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DEPARTMENT OF ANCIENT HISTORY Faculty of Arts
Macquarie Ancient Languages School Summer Week: 9–13 January, 2017 PROGRAM
MALS program, Summer Week 2017 Ancient Greek
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Ancient Greek : Beginners Suitable for students with no experience of the language. This course introduces students to the Greek script and provides the fundamental grammar and vocabulary of the Attic dialect, used by such famous writers as Thucydides, Sophocles, and Plato.
Paul Reisner Katarina Cipuseva
Textbook: An Introduction to Ancient Greek: A Literary Approach by C. A. E. Luschnig (2nd edn). See below for textbook suppliers. Ancient Greek : Experienced Beginners Suitable for students who have completed a MALS Ancient Greek Beginners course or 1 unit of university-level Ancient Greek (contact
[email protected] if you require further advice). This course provides an overview of grammar taught in the beginners-level course, follow-on treatment of grammar, and some guided readings.
Emmanuel Roumanis Philip Brophy
Textbook: An Introduction to Ancient Greek: A Literary Approach by C. A. E. Luschnig (2nd edn). See below for textbook suppliers. Readings will be provided in class. Ancient Greek : Intermediate Suitable for students with 2 units of university-level Ancient Greek or equivalent (contact
[email protected] if you require further advice). This course will include treatment of more advanced grammatical concepts integrated with a selection of readings from literary texts of the classical period.
Byron Waldron
Text: Emperor Julian, The Caesars 306a–316a. Text and notes will be made available to enrolled students one month prior to the beginning of the Summer Week. Ancient Greek : Advanced Suitable for students with 3–4 units of language at University or equivalent (contact
[email protected] for further advice). This course provides guided reading of original ancient texts.
Peter Brown
Text: Selections from Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound and from Iliad I. Text and notes will be made available to enrolled students one month prior to the beginning of the Summer Week.
Biblical and Patristic Greek
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Biblical and Patristic Greek : Intermediate Suitable for students with 2 units of university-level Classical or Koine Greek or equivalent (contact
[email protected] if you require further advice). This course will include treatment of advanced grammatical concepts integrated with guided reading of a selection of Biblical and Patristic texts written in the Koine dialect.
Alice Baker
Text: Athanasius, Life of Saint Anthony and a selection of complementary passages from the New Testament. Texts will be made available to enrolled students one month prior to the beginning of the Summer Week. Biblical and Patristic Greek : Advanced Suitable for students with 3–4 units of university-level Classical or Koine Greek or equivalent (contact
[email protected] if you require further advice). This course provides guided reading of Biblical and Patristic texts. Text: Gregory of Nyssa's On the Divinity of the Son and Spirit, and on Abraham and selections from Genesis in the LXX. Texts will be made available to enrolled students one month prior to the beginning of the Summer Week.
Seumas Macdonald
Ancient Egyptian
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Ancient Egyptian : Beginners Suitable for students with no experience of the language. This course will introduce students to the Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic script, and will explore the fundamentals of Middle Egyptian grammar and vocabulary. Students will have the opportunity to read short hieroglyphic inscriptions on monuments and artefacts, including stelae, funerary cones and coffins from a range of periods of Egyptian history.
Helen Neale
Textbook: There is no textbook for this course. A hieroglyphic sign list will be made available to enrolled students one month prior to the beginning of the Summer Week. Ancient Egyptian : Experienced Beginners Suitable for students who have completed the beginners-level course or 1 unit of university-level Ancient Egyptian or equivalent (contact
[email protected] if you require further advice). This course continues the exploration of Middle Egyptian script, grammar, and vocabulary, including complementary readings from the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms.
Emma Magro Pauline Stanton Grant Hayes
Text: There is no textbook for this course. A hieroglyphic sign list will be made available to enrolled students one month prior to the beginning of the Summer Week. Ancient Egyptian : Intermediate Suitable for students 2 units of university-level Ancient Egyptian or equivalent (contact
[email protected] if you require further advice). This course will include treatment of more advanced grammatical concepts integrated with a selection of guided readings. Some of the texts and readings which will be studied are stelae, false door, funerary, tales and royal and non-royal inscriptions. The course also features a Hieratic workshop, conducted by Emma Magro and suitable for new and continuing Hieratic students. It will introduce participants to familiar Middle Egyptian texts in their Hieratic originals.
Pauline Stanton Emma Magro
Text : TBA. Texts and notes will be made available to enrolled students one month prior to the beginning of the Summer Week. Ancient Egyptian : Advanced Suitable for students with 3–4 units of university-level Ancient Egyptian or equivalent (contact
[email protected] if you require further advice). This course provides guided reading of Middle Egyptian Texts. The course also features a Hieratic workshop, conducted by Emma Magro and suitable for new and continuing Hieratic students. It will introduce participants to familiar Middle Egyptian texts in their Hieratic originals. Text : TBA. Texts and notes will be made available to enrolled students one month prior to the beginning of the Summer Week.
Grant Hayes Emma Magro
Ancient Hebrew
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Ancient Hebrew : Beginners Suitable for students with no experience of the language. This course introduces students to the Ancient Hebrew script and fundamental grammar and vocabulary. It also includes sessions translating 2 Kings 20.
