Mechanics of Solids and Structures A (MECH0014)

This module looks at Latin America in the first century after independence. Its main stress is on Spanish America, but considers Brazil for comparative...

History of Latin America c.1830-c.1930 (HIST0205)

This module looks at Latin America in the first century after independence. Its main stress is on Spanish America, but considers Brazil for comparative purposes. The continent will be studied as a whole, and specific countries will be examined too. No language requirement is set, and no prior knowledge of the subject is assumed. Students are encouraged to pursue their own interests. Topics include: liberalism and authoritarianism in Mexico; the character of the Mexican revolution; race and nation-building; environmental history; urbanisation; Argentine development in comparative perspective; slavery and abolition; the survival and demise of the Spanish colony in Cuba and Cuban radical traditions; US imperialism.

This course will cover the societies of Greece and Italy in the first half of the first millennium B.C., but focusing on the period from the eighth to the...

The Mediterranean World c.800-c.500 BC (HIST0148)

Greek language|linguistics|language development|history of language

Teaching Delivery: This module is taught in 10 weekly lectures

Content: An introduction to the history of Ancient Greek, including an introduction...

Introduction to the History of Greek (CLAS0079)

Teaching Delivery: This module is taught in 10 weekly lectures

Content: An introduction to the history of Ancient Greek, including an introduction to Greek historical phonology and morphology. The course will review the Indo-European origins of Greek; it will include an introduction to Mycenaean Greek, to the language of Homeric epic, and to the ancient Greek dialects. A range of epigraphic and literary texts will be studied: core topics will include the history of writing in the ancient Aegean and the graphic representation of Greek; the dialectal affiliations of Mycenaean and Homeric Greek; literary dialect and social registers of Greek; and the emergence of the koine in the late classical period.

Skills: At the end of the module students should:

1. Be able to give an account of the central linguistic issues in the history of the Greek language.

2. Understand how Classical Greek stands in relation to archaic Greek and the Greek dialects; and how it gave rise to the post-classical koine.

3. Be familiar with basic linguistic principles and understand how they inform our analysis of Greek of all periods, and of other languages.

4. Be in a position to demonstrate how Greek stands in relation to other Indo-European languages.

Texts: TBC