Altertumswissenschaften (WE 3)

• Zusätzliches Lehrangebot Altertumswissenschaften

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  • 13921 Vorlesung
    Hinter dem Bauzaun: Schätze des Vorderasiatischen Museums neu entdeckt (Elisa Roßberger, Gösta Ingvar Gabriel)
    Zeit: Di 18:00-20:00 (Erster Termin: 23.04.2024)
    Ort: Hs 1b Hörsaal (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
    

    Kommentar

    Eine öffentliche Ringvorlesung organisiert von den Instituten für Altorientalistik und für Vorderasiatische Archäologie im Rahmen des Offenen Hörsaal Programms der FU Berlin. Das vollständige Programm (sowie den Link zum Livestream) finden Sie hier: https://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/offenerhoersaal/vorderasien/index.html
    
    Das Vorderasiatische Museum ist seit dem 23. Oktober des vergangenen Jahres geschlossen. Ein Wiedersehen mit Ischtar-Tor und Co. wird es voraussichtlich nicht vor 2037 geben. Das heißt zum Beispiel: Die Kinder, die im letzten Herbst eingeschult wurden, werden dann ihre Schulzeit bereits hinter sich haben.
    Ein geschlossenes Museum bedeutet aber nicht, dass seine Schätze verschwinden. Die Forschung geht weiter. Ein großes Forschungsnetzwerk in Berlin beschäftigt sich mit den Zeugnissen aus dem antiken Vorderasien. Zu diesem Netzwerk gehören u.a. die Freie Universität Berlin, das Deutsche Archäologische Institut und natürlich das Vorderasiatische Museum selbst. Hinzu kommen zahlreiche nationale und internationale Kooperationen.
    Die Ringvorlesung macht ausgewählte, nun hinter den Baugerüsten verschwundene Museumsschätze sichtbar. Je zwei Vortragende aus dem Forschungsnetzwerk präsentieren jede Woche ein Objekt oder eine Objektgruppe aus der Sammlung des Museums. Dazu gehören berühmte Highlights wie das Ischtar-Tor aus Babylon, aber auch auf den ersten Blick unscheinbare Objekte wie eine zerbrochene
    Tontafel, Elfenbeinfragmente oder ein Lehmziegel. In jeder Vorlesung kommen jeweils zwei unterschiedliche fachliche Blickwinkel zusammen. Auf diese Weise zum Sprechen gebracht eröffnen die Sammlungsobjekte Einblicke in die Breite und Buntheit
    vergangener Lebenswelten: Sie erzählen von den ersten Metropolen, von religiösen Praktiken im Großen wie im Kleinen, vom Alltagsleben und von Herrscherideologien, von uralten Mythen und astronomischen Berechnungen, von Schönheit und Verfall.
    Zugleich vermittelt die Vorlesung die Faszination der Erforschung der antiken Hinterlassenschaften.
    Zum Einsatz kommen Archäologie und naturwissenschaftliche Analytik, restauratorische Arbeit, kulturelle Kontextualisierung und stilistische Einordung, Forschung zu Sprachen und Schriften, Interpretation von Texten und Bildern bis hin zu digitalen Methoden und KI-gestützten Verfahren. Die Vorlesung lädt dazu ein, in diese vergangenen Welten einzutauchen, Fragen zu stellen und so mit Vergangenheit und Gegenwart gleichermaßen ins Gespräch zu kommen.

  • 13922 Exkursion
    Exkursion nach Straßburg (Elisa Roßberger)
    Zeit: Do - (Erster Termin: 16.05.2024)
    Ort: keine Angabe
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    Die maximale Teilnehmerzahl ist bereits erreicht. Für weitere Informationen kontaktieren Sie bitte Frau Prof. Roßberger.

    Kommentar

    Die Kurzexkursion nach Straßburg findet vom 16.-19.05.2024 statt und bezweckt den 
    Besuch der Ausstellung "Mari en Syrie - Renaissance d'une cité du 3e millénaire" in der Universitätsbibliothek Straßburg.

