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Ancient History Master of Research (Mres) Program ANCIENT HISTORY MASTER OF RESEARCH (MRES) PROGRAM MRes – Information and Application Form Detailed information on the new Master of Research (MRes) program, which is replacing Honours from 2013, can be found on the University Website at: http://hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/research_training_degrees/mres This includes entry criteria and application forms. In Section 2 of the Application form (‘Candidature Application Details’) Ancient History students who are applying for the MRes should give their ‘Discipline Focus’ as ‘Ancient History’, and leave ‘Sub-discipline level’ blank. Note that external enrolment in the MRes is not possible. Part-time enrolment is possible, but students should note that the stipend is not available for part-time study mode. MRes – Information Session for Ancient History students An information session for third-year Ancient History students interested in the MRes will be held on Friday 12 October, 1.00-2.00, in the Ancient History Documentary Research Centre seminar room, W6A room 308. MRes Program 2013 MRes students must take 8 seminars in their first year (4 in each session), as follows: MRES700 Research Communications Session 1: This unit will be run at University level; further details on its content will be announced in due course. FOAR700 Research Frontiers 1: Ancient History Session 2: This unit will be run by the Department of Ancient History; candidates will survey key current research issues in their field. Further details on its content and structure will be announced in due course. Six units of advanced disciplinary content Subject to meeting unit-level prerequisites and academic approval, students may choose any of the units listed at: http://www.courses.mq.edu.au/uploads/mres/700_level_units.html Students intending to proceed to a thesis in the Department of Ancient History of year 2 of the MRes will be expected to take a majority of their units in the Department of Ancient History. For Ancient History, the following units are available: AHIS700 Historiography and Ancient History Session1: This unit is compulsory for students with a discipline focus in Ancient History who intend to write a thesis in the Department of Ancient History in year 2 of their MRes. AHIS701–705, Advanced Ancient History Studies 1–5 These are ‘shell units’, which will be filled with the seminars listed below. In consultation with the Ancient History MRes coordinator, students may choose any two of the Session 1 seminars, and any three of the Session 2 seminars listed below to take as AHIS701–705. Note that some units require previous ancient language study ([L] in the Table below). The table that follows lists units according to sub-discipline (Greece, Rome, and Late Antiquity; Egyptology and Coptic Studies; Early Christian and Jewish Studies). Unit convenors are listed after the unit name. Descriptions of the units may be found following the table. Draft Sub-discipline offerings for AHIS701–705 Greece, Rome, and Late Antiquity Session1 Session 2 Ancient Greek: Advanced Language Study (Trevor Latin: Advanced Language Study (Trevor Evans) [L] Evans) [L] Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome (Ian Ptolemaic Egypt (Malcolm Choat) Plant) After the Roman Empire: Early Medieval Europe in Greece and Rome: Caravan Cities (Peter Edwell) the Time of Gregory of Tours (Andrew Gillett) The Barbarian: The Alien in Antiquity (Danijel City of Constantine (Ken Parry) Dzino) Elect Cities: Christianity in Phrygia from the First Monasticism in Egypt (Malcolm Choat) Century to Great Persecution (Paul McKechnie) Christianity in Egypt (Malcolm Choat) Methodology in Ancient Art History (Ken Parry / Linda Evans) Egyptology and Coptic Studies Session1 Session 2 Ancient Egyptian Architecture (Yann Tristant) Studies in Egyptian Religion (Boyo Ockinga) Egyptian Funerary Beliefs (Naguib Kanawati) Ptolemaic Egypt (Malcolm Choat) Methodology in Ancient Art History (Ken Parry / Monasticism in Egypt (Malcolm Choat) Linda Evans) Christianity in Egypt (Malcolm Choat) Coptic Dialects (Victor Ghica) [L] Early Christian and Jewish Studies Session1 Session 2 Elect Cities: Christianity in Phrygia from the First Judaism in the Graeco-Roman Diaspora (Larry Century to Great Persecution (Paul McKechnie) Welborn) Christianity in Egypt (Malcolm Choat) Literature and Thought of Early Christianity A (Larry Welborn) After the Roman Empire: Early Medieval Europe in Monasticism in Egypt (Malcolm Choat) the Time of Gregory of Tours (Andrew Gillett) Methodology in Ancient Art History (Ken Parry / Linda Evans) Draft Unit Descriptions Session 1 Ancient Greek: Advanced Language Study Convenor: Trevor Evans Offered: X1 This unit offers advanced study of the Ancient Greek language, concentrating on the reading of set texts and independent study of their language and content. Students must have completed AHIS309 Greek D or equivalent. Ancient Egyptian Architecture Convenor: Yann Tristant Offered: E1 This unit concentrates on architectural elements and construction methods of ancient Egyptian temples, tombs, and houses. Students closely examine the major architectural traditions of Ancient Egypt to explore how monuments can be used to study the history and culture of an ancient society. Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome Convenor: Ian Plant Offered: E1 Covering women writers from Sappho in the seventh century BC through to Eudocia and Egeria in the fifth century AD, this unit examines topics including the authenticity of texts attributed to women, and how to read literature by women within the wider literary and social context of the ancient Graeco- Roman world. Elect Cities: Christianity in Phrygia from the First Century to Great Persecution Convenor: Paul McKechnie Offered: D1 This in-depth study of a largely rural area of Roman Asia Minor during the early centuries of the growth of Christianity examines Christianity in the life of small cities, including Pisidian Antioch, Apollonia, Eumeneia, and Temenothyrae, concentrating on issues such as how centre and periphery interacted in the Roman empire. Christianity in Egypt Convenor: Malcolm Choat Offered: D1 This unit focuses on close study (in translation) of the textual, and especially papyrological, evidence for Christianity in Egypt in the first millennium CE, through which students undertake a detailed examination of the history of Christianity in Egypt from New Testament times through to the Church in Egypt after the Arab conquest. Egyptian Funerary Beliefs Convenor: Naguib Kanawati Offered: E1 This unit comprises a detailed investigation of Egyptian funerary beliefs and practices, examining topics including the archaeological evidence for tomb design, innovations in funerary scenes and archaeological assemblages, developments in mummification, and royal and elite religious ideology. After the Roman Empire: Early Medieval Europe in the Time of Gregory of Tours Convenor: Andrew Gillett Offered: D1 This unit examines Western Europe in the sixth century, focusing on Gaul/early France in the 'Frankish' or 'Merovingian' period. Students closely study Gregory of Tours' "Histories" in translation, assessing the significance of this first major post-imperial Latin historical work in shaping European historical and ideological traditions through to the present. The Barbarian: The Alien in Antiquity Convenor: Danijel Dzino Offered: D1 This unit uses a close study of literary and documentary texts (in translation) and material artefacts to explore the ideological construct of 'the barbarian' in ancient societies, from classical Greece and the Hellenistic period, through the late Roman empire to its medieval and Byzantine afterlife, down to modern appropriations of 'the barbarian' justifying nationalist and colonialist ideologies and their effect on contemporary interpretation of ancient texts. Methodology in Ancient Art History Convenors: Ken Parry and Linda Evans Offered: X1 This unit addresses the theoretical background for studying the art and architecture of the ancient Eastern Mediterranean (including the ancient Egyptian, Coptic, early Christian, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine cultures). Students study topics including the nature of art, the development of art history, the practice of connoisseurship, the process of engaging with ancient art, the role of museums and conservation, and the effect of ancient art on modern design. Session 2 Latin: Advanced Language Study Convenor: Trevor Evans Offered: X2 This unit offers advanced study of the Latin language, concentrating on the reading of set texts and independent study of their language and content. Students must have completed AHIS319 Greek D or equivalent. Ptolemaic Egypt Convenor: Malcolm Choat Offered: D2 Covering Egypt from its conquest by Alexander the Great in 332 BCE to its incorporation into the Roman Empire in 30 BCE, this unit uses a detailed examination of textual and archaeological evidence to examine topics including the relationship between Egypt and other Hellenistic kingdoms and Rome in this period; interactions between Greeks and Egyptians; Greek, Egyptian, and Jewish religion; and Egyptian and Greek literature and documents. Greece and Rome: Caravan Cities Convenor: Peter Edwell Offered: E2 The unit studies a number of key cities in the Roman Near East, particularly Petra, Palmyra, and Dura Europos. Students evaluate archaeological evidence against the extant literary sources to assess how the Silk Road and the Frankincense Road brought great prosperity to the cities of the Roman East. Monasticism in Egypt Convenor: Malcolm Choat Offered:
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