5th EMCC-Intensive Course Rome 18th – 20th June 2019 |
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End of June 2019: as always, every second year, all current students in the European Master's Program EMCC ("European Master of Classical Cultures"), as well as the responsible coordinators and other employees of the program come together for a three-day Intensive Course including field trips and museum visits at the location of one of the twelve participating universities. |
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By integrating this interdisciplinary Intensive Course into the curriculum of the European Master, students from different European countries are given the opportunity to get to know each other, exchange ideas, and establish contacts with the responsible coordinators during the Course and beyond. During this Course, all students give apaper (ca. 30 minutes) followed by a discussion dealing with his/her individual subject as well as methodological issues and problems of their ongoing master’s theses. |
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Thursday, 18th June 2019: Greetings/Papers/Field TripThe official opening of the Intensive Course took place in the premises of the University Roma Tre, hosted by Roberta Fabiani (Rome) and Ralf von den Hoff (Freiburg), the current spokesman of the EMCC. Before welcoming all participants to this year’s Course, two members of the University (Prof. Manfredi Merluzzi, Director of Humanities, and Prof. Luca Marcozzi) highlighted the importance of the EMCC program. Afterwards Prof. Ralf von den Hoff and Dr. Roberta Fabiani welcomed all participants and introduced this year’s schedule of the Intensive Course. |
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Papers:
“Vocabulary and concepts of effeminacy in Aristophanes’ comedies“
“The ritual norm from the Amphiareion at Oropos (I.Oropos 277)”
After these two stimulating papers, the participants gathered again in a lecture hall in the premises of the University for a presentation about the “Laurea Magistrale” by Mario de Nonno, a Classics study program, followed by a brief introduction of the EMCC program by Ralf von den Hoff and Roberta Fabiani focussing on its possibilities, basic structure and curriculum. |
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After a short lunch break all participants of the Intensive Course visited an ancient catacomb, the so called Catacomba di Santa Tecla situated near the Via Ostiense. The group enjoyed a guided tour through the catacomb by Dr. Giovana Ferri. This Christian catacomb was built on an older roman one that existed from the 1st century AD. There are multiple chambers inside, differing in shape and size while some are equipped with elaborate wall paintings and floor mosaics. Inside the catacomb there are also chamber tombs with multiple wall graves. After this exciting visit of the Catacomba di Santa Tecla the participants of the Intensive Course met again at the University Roma Tre for another presentation by one of the students: Paper:
“Practical and organizational aspects concerning greek religious festivals“
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Wednesday, 19th June 2019: Field Trip Capitol and Crypta Balbi/PapersThe second day of the Intensive Course began with field trips to several important and well-known archaeological sites and museums in Rome. First, we all met at the Capitoline Museums. Prof. Ortwin Dally gave an exciting tour through parts of the museum with a focus on the (structural) history of the Capitolium and its famous temple. It was rebuilt several times throughout the centuries. A part of its foundation can today be seen and observed in the museum. Its structure, consisting of large stone sections above tuff stone can also be examined here. |
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Following this tour we visited the „Museo Nazionale Romano Crypta Balbi“ where we also enjoyed a guided tour. Crypta Balbi was once part of an ancient roman theatre constructed by Lucius Balbus Minor in the 1st century BC (dedicated 13 BC). The theatre is situated between two other famous theatres, that of Marcellus and Pompey. Inside the Museum, one can experience the history of the city of Rome through objects and illustrations. After a lunch break all participants met again at the Villino Amelung (since 1990 guest house for fellows, colleagues and scholars of the DAI Rome) to listened to three further papers by the EMCC students. Papers:
“The Kleisthenic Reforms in Athens as a Step towards Isonomia“
“International Relations theory and the rise of Macedon under Philip II“
“CGRN 27 and the cult of Herakles Thasios“
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Thursday, 20th June 2019: Papers/Discussion of the coordinatorsPapers:
“When two people fight, it’s the third who gets the prize – Foreign judges in mainland Greece in the 2nd century BCE” |
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“Visigothic coinage - Can we trace the history of the Visigoths by studying their currency?”
“Stories of Failing“. Some Thoughts on the Representation of the „imitatio Alexandri“ of Near Eastern Local Dynasts during the Early Imperial Period” After lunch, we listened to the last of the ten papers that have been presented during this year’s course. Paper:
„The Domus Aurea’s dimensions in literature“
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Friday, 21th June 2019: Final Discussion/FarewellIn the next morning, we met in the Villino Amelung for a review of the course. This year’s course in Rome has been very inspiring and fruitful for both students and staff. The Intensive Course, taking place every two years, is essential to the EMCCs agenda of bringing together international students and researchers to foster scholarly and cultural exchange.
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Auf Wiedersehen und Goodbye…
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[Report by Maria Friedrich]