| Title: | Barbarians and Beyond |
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| Course Section Number: | CLA-113-01 |
| Department: | Classics |
| Description: | The Ancient Greeks famously divided the entire world into two categories: "Greeks" and "Barbarians"-that is, everyone else. But how exactly did they define these two contrasting identities? And who got to decide? For that matter, what did the so-called "barbarians" think of all this? This course will examine fundamental questions of identity, culture, and power in the Ancient Mediterranean. We will survey what ancient peoples-ranging from Greeks and Romans to Egyptians, Gauls, Germans, Phoenicians, and more-thought about their own origins and identities. We will also consider how questions of ethnic, civic, religious, racial, and linguistic identity and diversity impacted the everyday lives of people in the Ancient Mediterranean. |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | January 19, 2026 |
| End Date: | May 9, 2026 |
| Meeting Information: |
01/20/2026-05/07/2026 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 01:10PM - 02:25PM, Hays Science, Room 319
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| Faculty: | Gorey, Matthew |
Course Status & Cross-Listings
| Cross-list Group Capacity: | 25 |
|---|---|
| Cross-list Group Student Count: | 0 |
| Calculated Course Status: | OPEN |
| Section Name/Title | Status | Dept. | Capacity |
Enrolled/ Available/ Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CLA-113-01
(primary)
Barbarians and Beyond |
OPEN | Classics | 19 | 0 / 19 / 0 |
|
CLA-113-01SR
(cross-listing)
Barbarians and Beyond |
OPEN | Classics | 6 | 0 / 6 / 0 |
|
HIS-210-02
(cross-listing)
Barbarians and Beyond |
OPEN | History | 19 | 0 / 19 / 0 |
|
HIS-210-02SR
(cross-listing)
Barbarians and Beyond |
OPEN | History | 6 | 0 / 6 / 0 |