Migration is a fundamental and continuous aspect of ancient Roman history. In its mythical and historiographical traditions Rome considered itself from its beginnings as an inclusive city and society tracing its origins back to the demographic and cultural unification of indigenous people in Latium and refugees from the Troian War in Asia. The city itself was thought to be founded as an asylum, “a sancturary for refugees and foreigners”.

Migration is a fundamental and continuous aspect of ancient Roman history. In its mythical and historiographical traditions Rome considered itself from its beginnings as an inclusive city and society tracing its origins back to the demographic and cultural unification of indigenous people in Latium and refugees from the Troian War in Asia. The city itself was thought to be founded as an asylum, “a sancturary for refugees and foreigners”.

The course, which includes a study trip to Lithuania, focuses on the history of this Baltic state from its medieval origins to the present day. Particular attention is devoted to the interwar period, with both the course and the excursion exploring Lithuania’s diverse political, cultural, and social dimensions.

The course will examine the central issues that shaped the 20th century through the prism of the international institutions that developed during it. We will focus on three foundational issues: the world wars, the Cold War, and decolonization, and explore how these challenges led to the creation of new institutions that have continued to shape the international arena to this day.

Course prerequisite: exemption (“ptor”) level in Classical Latin. MA course, open to 3rd year BA students subject to the lecturers' prior approval.
Course Number 39489

This course, which includes an excursion, provides an overview of the history of Moravia - a geographical region in the southeastern part of the contemporary Czech Republic - from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. The course presents Moravia as a case study of a Central European territory marked by numerous political vicissitudes and upheavals, both during the imperial regime and in the era of the nation-state.

The recitation explores the history of the Bohemian Lands in the 19th and 20th centuries, spanning from the 1848 Spring of Nations to the aftermath of the 1989 Velvet Revolution. It focuses on political, social, and cultural developments, with particular emphasis on the interactions between local Czechs, Germans, and Jews.

This course deals with immigration, emigration and relations between immigrants and the elites and institutions of their countries of origin and destination. Throughout the year, we will talk about the various dilemmas faced by immigrants and refugees, as well as the governments and societies in the country they immigrated to and the country they emigrated from. We will examine these issues from a theoretical and generalized perspective, but we will also analyze specific historical and contemporary cases from different regions of the world.

The seminar will check if modern concepts of the individual freedom of worship - which “consists of the right to practice, to manifest and to change one’s religion and where the modern democratic state is neutral towards the variety of religions, but protects the right of citizens to practice their different religious beliefs” (https://brill.com/display/title/31824) - have their roots in ancient Roman civilization in spite of the close linkage between politics and religion in antiquity.