Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h
Q1
This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2019-2020
Teacher(s)
Schmidt Andrea Barbara;
Language
French
Prerequisites
None
Main themes
Students will be introduced to the countries, history and culture of people and communities in the Near East with Christian (non-catholic) beliefs. Special regions with Aramaic (Syriac) population in Syria-Mesopotamia are brought into focus. The course introduces into several topics :
1. Countries and regions of Eastern Christian communities and their history from the 4th century to Medieval times ;
2. Christian Oriental sciences and litteratures ;
3. Cultural urban centres (Alexandria, Antiochia, Edessa, Mosul, Baghdad etc.) and important monastic places (in Palestine, Turqey, Syria, Iran, Egypt, Sinai etc.) ;
4. Main historical features of Syriac christianity in the Near East from the 4th century to modern times ; its former cultural impact in Central Asia and India.
1. Countries and regions of Eastern Christian communities and their history from the 4th century to Medieval times ;
2. Christian Oriental sciences and litteratures ;
3. Cultural urban centres (Alexandria, Antiochia, Edessa, Mosul, Baghdad etc.) and important monastic places (in Palestine, Turqey, Syria, Iran, Egypt, Sinai etc.) ;
4. Main historical features of Syriac christianity in the Near East from the 4th century to modern times ; its former cultural impact in Central Asia and India.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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By the end of the course, students will have acquired knowledge about Christian (non-catholic) people in the Near East in their diverse geographic, historical and cultural setting. They will learn to use the main sources and reference books for carrying out (individually or in group) a small research topic and presenting it to the class. |
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”.
Bibliography
Une bibliographie sélective sur le sujet de chaque séance est donnée au cours.
Faculty or entity
GLOR