  • 13950 Grundkurs/Seminar
    Medicine in the Ancient World (Cale Johnson)
    Zeit: Do 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2024)
    Ort: Arnimallee 10, Raum 010
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    For this course, please enrol via Campus Management. If this is not be possible, enrol via the form "Modul-, Lehrveranstaltungs- und Prüfungsanmeldung" when you decide to take the course. You can find the form on the website of the Studienbüro Geschkult. Please submit this document to the Studienbüro within the same time frame you would have to enrol in your courses via Campus Management. The workload of the course equals: attendance 30 hours, preparation and wrap-up 90 hours, exam preparation and exam 120 hours. For a term paper you need to write 5000 words. By attending also the companion course “13951 - Ancient Medicine in Translation” the workload equals 450 hours. For questions regarding credits you will have to approach your BA- or MA advisor of your study program." Please register also via email: wissensgeschichte@geschkult.fu-berlin.de For this course it is not possible to enrol via Campus Management. Please enrol via the form "Modul-, Lehrveranstaltungs- und Prüfungsanmeldung" when you decided to take the course. You can find the form on the website of the Studienbüro Geschkult. Please submit this document to the Studienbüro within the same time frame you would have to enrol in your courses via Campus Management. The workload of the course equals: attendance 30 hours, preparation and wrap-up 90 hours, exam preparation and exam 120 hours. For a term paper you need to write 5000 words. By attending also the companion course “13951 - Ancient Medicine in Translation” the workload equals 450 hours. For questions regarding credits you will have to approach your BA- or MA advisor of your study program." Please register also via email: wissensgeschichte@geschkult.fu-berlin.de

    Kommentar

    The course will survey the development of medicine in Mesopotamia, draw important parallels with contemporary Egyptian medical practice, and also look at the spread of originally Mesopotamian traditions into several Aramaic dialects. These materials and traditions represent the most important examples of disciplinary medicine prior to the advent of Greco-Roman medicine and we will also look at any possible links between these traditions and the Greco-Roman world. We will focus in particular on the emergence of technical literature in Mesopotamia, how technical compendia anchored specific disciplines and indoctrinated its would-be practitioners, and the specific pathways through which these materials were transmitted to other medical traditions. There is a companion reading seminar for those interested in reading some texts in the original cuneiform. This course will be taught in English, 2 hours per week.The course will survey the development of medicine in Mesopotamia, draw important parallels with contemporary Egyptian medical practice, and also look at the spread of originally Mesopotamian traditions into several Aramaic dialects. These materials and traditions represent the most important examples of disciplinary medicine prior to the advent of Greco-Roman medicine and we will also look at any possible links between these traditions and the Greco-Roman world. We will focus in particular on the emergence of technical literature in Mesopotamia, how technical compendia anchored specific disciplines and indoctrinated its would-be practitioners, and the specific pathways through which these materials were transmitted to other medical traditions. There is a companion reading seminar for those interested in reading some texts in the original cuneiform. This course will be taught in English, 2 hours per week.

  • 13951 Lektürekurs
    Ancient Medicine in Translation (Cale Johnson)
    Zeit: Do 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 11.04.2024)
    Ort: Arnimallee 10, Raum 010
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    For this course, please enrol via Campus Management. If this is not be possible, enrol via the form "Modul-, Lehrveranstaltungs- und Prüfungsanmeldung" when you decide to take the course. You can find the form on the website of the Studienbüro Geschkult. Please submit this document to the Studienbüro within the same time frame you would have to enrol in your courses via Campus Management. The workload of the course equals: attendance 30 hours, preparation and wrap-up 180 hours, exam preparation and exam 120 hours. For a term paper you need to write 5000 words. By attending also the companion course “13950 - Ancient Medicine in Translation” the workload equals 450 hours. For questions regarding credits you will have to approach your BA- or MA advisor of your study program." Please register also via email: wissensgeschichte@geschkult.fu-berlin.deFor this course it is not possible to enrol via Campus Management. Please enrol via the form "Modul-, Lehrveranstaltungs- und Prüfungsanmeldung" when you decided to take the course. You can find the form on the website of the Studienbüro Geschkult. Please submit this document to the Studienbüro within the same time frame you would have to enrol in your courses via Campus Management. The workload of the course equals: attendance 30 hours, preparation and wrap-up 180 hours, By attending also the companion course “Medicine in the Ancient World", the workload equals 450 hours. For the completion of the module you will have to write a term paper with 5000 words. For questions regarding credits you will have to approach your BA- or MA advisor of your study program." Please register also via email: wissensgeschichte@geschkult.fu-berlin.de

