Ancient Historians & the Foreign
HIST-381E-1
Binghamton University
- Semester
- Winter 2024/25
- Instructor
- Stephen Blair
- Start Date
- 12-16-2024
- Total Credits
- 4
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This course surveys ancient historians’ treatments of foreign places and populations and analyzes their conceptions of ethnic and cultural difference. Readings include Herodotus’ description of Scythians, Egyptians, Indians, and Persians; Roman ethnographies of Celts, Germans, and Jews; “auto-ethnographies” by Babylonian and Egyptian scholars; compilations of “foreign customs” in the school of Aristotle; and early outsiders’ perspectives on Islam. Students examine the construction of race, ethnicity and otherness in antiquity and uncover the earliest foundations of modern anthropology.
General Education Area(s): Social Sciences
Course Area: History
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Dates: 12-16-2024 - 01-17-2025
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