Anne Porter
Text and Textbook: there is no textbook for this course. Learning materials will be made available to enrolled students one month prior to the beginning of the Summer Week. Ancient Hebrew : Intermediate Suitable for students with 2 units of university-level Ancient Hebrew or equivalent (contact
[email protected] if you require further advice). This course continues the exploration of Ancient Hebrew script, grammar, and vocabulary, including complementary readings.
Natalie Mylonas
Text: The Song of the Sea (Exodus 15: 1–10 and Exodus 14: 16–25) and The Song of Deborah (Judges 5: 24–30 and Judges 4: 17–22). Texts will be made available to enrolled students one month prior to the beginning of the Summer Week. Ancient Hebrew : Advanced Suitable for students with 3–4 units of university-level Ancient Hebrew or equivalent (contact
[email protected] if you require further advice). This course provides guided reading of Ancient Hebrew texts.
Steven Coxhead
Text: Genesis 11–18. Texts will be made available to enrolled students one month prior to the beginning of the Summer Week.
Coptic
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Coptic : Beginners Suitable for students with no experience of the language. This course explores the fundamentals of the Sahidic dialect of Coptic (the latest form of the ancient Egyptian language) script, grammar, and vocabulary. A session will also be devoted to the Bohairic dialect of Coptic, still used by the modern Coptic church.
Sam Cook
Textbook: there is no textbook for this course. Learning materials will be made available to enrolled students one month prior to the beginning of the Summer Week.
Akkadian
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Akkadian : Beginners Suitable for students with no experience of the language. This course will introduce students to the alphabet, grammar, and vocabulary of Akkadian, an ancient semitic language, with a rich literature, including such famous works as the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Noel Weeks
Textbook: Richard Caplice, Introduction to Akkadian (Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute, 2002). See below for textbook suppliers. Supplementary learning materials will be provided in class. Akkadian : Experienced Suitable for students with prior knowledge of the language. This course will include treatment of more advanced grammatical concepts integrated with a selection of readings Text: TBA
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COST OF COURSES/HOW TO ENROL
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For payments received by close of business on Monday 5 December, the cost for courses is $225 full rate, $155 concession rate (full-time students and eligible pensioners only).
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From 6 December to 4 January, applications will be accepted at the higher rate of $245 (full)/$175 (concession). Wednesday 4 January is the final deadline for enrolment. We are moving to a new payment system from 7 November. Once you have decided on your course you will be able from that date to pay (credit card, cheque, money order) via eventbrite.com.au (if you have any questions about this new payment system please contact us at
[email protected]).
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CATERING Morning (10.30–11am) and afternoon (3-3.30pm) tea will be provided each day as part of the cost of all courses. Lunch will not provided by MALS, but food and drinks will be available at a range of outlets on campus throughout the Summer Week.
VENUE, ACCOMMODATION AND PARKING
CANCELLATION OF CLASSES AND REFUNDS
All classes are held on the Macquarie University campus at North Ryde. See campus map on the University website to locate buildings. The University is well served by public transport, including its own train station. Please refer to the public transport trip planner website for bus and train connections.
A minimum of five students is required for each class to be formed. Classes with insufficient enrolments by 19 December will be cancelled. Anyone enrolled in a cancelled class will be offered an alternative.
For those travelling to Sydney to attend, Robert Menzies College on campus offers special rates for MALS students. Contact RMC directly at
[email protected] or phone (02) 9936 60oo.
Classes will be finalised on Wednesday 4 January and fees will be processed from this date. Receipts will be provided at registration during the Summer Week.
Please note that casual parking within the university grounds is restricted to X3, X4 and W4 car parks. Hourly charges apply and tickets may be purchased from vending machines adjacent to car parks. Pre-paid entry permits to cover the duration of the Summer Week are also available for purchase but must be ordered and paid for at time of application.
Classes may be cancelled if there are insufficient student numbers on Wednesday 19 December and applications may not be accepted if classes are full. Early enrolment will ensure you are not disappointed.
If you are unable to attend please contact MALS as soon as possible. Full refunds will be issued for those who notify MALS of their inability to attend the school before Wednesday 4 January. No refunds will be issued after that date.
TIMETABLE On Monday 9 January we will meet at 9am for registration and the opening of the School, before beginning morning classes at 9.30am. All courses include both a morning and afternoon session. Morning classes generally run from 9am to 12noon, including a half-hour break. There is a break from 12noon until 1pm for lunch and then a special lecture (program to be announced on the first morning) will be offered each day from 1pm to 2pm. Afternoon classes run from 2pm to 5pm, including a half hour break. Registration will be held in the Museum of Ancient Cultures, Building X5B, Level 3.
TEXTBOOKS/TEXTS MALS does not supply textbooks that are readily available. The following bookstores generally offer a wide selection of language textbooks. University Coop Bookshop – on campus, by mail order, or online: coop.com.au Abbey’s Bookshop 131 York Street, Sydney NSW 2000 T: (02) 9264 3111 abbeys.com.au Koorong Books 28 West Parade, West Ryde NSW 2114 T: (02) 9857 4477 koorong.com Where texts/course notes are provided by tutors, they will be pre-circulated one month prior to the beginning of the Summer Week.
