The course aims to thoroughly acquaint the students with the basic ideas of historical studies (time, place, historical event, structures, sources, historical interpretation, etc) and their methodology (selection, use, comparison/juxtaposition, and evaluation of sources, archival research, periodization, bibliography, etc). It also focuses on current debates about history, as well as the most recent fields of interest. We will also examine the formation of the notion of historical studies, their current position within humanities and social sciences, and historiographical turning points. In short, the main purpose of the course is to familiarize the students with different types of historical sources, their critical reading, and the writing of academic history papers. With the assistance of A. Antonopoulos and Ch. Bali who will offer three hours of teaching on archival research and essay writing.
e-class: ARCH 508
D. Lampropoulou, 3 hours

From the appearance of the polis to the end of the reign of Philip II of Macedonia
This course focuses on the development of the Greek world during the Archaic period, the appearance of the city-state, the evolution of legislation, colonization, tyranny, the transition to the Classical period, developments in mainland Greece, the Persian Wars, the Athenian empire and conflict with Sparta, the foundation of the 2nd Athenian League, the Spartan involvement in Boeotia and the final victory of Thebes, the Common Peace(s), the Social War and the appearance of a new power in the north: Philip II and the Macedonian kingdom.
e-class: ARCH 1030
S. Psoma, 3 hours

History of the Byzantine state from the 4th to the 11th century
This course introduces the students to the history of Byzantium from the fourth to the eleventh century, focusing on selected aspects of the empire’s history, while adhering to a basic chronological frame. The course examines the structure of the Byzantine state (as well as challenges and changes to that structure), political ideology, religious developments, as well as specific topics of economic and cultural history, including military and cultural interactions with neighbors.
e-class: ARCH 959
Κ.Nikolaou, 3 hours

The socio-economic, cultural and national development of Greeks and the Greek diaspora from the fall of Constantinople to the early 19th century
The course covers the period from the 15th to the early 19th century. It aims to highlight aspects concerning the socio-economic, political, intellectual and cultural constitution of the Greek world under Ottoman rule, as well as to trace the different imprints of the Ottoman conquest in the Greek lands.
e-class: ARCH 303
V. Seirinidou, 3 hours

Introduction and overview of Roman history from the beginnings to the period of Diocletian.
Overview of the evolution of Roman history from the foundation of Rome to the tetrarchy of Diocletian (753 BC–305 A.D). In this term, the main weight of the lectures will fall on the following issues:
The constitution, the political institutions and the social organization of Republican Rome.
The expansion of Rome in Italy and the Mediterranean Sea.
The crisis of the Roman Republic.
The establishment of the Augustan Principate.
The administrative and social organization of the Roman Empire.
The crisis of the 3rd century AD.
e-class: ARCH 701
Ν. Giannakopoulos, 3 hours

Methodological problems of History
How do we create coherent stories, stories with meaning, from the infinite events and phenomena of the past? Is history the only way modern societies relate to the past? What is the role of myth, memory, art? What do we call public history? What is historical experience? The major currents in historical thought: Historicism and social history, long durations and structuralism, from culture to cultural history, microhistory and social anthropology, mnemonic studies, oral history and psychoanalysis, feminism and gender history, metahistory and the linguistic turn . Postmodernism and the problem of truth. Transnational history and historiography. What does the end of History mean, and what is the future of historical studies and historians?
e-class: ARCH 510
V. Karamanolakis, 3 hours

Early Modern Western Societies (16th – 18th centuries)
Social stratification and economic structure, power relations, cultural traditions and collective attitudes, issues of identity formation (social, gender, religious, ethnic, national). Factors and aspects of the socio-economic and political transformation of Western societies, 1500-1789.
e-class:: ARCH 100
K. Gaganakis, 3 hours

Identification of key phenomena and intersections in the evolution of human societies from the beginnings of human existence to the present day. This route will be followed with the help of maps, primary sources and texts, and will be enhanced by the projection of light slides as well as by listening to musical examples. The course will be accompanied by visits to Museums, historical sites and places of worship. When examining the course, special emphasis is placed on knowledge of geography and familiarity with the world map.
e-class: ARCH309
E. Hatzivasiliou, 3 hours

The main political, social and economic developments of Greek history from the movement in Goudi (1909) to Greece's involvement in World War II (1940) are examined. Among others, thematic units are analyzed: Venizelism and urban modernization, the National Wars (1912-1922), the rehabilitation of refugees, the agricultural economy, the financial crisis of the interwar period, the regime of I. Metaxas. The presentation of the course material will be accompanied by printed material with primary sources and by visits to museums and places of historical memory. Co-assistance by A. Antonopoulos (E.DI.P.), who will provide the (three-hour) teaching within the course.
e-class: ARCH 304
S. Ploumidis, 3 hours

Sources on the Greek polis in the Roman Period
The seminar will focus on the examination of primary (literary, epigraphic, legal) sources for the Greek polis under Roman rule. The following issues will be addressed:
The role of the Council and the Popular Assembly in the civic life of Greek poleis under Roman rule
The various magistracies in the Greek cities
The significance of gymnasial, professional and religious associations
The significance of euergetism and the award of honours
The award of Roman citizenship and the integration of civic elites in the administrative and social hierarchy of the Roman Empire
e-class: ARCH706
Ν. Giannakopoulos, 3 hours

Questions of social history during the Byzantine period
The seminar deals with some of the main questions of social history during the byzantine period (10th-15th c.) such as:
1. The Byzantine family
2. Childhood and youth
3. The Byzantine saints and sainthood
4. Urban space and social relations
5. Social groups
6. Byzantine identities
Α. Kiousopoulou, 3 hours

Cultural relations between the declining Byzantium and Renaissance Italy
This seminar will focus on the lifting of the cultural alienation of the two parts of Christendom (Eastern and Western) and on the emergence of a new dynamic in their relations through inevitable symbiosis in the East after 1204, as well as on the phenomenon of interactions that this coexistence brought about on the political, social and economic level. From 1261 onwards and as a result of various factors and conditions, a network of intricate channels of communication were established between the two worlds (such as the turn of Byzantium towards the West for reasons of political expediency; the intensive and resourceful Byzantine diplomacy oriented towards the major European centers; the city of Constantinople as a pole of attraction for Italian humanists; and the unique contribution of charismatic Byzantine intellectuals to the mutual cultural rapprochement of Byzantium and the West) - channels which would lead to cultural relations, of essential quality and proportions, between the declining Byzantium and Renaissance Italy.
e-class: ARCH450
S. Mergiali-Saha, 3 hours

Aspects of society and institutions in the ancient Greek world.
The aim of the seminar is to examine issues relating to ancient Greek societies and their institutional framework.
In particular, it will explore questions relating to:
- gymnasion, ephebeia, education
- festivals and community participation in them
- metoikoi and their presence in civic life
- slaves and freedmen
- women and their presence in the community
- associations/guilds and their functioning
Topics will be approached using written evidence (literary sources, inscriptions) supported by archaeological evidence.
e-class: ARCH 1069
Ν. Giantsi-Meletiadi, 3 hours

Europe during the First World War..
The course examines the causes, as well as the political, military, geopolitical, economic, social and cultural aspects and consequences of the "Great War" in Europe (and secondarily the rest of the world). To participate in the seminar, reading ability of the English language and previous successful attendance of the course ΙΙ14: Modern European History A΄ are required.
e-class: ARCH 273
Κ. Raptis, 3 hours

Frankish lordships in Greek lands (12th-15th c.): politics, society and culture
The course focuses on the states created in Greek lands by various Westerners (“Franks”), with the partial exception of Venetian possessions. Most Frankish lordships were created in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204 (the Latin Empire of Constantinople, the Principality of Achaia, etc.), but others came into being at earlier or later periods (e.g. the state of the Knights Hospitaller in the Dodecanese, in the 14th c.). The course examines both the political history of these states and a series of topics, such as: governance, society, religion, economy, and culture. Particular attention is given to the interaction between the conquerors and the conquered population, to the continuities and discontinuities from the earlier Byzantine period, and to the consequences and the importance of these Frankish states in the history of the Greek lands in general.
e-class: ARCH 1038
Nikolaos G. Chrissis, 3 hours

Leafing through print...The Press as a historical source
The seminar aims at understanding the importance of the press as a historical source and at highlighting the methodology required for its full utilization. The opening sessions will focus on the history of the press, from the 18th century to the present day, and on the study of its different genres (daily, periodical, local, special, illegal, etc.). At the same time, specific reference will be made to its main characteristics (periodicality, political positioning, contributors, contents), highlighting their importance for understanding the physiognomy of print media. Particular emphasis will be placed on the multiple roles of the press in informing, entertaining, propaganda, constructing identities, etc., as well as on the different ways in which it can be used as a historical source based on the questions posed to it.
The aim of the seminar is to familiarize students with the function of the press as a historical source and with the methodology required for a fruitful approach to it. For this purpose, the assignments will be original and will deal with topics from the history of the Greek 20th century and the elements that we can use from specific newspaper sheets or issues of magazines to understand the period in question. The seminar will include meetings with historians of the press, as well as journalists, editors, publishers, cartoonists, etc.
e-class: ARCH 1080
V. Karamanolakis, 3 hours

Hunting Witches in the West, 1550-1750
The magical universe of early modern Europe. Elite and popular perceptions and uses of witchcraft in daily life. The homogenizing persecuting discourse of the lay and ecclesiastical elites and popular perceptions of witchcraft. Sabbath and maleficium. The reaction of communities and the instrumentalization of witchcraft. The question of gender in the witch-hunts. Witchcraft, poverty and marginalization. Objections to the existence of witches and sorcerers and reactions to the witch-hunts, from Johann Weyer to Reginald Scot.
e-class: ARCH 111
K .Gaganakis, 3 hours

Byzantine society during the Palaeologan period
A survey of the period 1261-1453 focusing on the main features of Byzantine society during the Palaeologan period (13th-15th c.), such as:
1. The aristocracy as the ruling class
2. Social relations and the land
3. The Byzantine cities
3a. Urban space and social relations
3b. The development of urban economic activities.
4. Relations between the State and the Church
5. The monastic world
e-class: ARCH 914
Α. Kiousopoulos, 3 hours

The international relations of Byzantium in the Late Middle Ages (13th-15th century)
In this course, taking Byzantium as the core and basic field of analysis of international developments in the last two centuries of its history, we will examine the international environment in a medieval context from a new perspective: that of the international relations established by the Palaiologan emperors in their search for consensus and coexistence with Christian and Muslim powers on the world stage. This new perspective was dictated by the world system of the late Middle Ages, the driving intercultural force of the historical process. In this context, the role of Byzantium and its evolution can only be analyzed and evaluated within the wider political, cultural and economic context of its interconnections and interactions with other powers.
e-class: ARCH 1088
S. Mergiali-Saha,3 hours

Poverty environments in the Greek-Venetian Levant
This course will examine poverty in the context of the late medieval and early modern period in the Venetian possessions on the Greek territories. With the European West as our starting point, we will focus on the case of Venice itself as well as on the Greek-Venetian world. Topics under discussion will include the conceptualization of poverty, its causes, its perception by the local societies, the measures taken in order to fight it, and the attitude of individual social subjects and collectivities toward the poor.
e-class: ARCH 503
K. Konstantinidou,3 hours

History of childhood and youth in modern Europe
Central issues and key aspects of the history are examined, mainly of childhood but more broadly also of youth in Europe (mainly in northern, northwestern and western Europe, but also in general in the so-called western world) from the 18th century to the interwar period, with extensive references to the early modern and medieval periods: the historical content of the category 'childhood', the dominant conceptions, discourses and practices of adults in relation to children, the everyday life, status, role, experiences of children , in the context of household groups, institutions, educational mechanisms, home groups, nation-states and colonial empires, always in relation to gender and social class.
e-class: ARCH 481
Μ. Papathanasiou, 3 hours

The European economy from the late 19th till the end of the 20th century
The course is an introduction to the economic history of Europe from the time of the Second Industrial Revolution and the consolidation of global economic dominance mainly by Western European states to the era of globalization, when Europe (as the European Union) is still a key, but no longer the dominant, pillar of the world economy. The ideological-political conditions as well as the demographic, social, technological and institutional conditions of economic developments and changes are examined, while emphasis is placed on intra-European differences and convergences, and on the global dimension of the European economy. The focus will also be on the economic conditions shaped by the two world wars, the establishment and collapse of "existing socialism" in Eastern Europe and the economic policies that were shaped around the bipolar state and market (free economy) with the main characteristic of greater involvement of the state as an interventionist, managerial and redistributive mechanism of the economy during most of the 20th century.
e-class: ARCH 755
Κ. Raptis, 3 hours

The Greek political system, 1929-1967
Examination of the evolution of the Greek political system during the period from the Global Financial Crisis to the imposition of the dictatorship of the colonels. Political forces and their evolutions, the causes of the fall of democracy in 1936, the conduct of post-war elections, the search for new directions and development strategies in the post-war era, the influence of international ideological trends, the influence of the civil war and the post-civil in fact, the causes of the fall of democracy in 1967. In addition, the convergences and divergences of the Greek political system with the corresponding Western European ones of the post-war era will be examined, with an emphasis on France and Italy.
e-class: ARCH 271
Ε. Hatzivasiliou, 3 hours

Greece in World War II: Occupation, Resistance, Liberation
The Second World War was one of the central historical experiences of the twentieth century on a global level, in Europe and in Greece. The course will approach the conditions in occupied Greece compared to the rest of Nazi-occupied Europe, as well as the social changes that occurred in the Greek area during the Occupation. The economic restructuring and hunger, the policy of the occupying forces and terrorism against the civilian population, the extermination of the Greek Jews, the multifaceted phenomenon of dosilogism, the development of the Resistance movement, the civil conflicts during the Occupation, will be studied. the Decembrians and the connections between the period of the Occupation and that of the Civil War. Issues concerning the place of war, the Occupation and the Resistance in collective memory and public history will also be addressed. The aim of the course is to provide students with basic knowledge about the period of the Occupation and to introduce them to the rich relevant literature that has been produced during the last decades.
e-class: ARCH 135
D. Lambropoulou, 3 hours

Practical training of students
This programme aims at acquainting a large number of our students with the physical locations of their future professional work and to create an interaction between academic education and relevant services. Participation in the programme is voluntary and is carried out in the ephorates of the Archaeological Service, in historical archives, museums, libraries, research centres and in the ministries of culture and education. Participants are engaged for a term of one, two, three or four months. The programme is funded by the Programme “ESPA” (funded by the European Union and the Hellenic Republic). The academic responsibility for the Programme of Practical Training lies with:
Ν. Dimakis (assisted by E. Kefalidou, M. Mouliou and E. Koumas).

History of the Hellenistic world
The course introduces students to the political, social and economic history as well as the institutions, religion and culture of the period from Alexander to the end of the Hellenistic states (336-30 BC).
e-class: ARCH 538
S. Aneziri, 3 hours

Introduction to Medieval European History
The course examines the formation and evolution of the Medieval world throughout the European continent, from the fall of the Roman empire and the foundation of the Germanic (“barbarian”) kingdoms to the Renaissance and the transition to the Early Modern Era. The aim is to familiarize the students with the most important historical developments and turning points from the 5th to the 15th c., while helping them understand the main institutional, social, cultural and economic characteristics of medieval Europe and the way they evolved over time. The topics examined include, among others: the Germanic and Arab conquests, the “Carolingian Renaissance”, feudalism, the evolution of ecclesiastical and secular power and the tensions between them, the Crusades, the growth of towns and commerce, the importance of castles and cathedrals, the 14th-century crisis, the Hundred Years War, and the Renaissance.
e-class: ARCH 1086
Nikolaos G. Chrissis, 3 hours

History of the Byzantine state 1081-1453
In this lesson, an overview of the period 1081-1453 will be made, with an emphasis on highlighting the main characteristics of Byzantine society and the changes that took place during the period under consideration. In particular, the following topics will be studied, obviously interrelated. 1. The organization of central authority
2. Production relations in the Byzantine countryside
3. Great aristocracy
4. The cities
5. Trade and traders
6. Church and State Relations
e-class: ARCH 357
S. Mergiali-Saha, 3 hours

Introduction to the History of Modern Europe, 1789-1989
The course focuses on major aspects of the economic, political and social history of Europe, from the French Revolution to the collapse of the socialist regimes in Eastern Europe.
e-class: ARCH 120
K. Raptis, 3 hours

State-building in Modern Greece (1830-1909)
The course examines the major political, socio-economic and cultural developments in Modern Greece during the ‘long’ nineteenth century. The course focuses on: the government of John Capodistrias; politics and statecraft under King Otto; constitutionalism; the Greek Great Idea (Megali Idea); land reform; early industrialization; social banditry; et. al. Historical developments will be studied within their wider European and Balkan context.
e-class: ARCH 632
Sp. Ploumidis, 3 hours (with the participation of Dr. Andreas Antonopoulos, who will teach a three-hour session)

History of the Venetian-occupied Greek regions (13th-18th centuries)
Political environment, ideology, administrative institutions and church policy, social stratification and aggregations, economic activities, cultural life.
e-class: ARCH 330
Κ. Konstadinidou, 3 hours

History of the Ottoman Empire and the early Turkish state (19th century – 1946)
The course examines the history of the Ottoman Empire and early Modern Turkey. It offers an overview of the main military, political and socio-economic developments in the Ottoman world of the Balkans and the Middle East. In particular, the course will focus on the establishment of the Turks in Asia Minor (Anatolia); the Ottoman conquest of the Balkans (1354 – 1699); the Austro- and Venetian-Ottoman Wars; state-building and land tenure in the Ottoman Empire; the Tulip Era (1718 – 1730) and the ayans in the Balkans (1774 – 1822); the Tanzimat Reforms (1839 – 1876); the rule of Abdul Hamid II (1876 – 1909); the New Ottomans and the committee of Young Turks; the Turkish War of Independence and the rise of Modern Tukey of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
e-class: ARCH 1052
S. Ploumidis, 3 hours

Collective attitudes and individual pathways in Early and Middle Byzantium (4th-11h c.)
Our aim is to study and interpret the attitudes of ethnic, religious, gender, social, economic, professional, spiritual and other groups and strata in the Byzantine Empire (e.g. Romans-"Romioi", Greeks - Armenians - Jews - iconophiles - iconoclasts - saints - monks - women - eunuchs - rich - poor - farmers - slaves - artisans - soldiers - chroniclers - historians - intellectuals - teachers), while at the same time we follow, record and evaluate the individual routes taken by characteristic representatives.
e-class: ARCH 958
Κ. Nikolaou, 3 hours

Family and gender in the early modern Greek world (15th-19th c.)
The seminar seeks to familiarize students with issues and methodological tools of family and gender history and to apply them in the case of Ottoman-dominated Greek society. Through the study of court and legal documents, normative and narrative texts, and religious and medical discourses, we will explore the various aspects of family relationships, as well as social practices and perceptions related to gender, sexuality, childhood and emotions.
e-class: ARCH 957
V. Seirinidou, 3 hours

Reading about the history of the “Venetocrazia”
This seminar will focus on the historiography of the territories under Venetian rule in the Greek area, from the 19th century to the present day. The engagement with the relevant historiographic production will be studied in the framework of the ideological and political contexts of each period and of the different historical schools. In addition, we will examine the role of the Istituto Ellenico di Studi Bizantini e Postbizantini of Venice from its foundation to the 2010s in the development of Venetian studies in the Greek area, as well as the influence of important works of Venetian history and of the history of the Stato da Terra in the Greek historiographical production. At the same time, the terms used to define geographically, politically and ideologically the period under consideration will be discussed.
e-class: ARCH 1032
Κ. Konstantinidou, 3 hours

From Constantine I to Marcian: changes and transformations in the early Byzantine era.
The seminar examines the period from Constantine I to Marcian (306-457) and explores the impact of critical events and changes on the identity and structure of the Byzantine state, from socio-political transformations to religious and cultural developments. The seminar course is divided into two parts. In the first, students are informed about historical developments, contemporary interpretations and methodological tools (types of primary sources, search for critical publications, basic studies), while in the second they are asked to prepare a written paper, present it and engage in a discussion. Teacher and e-class to be announced.
e-class: ARCH ...
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Oral history: research questions, practical applications, theoretical reflections
The seminar is an introduction to the key methodological and theoretical issues of oral history: How was oral history constructed as a distinct field of historical inquiry? What makes oral history different? What specific characteristics do oral testimonies have as historical documents? In what ways can they illuminate the history of the recent past? What challenges do they present to historians? We shall focus on the relationship between memory and history, the process of memorialization as a source of identity, the connection between the individual and the collective, the narrative strategies of oral accounts, the interaction between the interviewer and the interviewee. The course aims to familiarize students with: (a) the methodology, techniques and ethics of research based on oral testimonies, and (b) the basic Greek and international bibliography on oral history.
e-class: ARCH 482
D. Lampropoulou, 3 hours

Greek perceptions of Cold War crises
This course will discuss Greek perceptions of Cold War crises (from the perspective of the Foreign Ministry, the press, the intellectuals, the political parties, etc.). Suggested examples of Cold War crises: Berlin Blockade (1948-1949); Korean War (1950-1953); Suez Crisis (1956); Hungary (1956); Congo (1960-1961); Berlin Wall (1961); Cuban Missile Crisis (1962); the Prague Spring (1968); US intervention in Chile (1973); Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979); First Gulf War (1990-1991).
e-class: ARCH 960
Em. Koumas, 3 hours

Love and politics in Byzantium
The aim of this course is to explore love, in its romantic expression, as a motive and a stimulus for political, constitutional and social changes that affected the empire directly, as well as indirectly or in the long term. The rationale behind this is to give prominence to the decisions and actions of individuals who played a leading role in Byzantine history, decisions and actions that derived from the love these persons had for their romantic partners and occasionally bordered on the abuse of power. It is to demonstrate that their actions –the result of long-term mental processes, which is usually the case with human feelings, as opposed to the impulsive unjustified acts usually born of rather “instinctive” romantic sentiments– contributed to the evolution of state institutions, the change in political direction or the realignment of social or “partisan” balances of power.
e-class: ARCH 958
Κ. Nikolaou, 3 hours

Propaganda strategies, political discourse and identity formation in Reformation Europe
Visual Lutheran propaganda in the German lands. Catholic counter propaganda. The clash of propagandas in the French Wars of Religion (1562-1598). The transition from a religious to a political discourse in Calvinist propaganda. Propaganda strategy of the ultra-Catholic League (1585-1594). Total propaganda war and the promotion of an alternative reality.
e-class: ARCH 213
Κ. Gaganakis, 3 hours

Heresy and suppression in the European Middle Ages (11th-15th c.)
In the eleventh and twelfth centuries reports of heretics resurfaced in Medieval Europe after a long time, as the last significant heresies hailed back to the Early Christian era. Some of these heretical movements, such as the Waldensians and the Cathars, spread across Western Europe by the thirteenth century. In some cases, they became the dominant element in particular areas, as was the case with the Hussites in fifteenth-century Bohemia. However, did this phenomenon constitute an actual radical resurgence of heretical beliefs or a reflection of the growing centralisation and control of both ecclesiastical and lay authorities? Modern historiography is divided on this question. The present course examines the social, political, cultural and intellectual factors which led to the reappearance of heresies, the causes of the coordinated and progressively stricter response on the part of the authorities, and the mechanisms of suppression the latter employed. It explores what we know about the beliefs and demands of these heretical groups, as well as the fundamental problem of the sources, which commonly originated from their persecutors. Under analysis are also the consequences and survivals of these movements and of the various instruments deployed against them (anti-heretical legislation, the Inquisition, crusades, etc.).
e-class: ARCH 1087
Nikolaos G. Chrissis, 3 hours

The history of New Hellenism as Early Modern History (15th-19th c.)
The course examines historical experiences of the Greek world under Ottoman rule in the light of some fundamental questions and issues that have preoccupied the international historiography regarding the early modern period. Emphasis will be placed on topics such as empires, trade and diasporas, environmental history, travel and communication, cultural transfers, religious coexistence and conversion, urban history, war and violence, secularisation and the development of print culture, revolutions, as well as issues of collective identities and self-definitions.
e-class: ARCH 1085
V. Seirinidou, 3 hours

History of International Relations 1918-1939
The course will address international relations from the end of the First World War to the outbreak of the Second World War, with initial emphasis on the Paris Peace Treaties. There will be a consideration of the individual foreign policies of the Great Powers (USA, Soviet Union, Japan, Britain, France, Italy, and Germany), the attempts of the League of Nations to promote collective security and international cooperation, and the impact of the Great Depression on the international relations of the 1930s. The course will also explore the conditions which facilitated the rise of revisionism in Germany, Italy and Japan and the causes of the Second World War in Europe and the Pacific.
e-class: ARCH 877
E. Koumas, 3 hours

Bishops and sinners, holiness and repression in the early Byzantine period (4th-6th century)
This course is a study of the intellectual developments that influenced the political, social and moral transition from the Roman to the Byzantine world (4th-6th century). The consolidation and influence of the ecclesiastical hierarchy, the dichotomy of holiness and sin, and the suppression of spiritual heterogeneity are examined. Teacher and e-class to be announced.
e-class: ARCH ...
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SPractical training of students
This programme aims at acquainting a large number of our students with the physical locations of their future professional work and to create an interaction between academic education and relevant services. Participation in the programme is voluntary and is carried out in the ephorates of the Archaeological Service, in historical archives, museums, libraries, research centres and in the ministries of culture and education. Participants are engaged for a term of one, two, three or four months. The programme is funded by the Programme “ESPA” (funded by the European Union and the Hellenic Republic).
The academic responsibility for the Programme of Practical Training lies with:
Ν. Dimakis (assisted by E. Kefalidou, M. Mouliou and E. Koumas).

The Art of Renaissance and Mannierism (15th-16th c.).
This course considers the transition from International Gothic and the “Maniera Greca” to a naturalistic depiction of the world (Pietro Cavallini, Giotto, Nicola Pisano). Lectures will survey painting, sculpture, and architecture in the major artistic centers of Italy (Florence, Rome, Venice, and Milan) during the 15th and 16th centuries. A short reference is made to the art in the Low Countries. The principles and ideas of Renaissance Humanism are discussed, and the rediscovery of the linear perspective that led to naturalism and faithful imitation of nature is discussed. Emphasis will also be placed on theoretical treatises of the Renaissance, notably those of Lorenzo Ghiberti, Leon Battista Alberti, Leonardo da Vinci, and Giorgio Vasari. The pictorial innovations in the context of the aesthetic code of the Maniera are also discussed.
e-class: ARCH 892
I. Αsimakopoulou, 3 hours

Archeology of Eastern Civilizations
The subject of the course will be an overview of the history and archeology of the Near East from the late 3rd to the early 1st millennium BC. Anatolia (Hittite empire, Phrygia, Lydia), Syro-Palestine (Late Hittite and Aramaic kingdoms, Israel/ Philistines, Canaanites/ Phoenicians, Assyrian expansion), and Egypt (Middle and New Kingdom) will be emphasized. Special mention will be made of the Eastern texts that refer to the Aegean (Ahhiyawa, Keftiu, Tanaja).
e-class: ARCH 275
K. Kopanias, 3 hours

Prehistoric Archeology III: Theory of archaeological science - Main currents and schools
The subject of the course is familiarization with the main directions of archaeological thought, such as the History of Civilization, New or Process Archaeology, Post-Procedural Archeology and current neo-materialist trends. The course also examines the contribution of philosophical currents such as positivism, evolutionism, Marxism and phenomenology to archaeological research. The aim of the course is the critical presentation of the theoretical framework, in which every type of archaeological research is registered. The treatment of theoretical issues is based on indicative examples mainly but not exclusively from the prehistoric Aegean.
e-class: ARCH 325
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B. Petrakis, 3 hours

Introduction to the Archeology of Roman Times
The subject of this course is the evolution of the arts during the Roman imperial times, from August, i.e. the typical end of the Hellenistic period in 30 B.C., to Constantine the Great and the end of the ancient world. The origins of the arts of this period, both in Italy (Etruscans, Republican Rome) and the Hellenistic East, will also be examined, as well as the Late Antiquity, namely the transition to the Christian world. Furthermore, for a better understanding of the artistic tendencies, we will study the historical and socio-political data of the period. The course includes a visit to the National Archaeological Museum. In order to be able to meet the demands of the course the students ought to have successfully completed the course IA 12: Classical Archaeology II.
e-class: ARCH 274
S. Katakis, 3 hours

The Greek world after the Conquest: archeology and art, 15th - 18th centuries.
The course will examine the material remains and the art that developed in the areas of activity of Greek populations and communities, during the period from the Fall of Constantinople to about 1800. In these areas, which were under Ottoman or Latin rule, urban planning, the secular and ecclesiastical architecture, stone and wood sculpture and ceramics. Special emphasis is placed on the dominant currents of religious painting of the period, as they were expressed in monumental ensembles and portable works, as well as basic elements of metalwork and embroidery. The individual topics run through the problematism surrounding the recognition of elements of tradition and renewal in the art of the time, with references both to the Paleologian heritage, and to the reception and integration of elements from Western and Ottoman art. The lectures are complemented by visits to monuments and museums in Athens and Attica.
e-class: ARCH 649 & ARCH 717
A. Drandaki, G. Pallis, 3 hours

Digital Applications in Archaeology: The Case Study of the Near East
This course will focus on presenting various digital applications that can be used in archaeology, with a particular emphasis on Geographic Information Systems (GIS), databases, and certain Artificial Intelligence tools. Within the framework of the course, we will examine specific case studies in the archaeology of the Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean, gathering available data from archaeological and textual sources. Students attending the course will learn how to create basic maps (using ArcGIS Online) and will be introduced to the methods and tools of geospatial analysis. Finally, we will examine the ethical use of artificial intelligence tools, such as ChatGPT, in archaeological research. No specialized technical knowledge is required to attend the course.
e-class: ARCH351
K. Kopanias, 3 hours

The archaeologies of luxury and the world of pleasures in classical Greece
The seminar focuses on the notions of tryphe, luxurious living, and pleasure in the ancient Greek world. We are studying the practices, the habits, and the ideas surrounding pleasure in the public and (mostly) the private life of the Greeks through their archaeological footprint. Seminar topics include: the materiality and ideology of money, dress and jewelry, domestic luxury, eating, drinking, and feasting, daily bodily care, and so on.
Registration by 23 September 2024, exclusively at the following address: dkplantzos@arch.uoa.gr
e-class: ARCH 645
D. Plantzos, 3 hours

Mycenaean art and archaeology
This seminar aims to familiarize participants with aspects of Mycenaean art (including iconography), as well as other aspects of Mycenaean material culture, through composing and presenting on such topics. Our meetings may be divided into three main sections: a) Our first meetings will focus on specific themes which will detail aspects of the Mycenaean culture, including a basic introduction focusing on methodological issues as well as focus-topics, such as wall-paintings, glyptic and seal use, ivory, the metal industry, architecture and the study of pottery. b) The second section will include discussions and exercises on the methodology of presentation and the structure of a seminar paper. c) The last meetings will be devoted to the presentation of the assigned seminar papers.* *The proposed arrangement is subject to modification to fit student participation, which will affect the time necessary for the mandatory oral presentations.
e-class: ARCH 853
V. Petrakis, 3 hours

Byzantine Metallurgy: art, technology and education
Examination of the great Greek sanctuaries with an emphasis on architecture, historical topography, and votive offerings. Dealing with matters of location, operation and organization, as well as the typology of the propylae, galleries and altars. The evolution of the spaces and the local architectural workshops combined with the dominant, official moods and the narrative of each sanctuary. The movement of 'academic' architectural circles in the Greek area. Compulsory participation in tutorial exercises by Dr. Fotini Ballas, preparation of written assignments and their oral presentation.
e-class: ARCH 1068
A. Drandaki, 3 hours

Byzantine Thrace: Topography and Arts of the Constantinopolitan Hinterland (7th-15th c.).
Thrace had a prominent location in the territory of the Byzantine empire, throughout its long life, as it was forming the immediate hinterland of Constantinople, the capital of the state. It was here that the great routes which connected the capital with Western Europe were met and where crucial battles with foreign and internal enemies took place. Thracian plains and the ports on the Black Sea and the Aegean coastline played a major role in the economy and the trade to and from the capital. Covering the period from the 7th to the 15th century, the seminar will study the topography of the region, emphasizing on the road network, the defence, the cities and the monastic settlements. On the artistic field, the influence of the art of Constantinople on Thrace will be shown through an overview of the most important surviving buildings and works of monumental art.
e-class: ARCH 497
G. Pallis, 3 hours

Northern Renaissance
This seminar examines the artistic production in the Netherlands and the territories of the Holy Roman Empire in the 15th century. Paintings are also related to various artistic media (engraving, sculpture, objects of material culture). The role of paintings in worship, the promotion of the individual, court culture, diplomatic exchanges, the expansion of the influence of rulers and the formation of nation states is analyzed. Thus, the works of the most important artists of Ars Nova are placed within the broader context within which they were created in order to highlight the political, religious and cultural components that shaped the preferences of commissioners, inspired the artists' inventions and largely determined their content. Aspects related to style, material, the trade of pigments and the urban centers in which successive art markets developed are addressed.
e-class: ARCH 1078
I. Assimakopoulou, 3 hours

Artists and trends in contemporary art
Definitions, movements, trends and artists of the 20th century (from Fauvism to Land Art).
e-class: ARCH 444
D. Pavlopoulos, 3 hours

Art and the Holocaust
This course will focus on the past and present of collecting practice, poetics and politics, on the ways collections are formed, on the interpretation of collections and their multiple values. A number of important questions will be explored: a) why, how and what people and societies collect in different eras; b) how does collecting shape personal and collective identities; c) how different interpretations about the collections affect the understanding of the world around us. Following interdisciplinary approaches in the study of collecting, a number of selected examples of collections and collectors (both in institutional and personal contexts) will be studied in depth. Students will be assigned individual essays which will be presented orally and in written. The seminar will include museum visits relevant to the subject matter as well as discussions with collectors. Additionally, students will be encouraged to study collecting habits and practices within their own social circles as a way to understand theories in a more experiential way.
e-class: ARCH 559
Ε. Alexaki, 3 hours

Collections and collectors: how people and objects connect
The course draws from the current situation with the interruption of the operation of museums in their physical space (at a rate of 90% worldwide) due to the pandemic but also the explosion of their action in the digital environment. First, the concept and experience of crisis management in museums (either from anthropogenic causes or natural factors) is analyzed and characteristic examples are studied internationally. The main part of the course focuses on the difficulties, challenges, opportunities and good practices that have emerged with the forced movement of museum activity digitally and studies the data obtained from various studies of national and international museum associations. The conditions and experiences that arose with the gradual reopening of museums are analyzed in the light of a wider open question about their future and the redefinition of their identity in an era of change and fluidity. Students will research a variety of online museum applications while studying the pros and cons of the new digital age of museums.
e-class: ARCH 802
Μ. Mouliou, 3 hours

Archeology and Archaeometry
The subject of the course is the applications of the methods of the natural sciences for the study and analysis of archaeological materials and the answering of archaeological questions related to the manufacturing technology, the production and the circulation of objects of the material culture of the past. Objects made of clay, stone, metal and vitreous materials are examined. The basic elements and physical properties of the raw materials, and the business chain of their processing are presented. The most basic methods of physicochemical analysis and their results are discussed, and case studies of analyzes of objects from various prehistoric and historical periods are presented. In addition to the lectures in the auditorium, the course also includes a demonstration of the use of analytical instruments in the following laboratories: (1) in the Laboratory of Mineralogy and Petrology of the Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, under the supervision of Assoc. professor of Mineralogy and Petrology Mr. Panagiotis Pomonis, (2) in the Maintenance Unit of the Museum of Archeology and History of Art of the School of Philosophy and (3) in the Laboratory of the Department of Archeology and History of Art.
e-class: ARCH 579
J. Papadatos, P. Petridis, E. Kefalidou, P. Pomonis, 3 hours

Attic Red-figured pottery of the Archaic era.
The course presents and comments on the manufacturing techniques, shapes, uses, trade and iconography of Archaic Attic red-figure pottery (c. 530 BC – c. 480/470 BC). Particular emphasis is placed on the methodology of 'reading' the images, i.e. on understanding the visual narration which is very different from storytelling through the written or spoken word. At the same time, by following the work of the most important vase painters and their workshops in a chronological order we point out the various relations with the social, economic and political conditions of the Archaic era.
e-class: ARCH 472
Eur. Kefalidou, 3 hours

Art in Europe, 1900-1945
The course centers on the predominant trends in painting, sculpture, and architecture in Europe from the early years of the 20th century to the end of World War II. Artistic movements and trends such as Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, Russian Avant-garde, Abstraction, Dada, Metaphysical Painting, Surrealism, New Objectivity and other interwar realisms, the Bauhaus School, and Αrchitectural Μodernism will be examined in the social, political, economic, and intellectual context of the period, alongside developments in science and technology. We explore the formal experimentations and artistic practices, the topics, the imperatives, but also the diversity, the complexity and the contradictions of the historical avant-gardes, the attempts to redefine the concept of the work of art, and the construction of the identity of the avant-garde artist. We comment on influential exhibitions and other art institutions of the period and their historical role.
e-class: ARCH 1089
E. Alexaki, 3 hours

Α. Great Greek Sanctuaries
A survey of the great Greek sanctuaries with emphasis on architecture, historical topography and votive offerings. Issues of landscaping schemes, function and spatial organization, along with typology of propyla, stoas and altars are also explored. The evolution of the sites and the local architectural workshops are examined in combination with the main trends and the narrative in each of the sanctuaries. The mobility of the ‘academic’ architectural circles in is also traced. Compulsory participation in workshop exercises by dr. Foteini Balla, written essays and their oral presentation.
e-class: ARCH 702
Chr. Kanellopoulos, 3 hours
Β. Modern Greek sculpture (19th century)
Modern Greek sculpture is examined in relation to European sculpture. During the course, visits / guided tours to exhibitions and workshops will be organized. Written papers are optional.
e-class: ARCH 445
D. Pavlopoulos, 3 hours

Introduction to Museology
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the interdisciplinary field of Museology, which studies the history and theory of museums and collections. The course seeks answers to questions such as: How do we define the museum, the museum object, the collection, the cultural heritage? What are the values and contemporary challenges of museums? Why do museums exist and what are the contemporary challenges for their operation? How do we define the values of museums for different groups of citizens? What are the characteristics of different types of museums? How is the building of collections and the creation of museums historically approached? What are the methods and practices of managing, curating and interpreting museum collections? What can be the relationship of museums with visitors but also more broadly with society? What is the institutional framework for their operation in Greece and what conditions do international standards of museum ethics and practice set for their certification? What is the scope of the museum profession and how is professionalism served in museums?
e-class: ARCH 422
Μ. Μouliou, 3 hours

Practical Training of Students
This programme aims at acquainting a large number of our students with the physical locations of their future professional work and to create an interaction between academic education and relevant services. Participation in the programme is voluntary and is carried out in the ephorates of the Archaeological Service, in historical archives, museums, libraries, research centres and in the ministries of culture and education. Participants are engaged for a term of one, two, three or four months. The programme is funded by the Programme “ESPA” (funded by the European Union and the Hellenic Republic).
The academic responsibility for the Programme of Practical Training lies with assistant professor Ν. Dimakis (assisted by E. Kefalidou, M. Mouliou and E. Koumas). nikdimakis@arch.uoa.gr

Aegean prehistory: an introduction
The course aims at a general overview of Aegean prehistory from the Palaeolithic to the end of the Bronze Age. We will mainly deal with the regions of mainland Greece and the Aegean islands (except Crete, without omitting correlations with the developments there) and we will focus on the major historical episodes of the evolution of civilizations. On the occasion of the elements of material culture, the basic characteristics of the food-gathering stage, the transition to productive economies with their consequences (permanent settlement, technological changes) and mainly the cultures of the Bronze Age are examined. Residential and funerary architecture, funerary customs, ceramics and other arts are presented by period with the final aim of describing the social and economic organization. Special attention will be paid to the Neolithic phenomenon, the major changes observed in the second half of the 3rd millennium BC. and the effects of the phenomena of 'Minoanism', while particular emphasis is placed on the Mycenaean cultural form that dominates in the last centuries of the 2nd millennium BC. in most areas of the southern Aegean.
e-class: ARCH925
V. Petrakis, 3 hours

Minoan Archaeology
All the periods of the Minoan civilization’s development will be studied. Special emphasis will be given to the development of the various arts (ceramic art, stone vase making, faience working, wall painting etc.) from the Prepalatial to the Final Palatial Period.
e-class: ARCH173
L. Platon, 3 hours

Archeology of the classical and Hellenistic periods (480 BC - 1st century BC)
The subject of the course is the brief, comprehensive consideration of the Archeology of the period from the Persian Wars until the submission of the last Hellenistic kingdom, that of Ptolemaic Egypt, to the rule of Rome in 30 BC. Emphasis is placed on architecture and sculpture, but also on ceramics-vase painting - especially from the classical times -, painting and mosaics. The stages of development and key creators are monitored, within the historical and social context of each era. Research problems and further study perspectives are identified. As part of the course, visits are made to the National Archaeological Museum (mainly the Sculpture Collection), the Acropolis Museum and the Acropolis. There is also the possibility of optional, practical training in the Conservation Laboratory and the Cast Museum of our Department by the conservator M. Rogenbuke (E.D.I.P.) and the sculptor L. Arachovitis (E.D.I.P.)
e-class: ARCH 210
S. Katakis, 3 hours

Archeology and art of the Middle and Late Byzantine period (7th century – 1453)
General survey of the art and archaeology of Byzantium from the 7th century up to the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans, in 1453. The course offers an overview of the architecture, painting and material remains of the period, focusing primarily on urban planning, secular and church architecture, sculpture and painting in its various manifestations (monumental art, portable icons, illuminated manuscripts). Presentation of fundamental methodological approaches and analytical tools that apply to the study Byzantium’s diverse artistic expressions, offering dating and classification criteria. The course will be supplemented by visits to Byzantine monuments and Museums in Attica and the Peloponnese.
e-class: ARCH741
Α. Drandaki 3 hours

Baroque and Rococo Art.
The course highlights the cultural, social, political, historical, and historiographical aspects of the prominent artistic trends in European art from the late 16th to the 18th century. The material primarily follows a historical sequence, allowing students to trace the main artistic developments. Parallel narratives enable a comparative exploration of the artistic production in important artistic centers. The characteristics of Baroque art are examined, as manifested in various regions such as Italy, France, Spain, Flanders, the Netherlands, German-speaking countries, and England. Employing diverse methodological approaches, including formal analysis, iconography-iconology, social history, feminism, artworks as objects of memory, and material culture, students acquire the skills to engage with complex works of painting, sculpture, and architecture. They also gain an understanding of the function and role of these artworks within their broader social, political, and cultural contexts.
e-class: ARCH 891
Ι. Asimakopoulou, 3 hours

Monumental topography of Athens during the ancient and early Byzantine times.
A brief introduction to the history of the city, as well as to the history, course and remains of the fortification walls over time. Also, a complete presentation of the archaeological sites and monuments of the Acropolis, the South Slope of the Acropolis, the Ancient and Roman Agora and the Olympieion area. The course includes visits to the sites.
e-class: ARCH682, ARCH358.
Χ. Κanellopoulos, 3 hours
P. Petridis, 3 hours

Greek monumental painting
A survey of Greek monumental painting from the Archaic to the Early Imperial Period. Surviving works from the Greek and the Hellenistic world, as well as their reflections on Roman art. Sources and methodology, iconography and subject-matter, developments and breakthroughs, masters and their oeuvres, Greco-Roman aesthetics and criticism.
e-class: ARCH 561
D. Plantzos, 3 hours

Excavation and processing of archaeological material - Museology.
This course is about archaeological fieldwork, excavation in particular, as well as key principles of archaeological resources management in the museum. The main concepts and methods examined include archaeological context, sites, stratigraphy, and documentation of excavation data. Also, the course deals with basic principles of (a) archaeological conservation and first aid on site, (b) post-excavation study and processing of archaeological finds, and (c) exhibition of finds and museology. The course includes
1. training in excavation techniques at the departmental excavation at Plasi Marathon
2. sorting and recording ancient pottery at the Museum of Archaeology and History of Art
3. conservation of archaeological finds in the field and the laboratory
4. educational activities for school groups, with a selected number of students acting as facilitators and interpreters.
Practical lessons are offered by Dr. Alexandra Sfyroera (archaeologist) and Michel Roggenbucke (conservator).
Optional visits to museums and archaeological sites. Bibliography, images and handouts can be downloaded from e-class.
e-class: ARCH 492 (σημειώσεις, παρουσιάσεις και βιβλιογραφία)
J. Papadatos, M. Mouliou, 3 hours

Years of Crisis: The End of the Late Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean
This course focuses on the political, social and economic organization of the palatial centers of the Eastern Mediterranean (Anatolia, Levant, Egypt) during the 13th century, as well as the subsequent period (12th-8th c.).
e-class: ARCH 639
K. Kopanias, 3 hours

Burial customs in 5th c. BCE Athens
By studying the «Athenian» burial practices as these are traced in the landscape of death, the location of cemeteries, the burial rites, the grave typology, the patterns of placing the burial offerings, and the grave offerings themselves, the grave marking and the rituals performed, and by taking into account the parameters dictating the Athenian burial rituals as well as the impact sociopolitical circumstances , the students will be able to approach ancient Greek society through its burials.
e-class: ARCH 1065
N. Dimakis, 3 hours

Memory and Honour of the Dead during the Hellenistic and Roman Period
The subject of this seminar is the study of the architecture and the sculptural decoration of grave monuments, grave stelae and statues, as well as the sarcophagi (namely their shape and the repertoire of their decoration). Emphasis will be given to the confronting of the Greek, ‘Anatolian’, and Roman traditions and practices. During the course, we are going to visit the Collection of Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum. The students who will choose this seminar will have to prepare and present a paper. To meet the seminar's demands, the student ought to have successfully completed the courses IA 12 (Classical Archaeology B) and IA 108 (Archaeology of the Roman period).
e-class: ARCH 653
St. Katakis, 3 hours

Principles of ancient Greek architecture
The seminar investigates the terminology, the components, the origins and evolution of the Greek orders. An in depth analysis of the technology, proportions, masonries, moldings and aesthetics, but also the landscaping schemes of the Greek sanctuaries, agoras and other types of building compounds. Buildings of specific use, such as propyla, tholoi, gymnasia and stoas, are also explored.
e-class: ARCH617
H. Kanellopoulos, 3 hours

Constantinople and the Greek cities during the early Byzantine period
Study of the urban development of the capital of the Byzantine Empire and the cities of the region from the foundation of Constantinople to the middle of the 7th century. A.D.
e-class: ARCH 747
P. Petridis, 3 hours

Art in public space: alternative approaches to monumentality from the 1980s to the present
The seminar explores alternative approaches to monumentality and the transformations of the monument from the 1980s to the present. Starting with the earliest “classic” counter-monuments and examining the historical conditions of their production, we analuze various types as well as concepts of alternative (anti-)monumentality. We also examine ephemeral or permanent artistic interventions in public monuments and actions of “monumental activism”, as well as contemporary participatory public art – public history projects. We will analyze the role of “history from below” in the emergence of the counter-memorial paradigm and address questions such as: How have artists dealt with painful pasts and traumatic historical events in public spaces? What are the mnemonic imperatives of the 21st century and what kind of memorial culture is emerging today? How are the “voids” of history and public memory addressed in public art? We will focus on case studies from around the world, while also considering the critique on counter-monumentality.
e-class: ARCH 1094
Ε. Alexaki, 3 hours

Introduction to Ancient Greek Epigraphy
The course aims to familiarize students with the methods of approaching and studying ancient Greek inscriptions. Basic categories of Greek inscriptions of a public and private nature are examined, such as resolutions, laws, letters, decrees, honorary, votive and tomb inscriptions. The correlation of epigraphic sources with philological testimonies and historical events, as well as with issues of topography and portraiture is sought. As part of the course, visits to the Epigraphic Museum are foreseen.
e-class: ARCH 533
S. Aneziri, 3 hours

The Art of the Post-War Era: from Modern to Contemporary Art
The course examines major international art movements and trends from end of WWII through the mid-1970s. New trends in abstraction, new figurative movements, various manifestations of pop art, minimalist and conceptual art, art of «institutional critique» new hybrid, and intermedia artistic genres (environments, installations, performance art, happenings) will be examined within the historical context of postwar reconstruction, the Cold War, the student movement, the feminist and other social movements. In parallel, we explore the place of “classic modernism” in art historical narratives of the early postwar period. We investigate points of transition from modern to contemporary art, exploring both continuities and ruptures. We also consider the theoretical discourse that developed alongside the artistic movements of the period and its impact on their reception. We emphasize the centrality of the institutional framework of the arts in shaping and understanding artistic production during this time.
e-class: ARCH 1093
Ε. Alexaki, 3 hours

Introduction to History of Art: History of the Discipline
The aim of this course is to familiarize students with the nature, subject, and significance of Art History. It covers fundamental approaches to artworks, highlights their purpose, and examines key concepts and terms. Moreover, it provides a concise overview of the historical developments in the field of Art History, considering its integration into the academic curriculum. It explores also the historical (and historiographical) elements of influential artistic movements, spanning from the late Middle Ages to the avant-garde artistic movements of the previous century. Through various methodological approaches such as biographical analysis, formalistic interpretation, iconographic examination, social history of art, aesthetics, feminist perspectives, and psychoanalytic readings, the course seeks to foster an understanding of representative works in painting, sculpture, and architecture. Simultaneously, it emphasizes the contextual understanding of these works within broader social, political, and cultural frameworks.
e-class: ARCH 893
Ι. Αsimakopoulou, 3 hours

History of Greek Engraving, 19th - 20th century.
It examines the teaching of printmaking in Athens Royal Technical School, in Athens School of Fine Arts, as well as the teachers and the students. Studied printmakers and artists engaged in printmaking, distinguish between the artisan artist and the printmaker, analyzed and displayed prints are held in exhibitions, reference applied the role of printmaking, to show the connection with the art of printing in the 19th c., considered the impact of subjects in social classes and its role in the historical reality. Supplementary visits to relevant art shows in museums and galleries, as well as in modern Greek artists workshops.
e-class: ARCH 422
D. Pavlopoulos, 3 hours

Museum pedagogy: the museum as a place of learning and creativity
Museums, as institutions that collect, curate, interpret and exhibit the material culture and the memory of each society, constitute a coherent scientific field in the intersection of several other disciplines (archaeology, history, social anthropology, psychology, pedagogy, philosophy, etc.). At the same time, the three-dimensional world of museum objects, with the spatial and conceptual associations they create, constitutes an ideal field of personal exploration and development for each individual or group. They enhance effective personalised learning, the acquisition of new knowledge, skills and experiences, the production of meaning, the formation of cultural values, entertainment, the development of research and creative expression and so much more. In recent years, museums, in response to their broad educational and social mission, which aims at a meaningful understanding of the world and a qualitative change in the lives of citizens, have made use of modern theoretical approaches to learning and progressive education and have implemented a variety of activities for different target groups (children and school groups being the main ones). They have proven in practice, both in Greece and internationally, that they are key co-partners of formal education for the production of alternative educational applications and experiences, starting from (but not ending at) the themes offered by the curricula of primary and secondary education. The course in museum pedagogy aims to familiarize students with the theory and practice of museum education, which is part and parcel of the broader fields of museology and pedagogy
e-class: ARCH 471
Μ. Mouliou, 3 hours

Practical training of students
This programme aims at acquainting a large number of our students with the physical locations of their future professional work and to create an interaction between academic education and relevant services. Participation in the programme is voluntary and is carried out in the ephorates of the Archaeological Service, in historical archives, museums, libraries, research centres and in the ministries of culture and education. Participants are engaged for a term of one, two, three or four months. The programme is funded by the Programme “ESPA” (funded by the European Union and the Hellenic Republic).
The academic responsibility for the Programme of Practical Training lies with assistant professor
Academic Supervisor:Ν. Dimakis (assisted by E. Kefalidou, M. Mouliou and E. Koumas). nikdimakis@arch.uoa.gr