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Master in Social and Historical
Anthropology
1nd
Semester 1. Social and
Political History of the Ancient World (Compulsory) Anastassiadis
2. Anthropology of Religion, Ritual and Symbolic Systems
(Compulsory) Paradellis
3. Theory and History of Contemporary Social Anthropology
(Compulsory) Papataxiarchis
2nd Semester
4. Nations and Nationalisms: historical approaches (Compulsory)
Exertzoglou
5. Economic and Political Anthropology (Compulsory) Moutafi
6. The Family in European Historiography (Compulsory) Stamatogiannopoulou
3rd Semester (Major: Social
Anthropology)
7. Ethnography of Greece and Southern Europe
(Compulsory for majors) Panopoulos
8. Anthropology of Kinship and Gender (Elective) Kantsa
9. Topics in Anthropology: Anthropology of Education (Elective) Plexoussaki
3rd Semester (Major:
History)
10. Topics in Historical Anthropology (Compulsory for majors)
Hantzaroula 11. Specific Topics in Historiography: Violence in Early
Modern Times (Elective) Gara
12. Political and Social
History of Modern Greece (Elective) Karavas
All courses correspond to 10
ects
Description of Courses
KIA-1.
Social and Political
History of the Ancient World
INSTRUCTOR: V. Anastasiadis
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
A) The
historiography of the economy of ancient Greece since the 19th century.
The conflict between liberal and Marxist researchers of ancient economy.
Home economics and relevant models of analysis. Monetarism as the
starting point of an early capitalistic system. Theoretical approaches
into the foundation of the institution of slavery within the framework
of home economics.
B) The stratification of ancient Greek society. Conceptual models for
the analysis of social grouping. The Marxist and Weberian proposal. The
neo-Weberian proposals. The reconstruction of Marxist analysis by G.E.M.
de Ste Croix and its acceptance by the academic community; Sociological
schools and the conflict on the analysis of pre-industrial societies.
C) The presence of social discrimination in existing sources. Superior
and inferior strata during the Homeric, archaic, classical and
Hellenistic era. The distinctions founded on criteria of blood, wealth,
status, and moral supremacy. The specification and self-conscience of
social identity: the particularity of ancient societies (clash between
poor vs. rich and free citizens vs. slaves). Comparison of the ancient
Greek paradigm to the equivalent Roman one.
D) Slavery from its birth to its culmination in Roman times. Forms of
slavery and its correlation to other manifestations of dependent
workmanship. The view of political philosophers against slavery and the
moral dimension of the issue. The collapse of the institution of
slavery.
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KIA-2. Anthropology of Religion, Ritual and Symbolic Systems
INSTRUCTOR: Th. Paradellis
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The course refers
to the ways in which religious beliefs, religious and lay rituals
and symbolic systems are approached, analyzed, and interpreted.
Anthropological theories and approaches of religion are discussed in
depth. Moreover, we also analyze systems of classification and
structure of human experience, the logic of magical thought and
practice, ritual practice and anthropological approaches to
symbolism. Issues such as cognitive anthropology as well as the
anthropology of face, emotions, and the body are also examined.
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KIA-3. Historical Approaches of nationalism and nation building
INSTRUCTOR: H. Exertzoglou
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The course discusses nationalism and the nation-state in historical
perspective and examines the national phenomenon as both product and
factor of modernity. The aim of the course is to foreground the
historicity and the complexity of the national phenomenon focusing on
the relevant theoretical
controversies and examining a variety of
cases
from Europe (France, Germany, the
Balkans ) and non-European areas (India, he Middle East, )with emphasis
on the colonial and post-colonial times. The topics discussed in the
course are
a) Nationalism, national
narratives and national cultures, b) Politics, national integration, and
the making of nations c) Nationalism- colonialism- post-colonialism.
ASSESSMENT: Students
are expected to read a selected bibliography and prepare a final paper
on a theme of their own selection.
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KIA-4.
Theory and
History of Contemporary Social Anthropology
INSTRUCTOR:
E. Papataxiarchis
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The aim of this course is to present momentous trends in contemporary
post-Malinowskian anthropology through both a historical
perspective—namely in relation to the intellectual framework of the era
and the theoretical practices in relative fields—as well as from the
perspective of their implementation in processing and presenting
ethnographic data. Classical ethnographic monographs are analyzed as
examples of anthropological attestations, like evolutionism,
structural-functionalism,
structuralism,
exchange theory,
and cultural ecology. The contemporary trends of interpretive
anthropology, anthropological constructivism, and the recent
post-structural reforms and exchanges with history and literary
criticism are scrutinized in the light of competing points of view.
