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Department of Classics (GRAD) 1 DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS Assistant Professors Al Duncan (4), Classics and Humanities (GRAD) Suzanne Lye (35), Greek Literature Timothy D. Shea (27), Greek Archaeology, Sculpture, and Topography Contact Information Adjunct Professors Department of Classics Eric Downing, Ancient Literary Theory, Ancient/Modern Relations Visit Program Website (http://www.classics.unc.edu) Bart Ehrman, Hellenistic Religion, New Testament Donald C. Haggis, Chair Mariska Leunissen, Ancient Greek Philosophy [email protected] Pamela Lothspeich, Sanskrit Epic Jodi Magness, Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Janet Downie, Director of Graduate Studies Hugo Méndez, Early Christianity [email protected] Fred Naiden, Greek History Zlatko Pleše, Ancient Mediterranean Religions Jennifer Gates-Foster, Director of Archaeology Program C.D.C. Reeve, Ancient Philosophy, Moral Psychology, History of [email protected] Philosophy Jessica Wolfe, Classical Reception in Renaissance Literature Graduate work in the Department of Classics is primarily designed to meet the needs of students who intend by intensive study and research to specialize in classics. The M.A. prepares especially for teaching at the Professors Emeriti secondary level; the Ph.D., for research and teaching at the university Carolyn L. Connor level. George W. Houston George A. Kennedy The University is a contributing member of the American Academy Jerzy Linderski in Rome, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, the Sara Mack American Schools of Oriental Research, and the American Research William H. Race Institute in Turkey. There are thus numerous opportunities for study and Kenneth J. Reckford archaeological fieldwork and research. Peter M. Smith Philip A. Stadter The degree of master of arts is offered with a concentration in Greek William C. West III and Latin or classical archaeology. The degree of doctor of philosophy is Cecil W. Wooten offered with a concentration in Greek and Latin, classics with historical emphasis, classical archaeology, or classical and medieval Latin. A minor in related departments may be permitted on application. Students may Classical Archaeology - CLAR broaden their program by taking supporting work in related languages or Advanced Undergraduate and Graduate-level Courses literatures or in art, history, linguistics, philosophy, religious studies, or CLAR 411. Archaeological Field Methods. 3 Credits. women's and gender studies. Systematic introduction to archaeological field methods, especially A detailed description of the requirements for the specific graduate survey and excavation techniques. degree programs in the Department of Classics may be found on the Grading status: Letter grade. department's website (http://classics.unc.edu/graduate-2/). CLAR 460. Greek Painting. 3 Credits. Required preparation, any intermediate art history course or permission Following the faculty member's name is a section number that students of the instructor. A survey of the development of Greek art from geometric should use when registering for independent studies, reading, research, and to Hellenistic painting through a study of Greek vases, mosaics, and thesis and dissertation courses with that particular professor. mural paintings. Grading status: Letter grade Professors Same as: ARTH 460. Robert Babcock (1), Medieval Latin CLAR 461. Archaic Greek Sculpture. 3 Credits. Donald Haggis (40), Greek Archaeology, Aegean Prehistory, Bronze Age Required preparation, any intermediate art history course or permission and Early Iron Age Crete of the instructor. A focused study of sculpture during the Archaic period Sharon L. James (5), Latin Poetry, Women in Antiquity in Greece. James J. O'Hara (2), Latin Poetry, Latin and Greek Literature Grading status: Letter grade James B. Rives (11), Ancient Religion, Roman Literature and Culture Same as: ARTH 461. Patricia Rosenmeyer (26), Greek Literature CLAR 462. Classical Greek Sculpture. 3 Credits. Permission of the instructor. A focused study of Greek sculpture during Associate Professors the classical period. Emily Baragwanath (3), Greek Historiography Grading status: Letter grade Janet Downie (24), Greek Prose, Imperial Greek Literature and Culture Same as: ARTH 462. Jennifer Gates-Foster (7), Roman Archaeology, Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt Hérica Valladares (41), Hellenistic and Roman Art 2 Department of Classics (GRAD) CLAR 463. Hellenistic Greek Sculpture. 3 Credits. CLAR 480. Egypt after the Pharaohs. 