    Kommentar

    This course serves as both a discussion section for the lectures and secondary literature readings in “Medicine in the Ancient World” as well as the primary context in which we will read and discuss ancient texts in translation. Although these primary documents in translation will be in a number of different ancient genres, including diagnostic texts and therapeutics prescriptions, we will also look at letters, lawcodes and mythological texts that are relevant to ancient medicine. No knowledge of ancient languages or writing systems is required. All texts will be read in English translation. Students are strongly encouraged to take this course in combination with “Medicine in the Ancient World” as a single module. This course will be taught in English, 2 hours per week.

  • 13952 Einführungskurs/Seminar
    The Origin of Writing in Eurasia: Anthropological Perspectives (Cale Johnson)
    Zeit: Di 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
    Ort: Arnimallee 10, Raum 006, Büro Prof. Johnson
    

    Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

    For this course, please enrol via Campus Management. If this is not be possible, enrol via the form "Modul-, Lehrveranstaltungs- und Prüfungsanmeldung" when you decide to take the course. You can find the form on the website of the Studienbüro Geschkult. Please submit this document to the Studienbüro within the same time frame you would have to enrol in your courses via Campus Management. The workload of the course equals: attendance 30 hours, preparation and wrap-up 90 hours, exam preparation and exam 120 hours. For a term paper you need to write 5000 words. By attending also the companion course “13953 – Late Uruk Notational Practices” the workload equals 450 hours. For questions regarding credits you will have to approach your BA- or MA advisor of your study program." Please register also via email: wissensgeschichte@geschkult.fu-berlin.de

    Kommentar

    This lecture combines an introduction to the history of de novo writing in ancient Eurasia (Mesopotamia, Egypt and China) with anthropological perspectives on notation and writing systems. We will look at how notation has structured human consciousness over time, as well as how interactions between notation and cognition have led to new levels and types of human awareness. One of the main goals will be to build bridges between students focusing on ancient writing systems and others with an interest in anthropological or semiotic theories. As we move through the course, we will increasingly focus on models of textuality and how large-scale textual structures are organised, including bureaucracies, ring structures and mise en abyme constructions. This lecture combines an introduction to the history of de novo writing in the ancient world (Mesopotamia, Egypt and China) with elements of discourse analysis and semiotics. We will look at how notation has structured human consciousness and thought over time, as well as how interactions between notation and cognition have led to new levels and types of metapragmatic awareness. One of the main goals will be to build bridges between students focusing on ancient writing systems and others with an interest in semiotics and anthropological theories. The first part of the course will focus on the origins of writing systems, while the second part will look at models of textuality and poetics and how large-scale textual structures (such as ring epics, compendia, or encyclopedias) are organized. No knowledge of any ancient languages or writing systems is required, but there will be substantial reading of secondary literature from several disciplines. This course will be taught in English.This lecture combines an introduction to the history of de novo writing in the ancient world (Mesopotamia, Egypt and China) with elements of discourse analysis and semiotics. We will look at how notation has structured human consciousness and thought over time, as well as how interactions between notation and cognition have led to new levels and types of metapragmatic awareness. One of the main goals will be to build bridges between students whose interests focus on ancient writing systems and others with an interest in semiotics and anthropological theories. The first part of the course will focus on the origins of writing systems, while the second part will look at models of textuality and poetics and how large-scale textual structures (such as ring epics, compendia, or encyclopedias) are organized. No knowledge of any ancient languages or writing systems is required, but there will be substantial reading of secondary literature from several disciplines. This course will be taught in English.

