CUNY Academic Commons

CLAS 80100 Proseminar in Classical Studies

Prof. John Van Sickle
Wednesday, 6:30-8:30 pm, 3 credits
Graduate Center, Room 3207
Required of all CUNY students

This proseminar introduces students to selected approaches to the Greco-Roman world. Among potential topics will be:
The history of the Greek and Latin languages•classical bibliography•textual criticism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries•research tools including computer resources and applications•Special fields in Classics: e.g., literary and documentary papyrology, paleography, text editing and criticism, metrics, numismatics, epigraphy, comparative grammar•Scholarship and education in antiquity: e.g., libraries, scholia, lexica, anthologies, commentaries•”Tool of the trade:” bibliographies, encyclopedias and major collections, important editions of ancient authors, computers, the writing of a dissertation or scholarly article•Connecting with other scholars: attending and participating in professional meetings.

Specialists in such areas will be invited to speak. Students will be encouraged to pursue specialities of particular interest to them while at the same time broadening their knowledge of the range of approaches to antiquity. Each student will give an oral presentation and write a research paper on a topic arising from the course.