3 Credits. Required preparation, any intermediate art history course or permission This course explores the archaeological and historical evidence for life of the instructor. A focused study of Greek sculpture in the Hellenistic in Egypt between 332 BCE and 324 CE, when the traditions of Pharaonic period. Egypt came together with the customs and culture of Greek and Roman Grading status: Letter grade conquerors to create a society incorporating the traditions of native Same as: ARTH 463. Egyptian and Mediterranean peoples. CLAR 464. Greek Architecture. 3 Credits. Requisites: Prerequisite, any CLAR course at the 200-level of higher A survey of Greek architectural development from the Dark Ages (preferably CLAR 242 or CLAR 247); permission of the instructor for through the fourth century BCE. Special topics include the beginnings students lacking the prerequisite. of monumental architecture, the development of the orders, and Gen Ed: BN, WB. interpretations of individual architects in terms of style and proportions. Grading status: Letter grade. Requisites: Prerequisite, CLAR 244; permission of the instructor for CLAR 482. Art and Archaeology of Achaemenid Persia. 3 Credits. students lacking the prerequisite. This course will examine the history and material culture of the ancient Gen Ed: HS, NA, WB. state known as the Achaemenid Persian Empire through ancient texts Grading status: Letter grade and archaeological sources. Beginning in the sixth century BCE, this Same as: ARTH 464. ancient superpower ruled a vast and culturally diverse empire that CLAR 465. Architecture of Etruria and Rome. 3 Credits. stretched from Northern Libya to central Asia. Through an examination The development of architecture in the Roman world from the ninth of key sites, objects, and texts we will explore the history and diversity of century BCE through the fourth century CE. The course focuses on the this multicultural empire. development of urbanism and the function, significance, and evolution of Gen Ed: VP, BN. the main building types and their geographic distribution. Grading status: Letter grade Requisites: Prerequisite, CLAR 245, CLAR 247, or CLAR/ARTH 263; Same as: ARTH 482. permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. CLAR 488. The Archaeology of the Near East in the Iron Age. 3 Credits. Gen Ed: VP, NA, WB. A survey of the principal sites, monuments, and art of the Iron Age Near Grading status: Letter grade East, ca. 1200 to 500 BCE. Same as: ARTH 465. Requisites: Prerequisite, CLAR 241; permission of the instructor for CLAR 474. Roman Sculpture. 3 Credits. students lacking the prerequisite. Survey of Roman sculpture (200 BCE-300 CE), including portraiture, state Grading status: Letter grade. reliefs, funerary monuments, and idealizing sculpture, with emphasis CLAR 489. The Archaeology of Anatolia in the Bronze and Iron Ages. 3 on style, iconography, and historical development of sculpture in its Credits. sociocultural, political, and religious contexts. A survey of Anatolian archaeology from the third millennium through the Requisites: Prerequisite, CLAR 245, CLAR 247 or CLAR/ARTH 263; sixth century BCE. permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. Requisites: Prerequisite, CLAR 241 or permission of the instructor. Gen Ed: VP, WB. Gen Ed: HS, BN, WB. Grading status: Letter grade Grading status: Letter grade. Same as: ARTH 474. CLAR 491. The Archaeology of Early Greece (1200-500 BCE). 3 Credits. CLAR 475. Frontiers and Provinces of the Roman Empire. 3 Credits. This course surveys the development of Greek material culture from 1200 A survey of the material remains of the frontiers and provinces of the to 500 BCE, exploring the origins of Greek art, architecture, cities, and Roman Empire and the variety of responses to Roman imperialism. sanctuaries in the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean. Issues of language, gender, ethnicity, globalization, and power will be Requisites: Prerequisite, any CLAR course at the 200-level or higher considered. (preferably CLAR 243 or CLAR 244); permission of the instructor for Requisites: Prerequisite, any CLAR course at the 200-level or higher students lacking the prerequisite. (preferably CLAR 245 or CLAR 247); permission of the instructor for Gen Ed: HS, NA, WB. students lacking the prerequisite. Grading status: Letter grade. Gen Ed: HS, WB. CLAR 512. Ancient Synagogues. 3 Credits. Grading status: Letter grade. This is a course on ancient synagogues in Palestine and the Diaspora CLAR 476. Roman Painting. 3 Credits. from the Second Temple period to the seventh century CE. Surveys Roman painting from 200 BCE to 300 CE, with emphasis on Requisites: Prerequisite, RELI 110; permission of the instructor for style, iconography, historical development of painting in its sociocultural, students lacking the prerequisite. political, and religious contexts. Treats current debates in scholarship. Gen Ed: VP, BN, WB. Requisites: Prerequisite, any CLAR or ARTH course at the 200-level or Grading status: Letter grade higher (preferably CLAR 245,