Egypt and Others

Pre-requisites: Good knowledge of English. To have passed one of the following courses: Religion in Ancient Egypt, Pictures and words-Egyptian Iconography, Greeks and Others-colonization, Hellenization.

Course objectives: To understand proclaimed and real relations between Ancient Egypt and other contemporary nations, opinions and roles of Egypt in European culture, also by analyzing archaeological, iconographic and written data ’s to improve the overall ability to independently review data.

Course description: The course is dedicated to relations between Ancient Egypt and other cultures, above all regarding material culture and the exchange of ideas. It encompasses two topics: relation the Egyptians had toward other people as well as “the other’s” perception of Egyptians. The first topic roughly covers themes such as: a.) Relations Egypt had with other cultures of the time, expansion of Egyptian material culture and understanding and acceptance of foreign cultures. b.) Egyptians’ picture of themselves, the function of concept of “others” in light of self perception, origins of the local population, the settlement and position of other ethnic groups in Egypt. The essence of the second topic consists of the perception of Egypt in European culture (Egypt in the eyes of Europe until the Napoleonic wars; Egypt in new European art, architecture and applied arts) and finally the critique of the Eurocentric point of few.

Learning Outcomes: Attendance, essay, written examination.

Egypt and Others

Pre-requisites: Good knowledge of English. To have passed one of the following courses: Religion in Ancient Egypt, Pictures and words-Egyptian Iconography, Greeks and Others-colonization, Hellenization.

Course objectives: To understand proclaimed and real relations between Ancient Egypt and other contemporary nations, opinions and roles of Egypt in European culture, also by analyzing archaeological, iconographic and written data ’s to improve the overall ability to independently review data.

Course description: The course is dedicated to relations between Ancient Egypt and other cultures, above all regarding material culture and the exchange of ideas. It encompasses two topics: relation the Egyptians had toward other people as well as “the other’s” perception of Egyptians. The first topic roughly covers themes such as: a.) Relations Egypt had with other cultures of the time, expansion of Egyptian material culture and understanding and acceptance of foreign cultures. b.) Egyptians’ picture of themselves, the function of concept of “others” in light of self perception, origins of the local population, the settlement and position of other ethnic groups in Egypt. The essence of the second topic consists of the perception of Egypt in European culture (Egypt in the eyes of Europe until the Napoleonic wars; Egypt in new European art, architecture and applied arts) and finally the critique of the Eurocentric point of few.

Learning Outcomes: Attendance, essay, written examination.

Literature/Reading:

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