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ANCIENT HISTORY

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Candidates for advanced degrees in the Ancient Mediterranean World must pass proficiency examinations in ancient Greek and Latin and at least two modern European languages (other than English) -- one ancient and modern language at the MA level, and the other ancient and modern languages prior to completion of the Ph.D. This year there were a total of seven graduate students in the ancient Mediterranean field.

Students interested in pursuing graduate study should first contact our ancient Greek historian, Prof. John W. I. Lee (email: jwilee@history.ucsb.edu), our Roman historian, Prof. Harold Drake(drake@history.ucsb.edu), or our Late Antique historian, Prof. Elizabeth Digeser (email: edigeser@history.ucsb.edu) . There are significant strengths in the Classical world in other departments. The Classics Department's Roman Republican historian, Robert Morstein-Marx, has affiliated status in History. There are a number of other classicists with historical interests (Borimir Jordan, Greek history and historiography, Frances Hahn, Roman Religion, and Jo-Ann Shelton, Roman social history.) Art History has a Greek and a Roman art historian (Rainer Mack, Fikret Yegul), and there is a specialist in ancient philosophy (Voula Tsouna) in the Philosophy department. In the Religious Studies Department, Richard Hecht offers courses in Judaic History, and Christine Thomas offers courses in Hellenistic religions and early Christianity.

Faculty:

• Elizabeth Digeser
• Harold Drake
• Frank Frost (Emeritus)
• John Wolte Infong Lee

Courses: 2004-2005

Fall 2004:

• History 4A--The Origins of Western Civilization in the Mediterranean World, ca. 3000 B.C.-A.D. 1050 (Drake and Digeser)
• History 213--Research Seminar in Roman History (Digeser)

Winter 2005: (tentative)

• History 4A--The Origins of Western Civilization in the Mediterranean World, ca. 3000 B.C.-A.D. 1050 (Lee)
• History 211A -- Research Seminar in Greek History (Ethnicity and Culture in the Greek World) (Lee)
• History 213B--Research Seminar in Roman History (Digeser)

Spring 2005:(tentative)

• History 111C--The Hellenistic World(Lee)
• History 113C--The Roman World in Late Antiquity (Digeser)
• History 211B--Research Seminar in Greek History (Lee)

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