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Diasporas in Antiquity
Lectures and seminars explore the
archaeological and literary evidence for
voluntary movement as well as forced
deportation of populations in the ancient Near
Eastern world. The use of forced deportation as
a policy of control can be traced first to the
Egyptians and the Hittites and was later used
by the neo-Assyrian and neo-Babylonian
empires. The fate of those exiled is explored
through the use of Assyrian and Babylonian
inscriptions, art, archaeological evidence for
settlement of deported populations and the
Judean presentation of exile in the Hebrew
Bible. Overall, the course raises the question as
to how deportation impacts on populations and
how art and literature represents the experience
of exile as well as the might of imperial powers.
Lecturer
Anne Fitzpatrick-McKinley, Assistant Professor
How to apply
Applications can be made in person
on Wednesday, 19 September 2012,
4 p.m. - 7 p.m. in the Department of Near and
Middle Eastern Studies, room 5037, level 5 of
the Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2 or by
post before 19 September 2012.
Fee
€
150 for the course. For security reasons
payment should be by cheque/draft/postal
money order only, made payable to Trinity
College no. 1 account. A concession rate is
available to second and third level students,
unemployed persons and those in receipt of a
social welfare pension.
Date
Teaching in Michaelmas term commences
during the week beginning 24 September 2012.
Please note this is a day-time course.
Duration
The course runs for a total of eleven weeks in
Michaelmas term.
Further information
Contact: Zuleika Rodgers, Department of Near
and Middle Eastern Studies, Arts Building,
Trinity College, Dublin 2. Phone: 01 896 2229,
email:
Great Jewish Books
In this course we explore themes in Jewish
thought by reading and discussing key texts
from antiquity to the present. These great
Jewish books provide us with perspectives on
Jewish identity offered by culturally diverse
thinkers and communities including the rabbis
of antiquity, medieval Jewish philosophers and
mystics and modern commentators and
novelists such as Theodor Herzl, Sigmund
Freud, Philip Roth and Cynthia Ozick.
Lecturer
Zuleika Rodgers, Assistant Professor
How to apply
Applications can be made in person on
Wednesday,19 September 2012, 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
in the Department of Near and Middle Eastern
Studies, room 5037, level 5 of the Arts Building,
Trinity College, Dublin 2 or by post before
Friday, 11 January 2013.
Fee
€
150 for the course. For security reasons
payment should be by cheque/draft/postal
money order only, made payable to Trinity
College no. 1 account. A concession rate is
available to second and third level students,
unemployed persons and those in receipt of a
social welfare pension.