II semester Bachelor of Arts Sanskrit language workshop 1 CFU Lecturer: Rosa Ronzitti Start: 28 February 2025 Time and place: Friday 3pm-5pm - Room 6 (Via Balbi 2) Duration: 25 hours including lectures, tutorials and final exam (8 lectures + final exam) Methods: The workshop is attendance only and limited number (20 students). From the second lesson, attendance will be recorded by means of a paper register. Excessive absences will jeopardise access to the final examination and thus the awarding of credit.The course is open to all students. To enrol send an e-mail by mid-February to the e-mail address of the teacher making sure to indicate as subject "LABORATORY ENROLLMENT" and to specify first name, surname, matriculation number, course of study, curriculum, year of course. Whoever is NOT really willing to attend is kindly requested NOT to ENROLL, since he/she would take away another student's place. Programme:The workshop, through the presentation of texts and images, aims to provide the basic tools for understanding the ancient Indian language (Vedic and Sanskrit) and its alphabet. A particular aim is to show students how Greek, Latin, Germanic and Slavic languages are related to the language varieties of North India. The devanāgarī script (देवनागरी), which is the basis of all modern scripts in the Indian Union and Nepal, Bangladesh and Śrī Laṅkā. will be learnt. Argument:This year's topic will be: reading and translation of a hymn from the Atharvaveda concerning the medical and magical healing of fractures. Recommended bibliography: Saverio Sani, Sanskrit Grammar, Serra, Pisa - Rome 2012. Carlo Della Casa, Course of Sanskrit. Grammar, exercises, selected passages, vocabulary, Milan, Unicopli 2000. Material will always be provided in class in photocopy and digital formats.. Methods of assessment: the final test is the transcription of a text in the Devanagaric alphabet. WARNING: A QUADERN and PEN GEL will be used to ensure effective and accurate learning of the characters. Writing exercises will be assigned from week to week and supervised by the teacher. The students will actively participate in the lessons, writing on the blackboard and reading aloud. In the event of alerts/strikes/holidays the lesson will be made up. Knowledge of at least one language is strongly recommended, exempli gratia Latin, Greek, Russian, German... Auditors will only be admitted if classroom capacity permits.. 1 CFU Lecturer: Rosa Ronzitti Start: 28 February 2025 Time and place: Friday 3pm-5pm - Room 6 (Via Balbi 2) Duration: 25 hours including lectures, tutorials and final exam (8 lectures + final exam) Methods: The workshop is attendance only and limited number (20 students). From the second lesson, attendance will be recorded by means of a paper register. Excessive absences will jeopardise access to the final examination and thus the awarding of credit.The course is open to all students. To enrol send an e-mail by mid-February to the e-mail address of the teacher making sure to indicate as subject "LABORATORY ENROLLMENT" and to specify first name, surname, matriculation number, course of study, curriculum, year of course. Whoever is NOT really willing to attend is kindly requested NOT to ENROLL, since he/she would take away another student's place. Programme:The workshop, through the presentation of texts and images, aims to provide the basic tools for understanding the ancient Indian language (Vedic and Sanskrit) and its alphabet. A particular aim is to show students how Greek, Latin, Germanic and Slavic languages are related to the language varieties of North India. The devanāgarī script (देवनागरी), which is the basis of all modern scripts in the Indian Union and Nepal, Bangladesh and Śrī Laṅkā. will be learnt. Argument:This year's topic will be: reading and translation of a hymn from the Atharvaveda concerning the medical and magical healing of fractures. Recommended bibliography: Saverio Sani, Sanskrit Grammar, Serra, Pisa - Rome 2012. Carlo Della Casa, Course of Sanskrit. Grammar, exercises, selected passages, vocabulary, Milan, Unicopli 2000. Material will always be provided in class in photocopy and digital formats.. Methods of assessment: the final test is the transcription of a text in the Devanagaric alphabet. WARNING: A QUADERN and PEN GEL will be used to ensure effective and accurate learning of the characters. Writing exercises will be assigned from week to week and supervised by the teacher. The students will actively participate in the lessons, writing on the blackboard and reading aloud. In the event of alerts/strikes/holidays the lesson will be made up. Knowledge of at least one language is strongly recommended, exempli gratia Latin, Greek, Russian, German... Auditors will only be admitted if classroom capacity permits.. Workshop "Those treasures in Byzantine manuscripts: reading, bibliography and database for philological use" 1 CFU Lecturer: Arianna Magnolo Start: 5 March 2025 Time and place: Wednesday 1pm-3pm, Classroom 4 (Via Balbi 2) Methods: in person, one meeting per week.To register, go to the web classroom https://2024.aulaweb.unige.it/course/view.php?id=6442. The workshop aims to introduce some essential tools for conducting philological research on Byzantine literature, starting with the manuscripts that preserve it. In particular, the main bibliographical and computer resources useful for the study of late antique and Byzantine texts will be explained; . we will introduce basic notions for approaching the study of manuscripts (basic terminology, main types of writing). The main objective of the workshop is "learning by doing": the lessons will therefore include both explanations by the lecturer and short exercises. Students will thus be introduced to approach the sources directly (by reading manuscripts) and to document themselves adequately on them (by consulting repertories, journals, databases and lexicons). Personal work will also be an integral part of the workshop, with the aim of consolidating skills and raising new questions based on experience. 