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KIA-5. Economic
and Political Anthropology
INSTRUCTOR: V. Galani - Moutafi
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The course includes three units. The first unit introduces the basic
approaches of the concept of “economy”, examines commercial exchange,
gift, and bartering, while it examines cases of anthropological
attestations concerning material objects. The latter are analyzed as
commercial goods from a political-economical point of view or as
vehicles of symbolic meaning. The course also examines various views on
the morality and symbolism of money as well as analytical approaches of
consumption. The second unit covers fundamental issues in the
anthropology of tourism (with an emphasis on tradition, representations
of identity and the politics of heritage) and introduces, from a
critical point of view, older and contemporary speculations regarding
issues related to socio-economic transformation—such as, for example,
the dynamics of social and cultural change and
the relationship between structure and action. The third unit analyzes
the relationship between political anthropology and political science
and introduces examples of non-western societies which established the
core of issues dealt with in political anthropology. Finally, it
examines basic approaches to the national and ethnic phenomenon and
comments on relevant terms and analytical categories. Special attention
is given to nationalism as a cultural process involved in the
construction of identity.
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KIA-6. The family in European Historiography
INSTRUCTOR: M. Stamatoyannopoulou
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The course aims at introducing historical research relevant to the
history of the family along with the corresponding surveys in social
anthropology. During the course, the various historiographic trends in
the field of history of family in the European world are presented. The
focus is on studies around the forms of settlement and domestic
organization and the European model of marriage (15th-19th century), the
practices of transfer and family strategies, intra-family relations, the
emergence of the new conjugal culture.
AIMS: The course is
designed to make students familiar with the research in the history of
kinship and family.
ASSESSMENT: Oral
presentations, participation in the seminar, written essays.
TEACHING
METHODS:
KIA-A-1. Ethnography of Greece and
Southern Europe
INSTRUCTOR: P. Panopoulos
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course presents ethnographic studies of modern Greek society and
other southern european societies in comparative perspective. After a
brief historical review of the methodology and specific objects of the
ethnographic studies in the area, we focus on some of the most important
objects of study: forms and meanings of kinship, family and domestic
groups, gender ideologies, the symbolism of femininity and masculinity,
the cultural dynamics of politics and the construction of modern Greek
local and national identities.
AIMS OF THE COURSE:
In this course-seminar, we examine the ways in which anthropological
perspectives have been used in the study of Greek society and other
societies of southern
Europe. We focus, more specifically, on the recent
methodological as well as thematic developments in Greek and european
ethnography which have drastically transformed the ways we approach the
area.
TEACHING METHODS:
Lectures, oral presentations by students.
ASSESSMENT:
Oral presentations, short papers during semester, long essay by
the end of semester.
KIA-A-2.
Anthropology of Kinship and Gender
INSTRUCTOR:
V. Kantsa
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KIA-A-3. Topics in Anthropology:
Anthropology of Education
INSTRUCTOR: E. Plexousaki
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The
course presents theoretical studies concerning cultural dimensions of
educational process, and ethnographic research concerning practices of
schooling within specific historical and cultural contexts. There will
be special emphasis given in the comparative approach of societies in Southern Europe under
the spectrum of the cultural meanings of the educational process and the
cultural values
attached at education. We can distinguish two basic research directions
in the anthropological approaches of education. The first concerns the
position and the role played by the school in different societies and
cultures, seen from the point of view of “cultural transmission” as it
has been researched mainly by American cultural school of anthropology.
From this perspective the “western” school as an official form of
education in the modern world, is one of the forms of cultural
transmission and the intercultural comparison of different practices of
upbringing and socialization of children is the core of this approach.
In this perspective, the school is conceived as a domain ruled by
specific cultural codes,
the “Western” ones and specifically those of the middle class,
and research questions have to do with the way specific hierarchical
relations find expression in verbal and non-verbal exchanges as forms of
intercultural communication at school. According to the second, the
anthropological approach to education does not consist a specific
anthropological issue that is based on education or schooling in “other”
cultures but an analytical point of view which focuses on the school as
a specific context of cultural action which takes its meaning according
to the cultural content applied to terms such as “student”, “teacher”,
e.t.c. The transformations that the local social structure and cultural
practices undergo and their manifestation in the educational field
posses an important position in this approach. A number of the latest
studies focus on the daily school practices and the formation of the
subjectivities of students, teachers and parents as they act in the
educational field.
AIMS OF THE COURSE:
Acquiring the basic theoretical tools through which school has been
studied in Anthropology
Getting to know school ethnography from an anthropological point of
viewProcessing of the methodological and ethical issues posed while
researching educational institutions
ASSESSMENT:Short
written tests during the semester, final written essay.
KIA-H-1
Topics in Historical Anthropology
INSTRUCTOR: P. Hantzaroula
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The seminar deals with historiographical questions that occupy a central
place in a variety of disciplines (in particular history and social
anthropology) and fields, analyzing them through an interdisciplinary
perspective. The focus on concepts such as memory, temporality,
testimony, culture, experience, gender, subjectivity and identity as
well as on issues such as representativity, interpretation, sources,
archive and narrative has contributed greatly to the transformation of
history.
The seminar examines historiographical practices that were distinguished
for crossing the boundaries of the discipline and for providing
historical method and study with new analytical tools and approaches.
Oral history, history of mentalities, microhistory, gender history,
history of the body and sexuality, and history of emotions challenged
historiographical thought and writing through their innovative
methodological, theoretical and hermeneutic perspectives.