  • 13953 Methodenübung
    Late Uruk Notational Practices (Cale Johnson)
    Zeit: Di 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
    Ort: Arnimallee 10, Raum 010
    

    Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

    For this course, please enrol via Campus Management. If this is not be possible, enrol via the form "Modul-, Lehrveranstaltungs- und Prüfungsanmeldung" when you decide to take the course. You can find the form on the website of the Studienbüro Geschkult. Please submit this document to the Studienbüro within the same time frame you would have to enrol in your courses via Campus Management. The workload of the course equals: attendance 30 hours, preparation and wrap-up 180 hours, exam preparation and exam 120 hours. For a term paper you need to write 5000 words. By attending also the companion course “13952 – Notation and Metapragmatic Awareness” the workload equals 450 hours. For questions regarding credits you will have to approach your BA- or MA advisor of your study program." Please register also via email: wissensgeschichte@geschkult.fu-berlin.de

    Kommentar

    This course is an introduction to Late Uruk notational practices, including sealing practices, bullae and tablet formation, and writing techniques, including both proto-cuneiform and proto-Elamite. No previous knowledge of any ancient language or writing system is presupposed or required. This course also serves as the lab or Methodenübung for “Notation and Metapragmatic Awareness,” and we strongly encourage students to enroll in both courses as a single module. This course will be taught in English, 2 hours per week.

  • 13954 Seminar
    Mythology from the Sumerians to the Presocratics I (Cale Johnson)
    Zeit: Mi 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
    Ort: Arnimallee 10, Raum 010
    

    Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

    For this course, please enrol via Campus Management. If this is not be possible, enrol via the form "Modul-, Lehrveranstaltungs- und Prüfungsanmeldung" when you decide to take the course. You can find the form on the website of the Studienbüro Geschkult. Please submit this document to the Studienbüro within the same time frame you would have to enrol in your courses via Campus Management. The workload of the course equals: attendance 30 hours, preparation and wrap-up 90 hours, exam preparation and exam 120 hours. For a term paper you need to write 5000 words. By attending also the companion course in the next semester the workload equals 450 hours. For questions regarding credits you will have to approach your BA- or MA advisor of your study program." Please register also via email: wissensgeschichte@geschkult.fu-berlin.de

    Kommentar

    This seminar looks at the broad history of written myth, ranging from southern Mesopotamia in the third millennium BC, through the Hurro-Hittite and Ugaritic myths, to their earliest manifestation in Greek myth. This course focuses in particular on how myths are transformed and reinterpreted as they pass from one culture or written tradition into the next, on the origins of commentary traditions in text and image, and on whether or to what extent modern theories of mythology can contribute to our understanding. Each seminar meeting will combine lecture, discussion and reading of ancient mythical sources in English translation. The course will be taught chronologically over two semesters, so students are strongly encouraged to take course both courses as part of a single module. This course will be taught in English, 2 hours per week.

  • 13956 Vorlesung
    Introduction to Ancient Astral Sciences (Antonius Ossendrijver)
    Zeit: Di 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 30.04.2024)
    Ort: Arnimallee 10, Raum 010 The first day of the class is 30.04.2024!!!
    

    Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

    For this course, please enrol via Campus Management. If this is not be possible, enrol via the form "Modul-, Lehrveranstaltungs- und Prüfungsanmeldung" when you decide to take the course. You can find the form on the website of the Studienbüro Geschkult. Please submit this document to the Studienbüro within the same time frame you would have to enrol in your courses via Campus Management. The workload of the course equals: attendance 30 hours, preparation and wrap-up 90 hours, exam preparation and exam 120 hours. For a term paper you need to write 5000 words. For questions regarding credits you will have to approach your BA- or MA advisor of your study program." Please register also via email: wissensgeschichte@geschkult.fu-berlin.deFor this course it is not possible to enrol via Campus Management. Please enrol via the form "Modul-, Lehrveranstaltungs- und Prüfungsanmeldung" when you decide to take the course. You can find the form on the website of the Studienbüro Geschkult. Please submit this document to the Studienbüro within the same time frame you would have to enrol in your courses via Campus Management. The workload of the course equals: attendance 30 hours, preparation and wrap-up 90 hours, exam preparation and exam 120 hours. For a term paper you need to write 5000 words. For questions regarding credits you will have to approach your BA- or MA advisor of your study program." Please register also via email: wissensgeschichte@geschkult.fu-berlin.de

    Kommentar

    The lecture introduces central topics from the astral sciences (astronomy, celestial divination, astrology, cosmology) of the ancient world with a focus on Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Greco-Roman world. Topics to be covered are methodological aspects of research on ancient astral science; the reconstruction of ancient practices and theories based on original sources.