1 CFU Lecturer: Arianna Magnolo Start: 5 March 2025 Time and place: Wednesday 1pm-3pm, Classroom 4 (Via Balbi 2) Methods: in person, one meeting per week.To register, go to the web classroom https://2024.aulaweb.unige.it/course/view.php?id=6442. The workshop aims to introduce some essential tools for conducting philological research on Byzantine literature, starting with the manuscripts that preserve it. In particular, the main bibliographical and computer resources useful for the study of late antique and Byzantine texts will be explained; . we will introduce basic notions for approaching the study of manuscripts (basic terminology, main types of writing). The main objective of the workshop is "learning by doing": the lessons will therefore include both explanations by the lecturer and short exercises. Students will thus be introduced to approach the sources directly (by reading manuscripts) and to document themselves adequately on them (by consulting repertories, journals, databases and lexicons). Personal work will also be an integral part of the workshop, with the aim of consolidating skills and raising new questions based on experience. Workshop 'Environment and Identity in the Ancient World'. How to interpret the Greek and Roman ethnographic tradition Lecturer: Francesco Carriere Start: 26 March 2025 Time and place: Wednesdays and Fridays 3-6 pm, classrooms 5 and 7 (Via Balbi 2). 5 meetings of 3 hours each, according to the following schedule: Wednesday 26 March - classroom 7 Wednesday 2 April - Room 7 Friday 4 April - room 5 Wednesday 9 April - classroom 7 Friday 11 April - lecture room 5 Methods: in presence.To register go to the web classroom https://2024.aulaweb.unige.it/course/view.php?id=6442. Objectives and contents: Ethnography is one of the richest strands developed by historiography and more generally by ancient literature, from classical times to the Roman imperial age and has met with great fortune even in modern times; it is, however, also one of the most complex and difficult to evaluate, because it is subject to conditioning of an ideological, deterministic, moralistic nature. Starting from these premises, the workshop intends to offer the basic methodological tools for analysing, according to up-to-date research criteria, the classical tradition concerning the relationship between man and the environment (geographical, political, cultural). In particular, attention will be devoted to the ways in which Greek authors linked the geographical dimension (nature, resources, climate) to the physical characteristics, life habits and moral values of 'foreign' peoples, describing them according to their own interpretative parameters. With the unification of the Mediterranean world under the Romans, descriptions of distant peoples and countries took on a new and special interest, because of their relationship to Roman rule, and enriched the debate among intellectuals. The workshop (25 hours) is aimed at students interested in deepening their understanding of the dynamics of defining peoples of antiquity, through examples of fact-checking of the ancient ethnographic tradition. Personal work by the students will also be an integral part of the workshop, with the aim of consolidating skills related to the preparation and presentation of the content deduced from their research. Lecturer: Francesco Carriere Start: 26 March 2025 Time and place: Wednesdays and Fridays 3-6 pm, classrooms 5 and 7 (Via Balbi 2). 5 meetings of 3 hours each, according to the following schedule: Wednesday 26 March - classroom 7 Wednesday 2 April - Room 7 Friday 4 April - room 5 Wednesday 9 April - classroom 7 Friday 11 April - lecture room 5 Methods: in presence.To register go to the web classroom https://2024.aulaweb.unige.it/course/view.php?id=6442. Objectives and contents: Ethnography is one of the richest strands developed by historiography and more generally by ancient literature, from classical times to the Roman imperial age and has met with great fortune even in modern times; it is, however, also one of the most complex and difficult to evaluate, because it is subject to conditioning of an ideological, deterministic, moralistic nature. Starting from these premises, the workshop intends to offer the basic methodological tools for analysing, according to up-to-date research criteria, the classical tradition concerning the relationship between man and the environment (geographical, political, cultural). In particular, attention will be devoted to the ways in which Greek authors linked the geographical dimension (nature, resources, climate) to the physical characteristics, life habits and moral values of 'foreign' peoples, describing them according to their own interpretative parameters. With the unification of the Mediterranean world under the Romans, descriptions of distant peoples and countries took on a new and special interest, because of their relationship to Roman rule, and enriched the debate among intellectuals. The workshop (25 hours) is aimed at students interested in deepening their understanding of the dynamics of defining peoples of antiquity, through examples of fact-checking of the ancient ethnographic tradition. Personal work by the students will also be an integral part of the workshop, with the aim of consolidating skills related to the preparation and presentation of the content deduced from their research.
