2018-19

The roots of modern Greek art, that is, the art that developed in the free Greek state over the 19th and 20th centuries, are to be found in Byzantine painting and the Ionian school of the period before the outbreak of the Greek revolution. After the liberation of Greece, as the result of various composite and mutual influences from Europe, the artistic personality of modern Hellenism was shaped. Many of the works of art of the period express and reproduce the ideological trends, the nature and the transformations in modern Greek society.

The course examines the concept of diaspora and its significance for the understanding of basic questions in modern and contemporary Greek political, social and economic history. The course deals with such matters as the foundation, organization and development of Greek communities abroad, with the aim of offering a composite view of the phenomenon of the Greek diaspora in broader terms.

The course forms a basic introduction to the history of medieval Europe. It 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 course deals with the anatomy of the human skeletal system and the basic methods employed for the collection and analysis of skeletal material, mainly of archaeological origin. The course is accompanied by practical sessions in the Laboratory of Anthropology of the Department.

The course forms an introduction to new methods of molecular biology, with emphasis on the study of ancient DNA, related both to archaeology and forensics. It also examines the basic principles of population genetics and its application to physical anthropology and archaeology. The course employs the study of the geographical distribution of the genetic traces of contemporary and prehistoric populations in an attempt to reconstruct their biological history. The course is accompanied by practical sessions in the Laboratory of Anthropology of the Department.