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Ancient Mediterranean Studies

The Program in Ancient Mediterranean Studies (AMS) is an interdisciplinary program that is a collaborative attempt to make the world of the ancient Mediterranean and its Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and Near Eastern cultures and their legacies and traditions an integral part of the humanities at Emory. To this end, AMS provides an interdisciplinary major among the fields of art history, classics, history, Middle Eastern studies, philosophy, and religion, presents colloquia and conferences, and offers opportunities for independent study and study abroad.

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Concentrations

Faculty

Director
Rune Nyord
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Rune Nyord
Core
Sandra BlakelyKevin CorriganKatrina DicksonRoxani MargaritiJonathan MasterJ. Judd OwenNiall SlaterEric VarnerBonna Wescoat

Courses

ANCMED 100-Level Courses

Social, anthropological, and cultural aspects of two or more ancient Mediterranean cultures from a comparative perspective.

Credit Hours
3
GER
HA
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
  • REL 110

Variable topics course introducing students to the interrelated cultures and histories of the ancient Mediterranean world. Emphasis is on the study and interpretation of primary texts and objects, including those in Emory's Carlos Museum. .

Credit Hours
3
GER
FS
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

ANCMED 200-Level Courses

Cultural history of the ancient Mediterranean through an examination of the materials, methods, and history of archaeology.

Credit Hours
3
GER
HSC
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

Interdisciplinary study of texts and themes from ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt, and the Near East, and their reception in Western and Near Eastern traditions from antiquity to the present.

Credit Hours
3
GER
HA
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

ANCMED 300-Level Courses

ANCMED 400-Level Courses

Honors thesis research and writing.

Credit Hours
4
GER
XA
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

Honors thesis research and writing.

Credit Hours
1 - 8
GER
CW
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

Senior thesis written under direction of an advisor from the program core faculty.

Credit Hours
1 - 4
GER
None
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

Senior thesis written under direction of an advisor from the program core faculty.

Credit Hours
1 - 5
GER
CW
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None