| CODE | ATS5513 | |||||||||
| TITLE | The Mediterranean: Encounters of Civilizations | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Faculty of Arts | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The Mediterranean has long been a place of political, cultural and economic interaction and exchange. This study-unit approaches the encounters of different politics, religions and ethnicities during the medieval and early modern eras in such a manner as to introduce students not only to the classic historiography on the subject but also to key some notable contributions in recent scholarship. Themes covered in the unit will vary from year to year but may include urban society, slavery, trade and communications, foodways, war at sea, religious encounters, migration, travel and the ‘global’ Mediterranean. Study-unit Aims: - To guide students through an exercise of close reading of seminal works on Mediterranean societies in pre-modern times that are exemplary of specific theoretical approaches and which have profoundly influenced subsequent studies; - To explore various studies focusing on particular aspects of the political, social, cultural, and economic history of the Mediterranean, and explore how these draw upon theories and insights from the core readings. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Identify key theories that have shaped the study of Mediterranean history; - Compare and contrast methodological approaches in the study of Mediterranean history; - Apply key theoretical insights and methodologies to analyse arguments made in various monographs and scholarly articles. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Synthesize in writing and through oral presentations the main analytical tools and arguments found in a text; - Compare groups of texts and draw out similarities and differences in their theoretical and methodological approaches to specific problems; - Compose an analytical essay reflecting on an original argument and drawing upon a range of written sources. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Abulafia, D. (2011). ‘Mediterranean History as Global History’, History and Theory, 50/2: 220-28. - Bono, S. (2016). Schiavi. Una storia mediterranea (XVI-XIX secolo). - Clancy Smith, J. (2012). Mediterraneans. North Africa and Europe in an Age of Migration, c.1800-1900. - Driessen, H. (2005). ’Mediterranean port cities: cosmopolitanism reconsidered’, History and Anthropology, 16/1: 129-41. - Herzfeld, M. ‘Practical Mediterraneanism: Excuses for Everything, from Epistemology to Eating’, in Rethinking the Mediterranean, ed. W. V. Harris. 2005: 41-63. - Pryor, J. H. (1988). Geography, Technology and War: Studies in the Maritime History of the Mediterranean, 649 - 1571. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Group Learning and Seminar | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Mark Aloisio |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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