Ancient History at the University of Oregon:

Academic Years, Winter Term 2012 - Fall Term 2014

NOTICE:

Professor J. Nicols was awarded Emeritus status on 1 July 2011.
Nicols will continue to teach 'half time' through the end of the fall term, 2014;
hence the full repetoire of classes outlined here may not be available each academic year. The history department did conduct a successful search for his replacement, but the new appointment will not be on campus until the fall of 2013. In the interim, Professor Marianne S. Nicols will offer courses on Greek and Roman history.

Historical and Cultural Atlas = Mapping History or the Darkwing Atlas Project

A collection of maps and images illustrating primarily Greek and Roman history. A collaborative project with historians at the Universtät Münster and supported by major grants from the University of Oregon and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Fall Terms,

2012 and 2013 and 2014: HC 431H: The City (Ancient Athens, Renaissance Florence, 20thCent Berlin). J. Nicols.  This course considers the role of culture, political freedom and urban development [aka HUM 354: TheCity]  

2012 HIST 414: Ancient Rome, The Republic. M. S. Nicols. History and culture of Ancient Rome from the foundation until the end of the Republic (the death of Caesar). Major themes include: the foundation of Rome (literature, archaeology and history), the constitution of the Roman Republic, imperialism, Roman religion and politics, the fall of the republican constitution, Julius Caesar and his competitor.

Winter Terms:

2013: HIST 414/514 : Ancient Rome: The Principate and Empire  J. Nicols   The history and culture of Rome and its Empire from the death of Caesar until the 5th century, AD.  Major themes include: the Augustan Principate (art, literature, politics), Christianity and classical culture, the process of Romanization, the fall of the Roman Empire. Lecture and discussion.

2013: HIST 412: Alexander and the Hellenistic World.   [Probable, but not yet certain] M. S. Nicols Survey of Greek history from Alexander to the Roman Conquest and beyond.

Spring Terms:

2012: HIST / HUM / PHYS 361. Science and Culture. Co-taught with Professor Greg Bothun, Physics.

2013: HIST 412: Historical Troy. Professor Frank Kolb, University of Tübingen

HIST 407/507: Seminar Augustus and Hitler. Comparative dictatorships.