Summer Session II MiniMester Courses
College of Arts and Sciences
The Ancient World on Screen
SECOND SUMMER MINIMESTER
CLA 223 section 80 3 credits Undergraduate
August 10-14 and 17-21
Monday through Friday, 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.
LC 190
John Kirby 305-284-6326
The ancient world is alive today in our movies, television shows, and computer games. How do we represent the ancient Greeks and Romans on these big and small screens? Why are they pictured as they are? What happens to the books the ancients wrote when they are turned into modern films, TV shows, or computer games? What aspects of ourselves do we see (or prefer not to see) in the people of ancient times? Ponder these questions and more in this exciting course consisting of lecture/discussion sessions, of film and TV-program screenings, and, if possible, of computer-game demonstrations.
Women of the Ancient World
SECOND SUMMER SESSION
REL 405 Sections 85 3 credits Undergraduate
August 10-14 and 17-21
Monday through Friday, 5:30 to 9:15 p.m.
LC 110
John Fitzgerald 305-284-3698
Women played a crucial role in the cultures, politics, and religions of the ancient Mediterranean world. This seminar examines some of the most prominent women of ancient Israel (such as Eve, Sarah, Rebecca, Deborah, Delilah, Ruth, Bathsheba, Esther and Judith), ancient Egypt (Hatshepsut, Nefertiti, and Cleopatra), ancient Greece (Helen of Troy, Sappho of Lesbos, and Medea), ancient Rome (Livia, Agrippina, and Julia Domina), and early Christianity (Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Salome, and Thecia). The course will feature lectures, discussions, the readings of selected texts, and several films.