We are going to study historiographical texts that were
distinguished for their contribution to the renewal of historical method
and writing.
AIMS OF THE COURSE:
-To
possess a wide knowledge of recent historical thinking and engage with
interdisciplinary approaches.
-To
acquire familiarity with the use of analytical concepts of various
disciplines, especially of social anthropology, and apply them to the
study of the past.
-To
deepen their knowledge on historiographical methodologies and practices
TEACHING METHODS:
ASSESSMENT: Students
submit for assessment one 2500 word essay and one 5000 word essay.
Participation to the seminar (presentations, “reaction” to texts).
KIA-H-2.
Specific Topics in Historiography: Violence in Early Modern
Times
INSTRUCTOR: Gara Eleni
DESCRIPTION:
In the last decades, violence has been engaging increasingly the
interest of social scientists and has become a privileged field of
encounter and dialogue between different disciplines, especially
between history and anthropology. Current research focuses on the
meanings and uses of violence, the context for its onset, its
multiple aspects and diverse forms and manifestations, as well as
its gendered character. The course deals with the theoretical and
methodological issues connected with the study of violence, the ways
violence has been approached from the point of view of history, as
well as with current trends of research on violence in early modern
times, both as a lived experience and in regard to discourse and
representation.
AIMS: The aim of this course is to introduce
students to the main theoretical and methodological approaches in
the study of violence, including recent trends of research, to
familiarize students with the most important aspects of violence in
early modern times, to introduce them to the main types of
historical sources used in the study of violence and to develop
further their analytical and critical reading and writing skills.
learning results: Students who attend
classes, fulfill the weekly assignments and complete the required
essay
· learn the
main theoretical and methodological approaches to the historical
study of violence,
·
become
familiar with the concepts, methods and sources used in the research
of violence, especially in regard to early modern times,
·
become
familiar with the main academic scholarship and study major
contributions on the issue,
·
learn
to recognize and understand the complexity of the factors that
influence the forms, meanings and uses of violence and contribute to
the differentiation in its manifestations
from society to society,
·
gain
new knowledge on violence in early modern times
and study in depth specific
aspects of the issue in the course of their research paper.
TEACHING METHOD:
Seminar with active student participation; use of
visual and textual material, powerpoint.
ASSESMENT:
Weekly assignments (written essays and/or
presentations at class) (30%); oral presentation of research paper
(20%); research paper of min. 3600 words (50%).
KIA-H-3. Political and Social
History of Modern Greece (from the Eastern Issue to the Macedonian
Question)
Code number :
SHA/H/3
Level of Module/Course
(under-/postgraduate): Postgraduate
Type of Module/Course:
Optional
Year of Study:
2 Semester:
3
Number of ects allocated::
10 Νumber
of teaching
units:
3
Name of lecturer / lecturers: Spyros Karavas
Content outline :
The aim of the course is to introduce and
cover in depth the mechanisms by which the dominant Greek ideology was
produced and formed, through the consequences on the country’s political
practices. The process of shaping Greek arguments on “national rights”;
the inability to find a meeting point between territorial ambitions and
political and ethnological factors; the political availability of those
whose irredentist vision had not yet been achieved; the suppression of
the revolution in Macedonia; as well as the manner in which
historiography warped the Macedonian Question are some of the topics
that will be discussed in the course.
Learning outcomes: :
Historicity of the notions and
revelation of antinomies between historical sources and ideological
uses of history.
Recommended Reading : a) BasicTextbooks:
Σκοπετέα Ε., Το «Πρότυπο Βασίλειο» και η Μεγάλη Ιδέα. Όψεις του
εθνικού προβλήματος στην Ελλάδα (1830-1880), Πολύτυπο, Αθήνα 1988
Ματάλας Π., Έθνος και Ορθοδοξία. Οι περιπέτειες μιας σχέσης από
το «Ελλαδικό» στο Βουλγαρικό σχίσμα, Πανεπιστημιακές Εκδόσεις
Κρήτης, Ηράκλειο 2002 Καράβας Σ. «Μακάριοι οι κατέχοντες την
γήν». Γαιοκτητικοί σχεδιασμοί προς απαλλοτρίωση συνειδήσεων στη
Μακεδονία 1880-1909, Βιβλιόραμα, Αθήνα 2010
b) Additional References:
Κωστόπουλος Τ., Η απαγορευμένη γλώσσα.
Κρατική καταστολή των σλαβικών διαλέκτων στην ελληνική Μακεδονία, 1η
έκδ. Μαύρη Λίστα, Αθήνα 2000 Λυμπεράτος Α., Οικονομία, Πολιτική και
Εθνική Ιδεολογία. Η διαμόρφωση των εθνικών κομμάτων στη Φιλιππούπολη
του 19ου αιώνα, Πανεπιστημιακές Εκδόσεις Κρήτης, Ηράκλειο 2009
Assessment/Grading Methods:
Ten short papers touching the annotation of texts (sources)
elaborated during the semester.
Language of Instruction:
Greek
Μode of delivery
(face-to-face, distance learning):
Face-to-face
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