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Lecture
Divination in the Ancient World
Joost Hazenbos, J. Cale Johnson
Information for students
If it is not possible to enrol for this course via Campus Management, please enrol via the form "Modul-, Lehrveranstaltungs- und Prüfungsanmeldung" when you decided to take the course. Please submit this document to the Studienbüro within the same time frame you would have to enrol in your courses in Campus Management, namely within the first two or three weeks of the course. The workload of the course equals 240 hours: attendance 30 hours, preparation and wrap-up 90 hours, presentation and Hausarbeit (5000 words) 120 hours. (Together with the companion course the workload equals 450 hours). For questions regarding credits you will have to approach your BA- or MA advisor of your study program." close
Additional information / Pre-requisites
Guest auditors are welcome, but will need to register via email: wissensgeschichte@geschkult.fu-berlin.de
Comments
Divination played an especially important role in the history of Mesopotamia and Anatolia and the bulk of the course focuses on the different forms of divination in ancient Mesopotamia, ancient Anatolia and neighboring societies in the Eastern Mediterranean (e.g., Greece), but the course will also pay attention to divination in China, America and Central Asia. We will look specifically at the ways in which divinatory practice was valued, as a form of knowledge, whether or not it represents a scientific practice, its role in statecraft and religion, and, in particular, how different forms of divination moved from Mesopotamia into neighboring regions and vice versa. There is a companion reading seminar: "Reading divinatory texts in translation". close
15 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Tue, 2024-10-15 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2024-10-22 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2024-10-29 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2024-11-05 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2024-11-12 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2024-11-19 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2024-11-26 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2024-12-03 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2024-12-10 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2024-12-17 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2025-01-07 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2025-01-14 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2025-01-21 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2025-01-28 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2025-02-04 14:00 - 16:00
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