Seminar :Written Sources from the Near East and Egypt

lglor2912  2017-2018  Louvain-la-Neuve

Seminar :Written Sources from the Near East and Egypt
5 credits
30.0 h
Q2

  This biannual learning unit is not being organized in 2017-2018 !

Teacher(s)
Obsomer Claude; Tavernier Jan;
Language
French
Prerequisites
A good knowledge of one or several languages concerned by the textual sources: Akkadian, Hittite, Egyptian.
Main themes
A scientific approach to the texts which form the basis of our knowledge of precise questions of the history of Egypt and the Near East.
The course deals with a number of themes which require a first-hand work on the sources in their original language. The first themes will be chosen by those invited to attend the seminar (lecturers, researchers and graduates). The following themes will be presented by students who are inscribed for the course, as the results of a personal research.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

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At the end of this seminar, the student will be familiar with a rigorous scientific approach to the textual and iconographic sources at the base of our knowledge. He will be able to give an oral presentation of a question that he has personally studied.

 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
The seminar is made up of three parts:
- in the first term, presentations by the lecturers of dossiers which they have themselves studied, with the intention of giving students a methodology for preparing of exploiting textual sources;
- second term, presentation of their research by Ph.D's., doctorands, and graduates.
- at the end of the second term, presentation by the students of the dossiers they have prepared during the course, and whose subjects will have been decided at the beginning of the year.
Teaching methods
The seminars are organised in periods of three hours. The seminars start with the presentation of the original documents which form the basis of the discussion, followed by the previous interpretations. They follow up, by bringing out the arguments which enable the choice of a particular interpretation. At every stage, the active participation of the class is required.
Evaluation methods
The students are marked for their participation and on the basis of their presentation of their subject.
Other information
The dates of the seminars will be fixed as from the beginning of November.
Online resources
Students may obtain the Power-points and documents of the seminar.
Bibliography
Elle est fournie par chaque intervenant en fonction du thème qu'il aborde.
Faculty or entity
GLOR


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in History of Art and Archaeology : General

Master [60] in Ancient Languages and Literatures : Oriental Studies

Master [120] in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies