Veranstaltungen des laufenden Semesters

S Expansion and Exploration: Mobility in Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East in the Bronze Age

Dozent:innen: Dr. Mari Yamasaki; Dr. Monika Zöller-Engelhardt
Kurzname: S ÄG/VA
Kurs-Nr.: 07.848.1010
Kurstyp: Seminar

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches

The seminar is aimed at advanced Bachelor and Master students of Egyptology, Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology, and Ancient Near Eastern Philology.
Guests of other disciplines are very welcome. Participants are expected to have a basic familiarity with the history and cultures of Ancient Egypt or the Ancient Near East and to actively engage in seminar discussions, preparatory work, and group activities.

Digitale Lehre

Options for hybrid participation will be discussed during the first session.

Empfohlene Literatur

Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology

  1. Cline, E. H., & Stannish, S. M. (2011). Sailing the Great Green Sea? Amenhotep III’s “Aegean List” from Kom el-Hetan, Once More. Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections, 3(2).https://doi.org/10.2458/azu_jaei_v03i2_cline
  2. Knapp, A. B. (2018). Seafaring and seafarers in the Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean. Sidestone Press.
  3. Pulak, C. (2008). The Uluburun shipwreck and Late Bronze Age trade. In J. Aruz, K. Benzel, & J. M. Evans (Eds), Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C. (pp. 288–305). Metropolitan Museum of Art; Yale University Press.
  4. Recht, L. (2024). The spirited horse: Equid-human relations in the Bronze Age Near East (Paperback edition). Bloomsbury Academic.
  5. Wachsmann, S. (1998). Seagoing ships & seamanship in the Bronze Age Levant (1st ed). Texas A&M University Press ; Chatham Pub.
  6. Wachsmann, S. (2019). On the Interpretation of Watercraft in Ancient Art. Arts, 8(4), 165. https://doi.org/10.3390/arts8040165
  7. Westerberg, K. (1983). Cypriote Ships from the Bronze Age to c. 500 BC. P. Åströms förlag.
  8. Yalçin, Ü. (Ed.). (2005). Das Schiff von Uluburun: Welthandel vor 3000 Jahren (Vol. 138). http://scans.hebis.de/HEBCGI/show.pl?13328871_toc.pdf

Egyptology

  1. Bunbury, Judith and Reim Rowe (2021). The Nile: mobility and management. Cambridge Elements: Elements in Ancient Egypt in Context. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. DOI: 10.1017/9781108919913.
  2. Candelora, Danielle 2026. Immigration and borders in ancient Egypt. Cambridge Elements: Elements in Ancient Egypt in Context. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. DOI: 10.1017/9781009500111.
  3. Moreno García, Juan Carlos (2024). Contact, mobility, migration: social and economic interaction across Egyptian borders (Early and Middle Bronze Age). In Miniaci, Gianluca, Christian Greco, Paolo Del Vesco, Mattia Mancini, and Cristina Alù (eds), Ancient Egypt and the surrounding world: contact, trade and influence. Studies presented to Marilina Betrò, 5-22. Pisa: Pisa University Press.
  4. Mynárová, Jana, Ludovica Bertolini, and Federico Zangani (eds) (2024). Migration and mobility in the ancient Near East and Egypt - the Crossroads IV: proceedings of an international conference held in Prague, September 19-22, 2022. Columbus, GA: Lockwood Press. DOI: 10.5913/2024108.

Inhalt

The course will explore the complex topic of ancient mobility from the joint perspectives of Egyptology and Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology, examined within a solid theoretical and methodological framework. The seminar will have two main areas of focus, namely the means of transportation, and the reasons for mobility. 
We will be discussing aspects of movement and reasons for mobility, from warfare to trade and diplomacy, to leisure, and critically analyse the various types of available sources, including texts and material culture as well as wider questions about globalisation, colonialism and imperialism in the Bronze Age.  
After the seminar the students will be able to

  1. identify and critically evaluate key factors influencing mobility in Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East;
  2. explain and critically assess concepts of imperialism, colonialism, expansion, and globalisation in pre-modern societies;
  3. compare and discuss different means and modes of transportation as well as concepts of travel and borders;
  4. analyse and interpret textual and material sources on mobility using relevant theoretical approaches.

Successful completion of the course requires active engagement in seminar discussions, preparatory work, homework assignments, and group activities. Depending on the modular affiliation the students have to give (project-related) presentations and/or write a seminar work.
Options for hybrid participation will be discussed during the first session.
The language of the class will be English; presentations can be held either in German or English.

Termine

Datum (Wochentag) Zeit Ort
19.10.2026 (Montag) 16:15 - 17:45 00 309
9133 - Aareon-Gebäude
26.10.2026 (Montag) 16:15 - 17:45 00 309
9133 - Aareon-Gebäude
02.11.2026 (Montag) 16:15 - 17:45 00 309
9133 - Aareon-Gebäude
09.11.2026 (Montag) 16:15 - 17:45 00 309
9133 - Aareon-Gebäude
16.11.2026 (Montag) 16:15 - 17:45 00 309
9133 - Aareon-Gebäude
23.11.2026 (Montag) 16:15 - 17:45 00 309
9133 - Aareon-Gebäude
30.11.2026 (Montag) 16:15 - 17:45 00 309
9133 - Aareon-Gebäude
07.12.2026 (Montag) 16:15 - 17:45 00 309
9133 - Aareon-Gebäude
14.12.2026 (Montag) 16:15 - 17:45 00 309
9133 - Aareon-Gebäude
21.12.2026 (Montag) 16:15 - 17:45 00 309
9133 - Aareon-Gebäude
11.01.2027 (Montag) 16:15 - 17:45 00 309
9133 - Aareon-Gebäude
18.01.2027 (Montag) 16:15 - 17:45 00 309
9133 - Aareon-Gebäude
25.01.2027 (Montag) 16:15 - 17:45 00 309
9133 - Aareon-Gebäude
01.02.2027 (Montag) 16:15 - 17:45 00 309
9133 - Aareon-Gebäude