000 level or higher. Latin literature from Augustus to 600 C.E.

MW 4:10p-6:00p
613 Hamilton
K. Volk
26547

 

LATN W4140y Latin Stylistics 3 pts. Prerequisites: LATN W4139 or the equivalent The study of the development of Latin prose style through practice in composition.

MW 11:00a-12:15p
607 Hamilton
J. Zetzel
28396

LATN W4152y Medieval Latin Literature 3 pts. Prerequisites: Latin 3033 or the equivalent, or permission of the instructor. Since the content of this course changes from year to year, it may be taken in consecutive years. Topic for 2006-2007: Learning and the Learned.
What did it mean to learn Latin and/or to learn in Latin in the Middle Ages? What was learned and how? Who was considered learned? Expect, e.g., reading and discussion of medieval Latin sources about memory; artes liberales, trivium, quadrivium; exegesis / commentary: biblical, philosophical, literary (e.g., accessus ad auctores); authority; gendered learning; artes, the guidelines for poetry, preaching, etc. Authors include Augustine, Bernard of Clairvaux, Abelard, the Victorines, and Hildegard of Bingen.

TuTh 1:10p-2:25p
607 Hamilton
A. Wouters
29530

LATN G6154y Latin Paleography 3 pts.

W 6:10p-8:00p
RBML room on 6th floor of Butler Library
C. Dutschke
86598

LATN G8120y Manilius 3 pts.

Th 4:10p-6:00p
617B Hamilton
K. Volk
88013

Modern Greek

GRKM V1102y Elementary Course II 5 pts. Prerequisites: GRKM V1101 or the equivalent. Continuation of GRKM V1101. Introduction to modern Greek language and culture. Emphasis on speaking, writing, basic grammar, syntax and cross-cultural analysis.

MW 4:10p-6:00p
408 Hamilton
E. Tzelepis
23326

GRKM V1202y Intermediate Course II 4-5 pts. Prerequisites: GRKM V1201 or the equivalent. Continuation of GRKM V1201. Students complete their knowledge of the fundamentals of Greek grammar and syntax while continuing to enrich their vocabulary.

MW 2:10p-4:00p
413 Hamilton
E. Tzelepis
78030

GRKM V3135y Topics Through Greek Film: Cultural Studies II 3 pts. This course introduces students to major literary, cultural, and political issues in modern Greece through Greek film. Discussion of films are placed alongside weekly readings in the novel, history, politics, film criticism. All films have English subtitles. There will be a Greek and English section. Films by Angelopoulos, Cacoyannis, Voulgaris, Marketaki, Koundouros, Costa-Gavras, Giannaris, Papatakis, and Dassin.

M 6:10p-8:00p
616 Hamilton
Th 8:00p-10:00p screenings in 516 Hamilton
E. Calotychos
84694

GRKM V3997y Directed Readings 1-4 pts. The course of study and amount of credit are determined by the instructor in consultation with the student. Directed reading in a period or topic not covered in the curriculum, or reading of relevant texts in Greek for seminars on Greek topics that are taught in English.

66996

GRKM V3998y Senior Research Seminar 1-4 pts. The course of study and amount of credit are determined by the instructor in consultation with the student. Independent study is designed for students writing a senior thesis or doing advanced research on Greek or Greek-American topics.

67246

GRKM W4250y The Greek Islands 1600-Present 3 pts. Texts in Greek and English. Selective survey of key literary texts from Crete, the Ionian Isles, the Cyclades, and the Dodecannese as well as western texts about these topoi. Sometime island paradises and retreats; othertimes sites of political internment or occupation, texts will be read in historical specificity, in linguistic, cultural, political, utopic terms. Texts will include selections from Kornaros's Erotokritos, Jesuit Cycladic theater, folksongs, Solomos, Papadiamantis, Theotokis, Venezis, Elytis, Ritsos, Karapanou as well as some Greek and foreign contemporary films.

T 9:00a-10:50a
613 Hamilton
E. Calotychos
96851

Art History and Archaeology [AHAR]

AHIS V3250y Roman Art and Architecture 3 pts. The architecture, sculpture, and painting of ancient Rome from the 2nd century B.C. to the end of the Empire in the West.

TuTh 2:40p-3:55p
612 Schermerhorn
F. de Angelis
63548

AHIS G4278y Roman Art and Image of Family 3 pts. An introduction to the representation of family in Roman art, this lecture course uses a wide range of visual material from the Republican period through the late Empire as well as primary texts and the theories and methods of family historians.

W 9:00a-10:50a
934 Schermerhorn
N. Kampen
05718

History

HIST W1020y The Romans, 754 B.C. To 565 a.D. 3 pts. Rome and its empire, from the beginning to late antiquity.

MW 1:10p-2:25p
702 Hamilton
W. Harris
95846

HIST W3001y The Roman World In Late Antiquity 3 pts. Introduction to the later Roman Empire and the Mediterranean from 395 to 642 AD. Topics include: The division of the Roman Empire into east and west; barbarian invasions; social history of the later Roman world, with emphasis on the Christian church; the wars of Justinian; the rise of Islam.

TuTh 5:40p-6:55p
516 Hamilton
G. Ruffini
26538

HIST W3004y The Mediterranean World After Alexander the Great 3 pts. The conquests of Alexander the Great spread Greek Civilization all around the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. This course will examine the Hellenised (greek-based) urban society of the empires of the Hellenistic era (ca. 330-30BCE).

TuTh 10:35a-11:50a
603 Hamilton
R. Billows
98046

Philosophy

PHIL V3121y Plato 3 pts. Introduction to Plato's philosophy through analysis of selected dialogues.

TuTh 10:35a-11:50
Location TBA
K. Vogt
26786

Classical Philology

G4901y Directed Readings 3 pts.
26097

G4902y Directed Readings 3 pts.
26896

G8901y Directed Readings & Research I 3 pts.
27397

G8902y Directed Readings & Research II 3 pts.
60822
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