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The course will explore the cultural history of Europe and the Mediterranean world from 1920 to 1933, including the rise of Modernism & Futurism in the arts; the birth of psychology and psychotherapy; the Great Depression; the rise of Fascism in Italy, and of Naziism in Germany; the early history of film and radio. Drawing on archaeological evidence, literary texts, architecture and the visual arts, the course will look at the complex and shifting relationships between the present and the past in the definition and transformation of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish cultures and identities.
The course will begin with a consideration of the definitions of 'civilisation,' and will then explore the origins of the city, the state, and of writing, in Egypt between c 3100 BC, and the conquest of the region by the Persian Achaemenid Empire in 525 BC. Themes to be considered will include the changing nature of city life, and of the state; the roles of religion, trade, and warfare; and the emergence of literacy. Much of the course will be based on archaeological evidence, but we will also be looking at translated texts, including poems, short stories, medical treatises, religious and funerary texts.
The course will begin with a consideration of the definitions of 'civilisation,' and will then explore the origins of the city, the state, and of writing, in Greece between c 2000 BC, and the conquest of the region by the Roman Empire in 146 BC. Themes to be considered will include the changing nature of city life, and of the state; the roles of religion, trade, and warfare; and the emergence of literacy. The course will draw upon translated texts, including the epic poetry of Homer; the tragedies of Aeschylus, & Euripides; the comedies of Aristophanes & Menander; the histories of Herodotus & Thucydides; and the philosophy of Plato & Aristotle; as well as archaeological evidence.
The course will explore the cultural history of Europe and the Mediterranean world from 1934 to 1959, including the origins and conduct of the Second World War; the Holocaust; the Marshall Plan; the Cold War; the welfare state; Existentialism, decolonisation, and the early history of television. Drawing on archaeological evidence, literary texts, architecture and the visual arts, the course will look at the complex and shifting relationships between the present and the past in the definition and transformation of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish cultures and identities.
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