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Program

Contents: -historical geography of Ancient Greece -scholarship on ‘polis’, ‘borderland’, ‘no man’s land’ -interpoleic wars and the anthropology of conflict -scholarship on Greek ‘federal states’: beyond the “tribal state” -terminological problems: ethne, leagues, koinà, confederations, federations -the ethnic background of the Greek ‘federal states’ -the impact of war on ethnogenesis and koinogenesis -double citizenship, potential citizenship and augmented citizenship; subdivisions providing a formula for league membership -border wars in ‘non federal contexts’ -border wars in ‘federal states’ -scholarship on ‘federalism and conflict resolution’ -the most relevant historical and political developments and transformation processes of societies and cultures in Magna Graecia -the Mediterranean dimension of Greek history in Magna Graecia

Bibliography

Didactic methods

The course is taught through a combination of lectures (frontal teaching) and classroom discussions. In addition, there are three different forms of support, all of which are optional and held in co-presence with other teachers and student tutors. The first is aimed at providing additional input and forms of high-level teaching, the second and the third at providing support for students in difficulty:
1) First form of support. Three lessons will be held in co-teaching with scholars with expertise in the course topics:
These lectures will be preceded and followed by optional workshops (as training and reinforcement) in which forms of cooperative learning and exercises on micro-language in English, which will be adopted by the speakers of the lectures, will also be practised. These workshops will be held by student tutors supervised by collaborators of the European project "FeBo- Federalism and Border Management in Greek Antiquity", for which the teacher is responsible. The teacher, tutors and collaborators will also hold individual meetings to support the students.
2) Second form of support. Formative tests will be made available. For those with no background knowledge of Greek history, lessons held by Prof. Proietti are scheduled.
3) Third form of support. Students in difficulty can also contact tutors by writing to the following address: tutor.storiaanticamediev.lett@unitn.it.

Learning assessment procedures

Attending students: 1) One paper on topic to be agreed upon with the teacher: 40%. The case study or the topic should be chosen from among the cases or themes addressed in the lesson (border conflicts, arbitration procedures, conflict resolution mechanisms, theoretical reflections on federalism, the anthropology of conflict).The student should contact the teacher to define the theme, structure and bibliography. The paper should be between 2500 and 3000 words in length. It must be submitted at the latest two weeks before the exam. The paper may be replaced by attendance of the optional workshops to prepare and consolidate the content of the lessons held in co-presence with the experts (see section on Teaching Methods) . 2)The final oral exam (60%) will assess the students' ability to critically discuss one or more topics based on the reading list provided. Non-attending students: 1) ) One paper on a topic to be agreed upon with the teacher: 40%. The case study or the topic should be chosen from among the cases or themes addressed in the course bibliography (border conflicts, arbitration procedures, conflict resolution mechanisms, theoretical reflections on federalism, the anthropology of conflict).The student should contact the teacher to define the theme, structure and bibliography. The paper should be between 2500 and 3000 words in length. It must be submitted at the latest two weeks before the exam. 2)The final oral exam (60%) will assess the students' ability to critically discuss one or more topics based on the reading list provided. Non-attending students are invited to contact the teacher (elena.franchi@unitn.it).

Evaluation criteria

The final score will be determined taking into account the correctness of the content, the ability to critically elaborate on it and formal correctness. The final paper or, alternatively, active participation in optional workshops accounts for 40% of the final score.

Exam language

Italiano o Inglese