WOMEN IN ANCIENT ROME

The course is one of the core educational activities characterizing the Master’s Degree Program in Humanities.
It has the purpose to guarantee to the students the advanced knowledge of Roman women's history as part of long story read in 'feminine key' (gender studies) through the study of a central topic in the history of Roman women; knowledge of the methodology of research in the women's history; knowledge of the lexicon of the subject. It intends to guarantee the acquisition of cognitive abilities as sketch out a scientific research and practical abilities as be able to hand the results of scientific research over through the scientific communication and the public history. The students will develop research and didactical skills in the subject and acquire skills as critical approach during the evaluation of information and news, and understanding of events and cultural processes crucial in the constitution of the occidental identity.
The achievement of these goals assures to the student the cultural, disciplinary, methodological knowledge to insert in the world of work in didactical, cultural, divulgation and communication-linked field suitable with his itinerary of the academic studies.

Attending the course and the seminar and practicing individual study allow students to acquire specific knowledge: the methodology of historical reconstruction, the deep knowledge of fundamental events in order to comprehend Roman women's history, the lexicon of the subject. Will make students acquire these cognitive abilities: to apply the historical research's methodology with particular focus on the Roman women 's history; to recognize events and models and stereotypes in the sources; to be able to understand the events thanks to their historical context without modernize. Will make students acquire these practical abilities: sketch out a scientific research and be able to hand the results over through the public history and the scientific communication selecting the contents, the ways of communication, the time, know how to deal with team work. The students will acquire these skills: know how to interpret historical processes about the Roman women's history; know how to employ a critical approach toward the information sources; interpret correctly the origin of customs of Roman age that survived in contemporary age.

Students should already have attended a BA level Roman history course.
A good knowledge of italian language is necessary.
Foreign students are invited to contact the course tutor beforehand.

Through a ample introduction and an exemplification made by the teacher and a presentation, result of teamwork made by students, the course will examine the history of Roman women as part of Roman history; particular attention will be dedicated to the image of Roman women in literary and epigraphic sources, between description and representation (models and stereotypes). The course will examine the subject: "Marriages at the top of the power: influent matronae at the end of the Roman Republic and during the Early Principate". In Roman history, marriage, an instrument for the alliance between families, primarily responded to political and economic needs; while in the proto and meso republican age the wedding was decided by the patres familias of the brides and women were given the role of necessary but passive parties, in the late republic women were in some cases promoters of engagements, marriages and divorces and they interfered in Roman politics through this type of interventions. A research (with sources and bibliography) will be assigned to each participant in team within a broader topic entitled. A research (with sources and bibliography) will be assigned to each participant in team within a broader topic entitled.

All foreign students are invited to contact the course tutor beforehand in order to discuss their study programmes for individual assessment.

The evaluation is based on three parts: the check of knowledge on the course contents through an oral examination on topics of the course and on topics developed on texts recommanded in the bibliography; during the same oral test the check of knowledge on contents explained by other students; during seminar, the oral exposition of brief personal research about the marriages at the end of the Roman Republic and during the Early Principate (substituted for non attending students by extra lectures).
Through these exam the teacher verifies:
1) knowledge: acquisition of fundamental concepts and scientific lexicon of the subject and the methodology of historical research;
2) cognitive abilities: the application of the methodology of historical research with particular focus on the use of sources and on critical approach on bibliography about the Roman women's history; the ability of analysis of historical processes and of gender studies; practical abilities: communicative abilities, for the public history and scientific communication (selecting the contents, the ways of communication, the time, know how to deal with team work)
3) skills: capability to analyze reality and information and to increase critical awareness in peculiarity of each historical period about gender history.
Each category of examination is judged according to a scale of thirty points, and the final mark is the result of the average of the points earned for each examination.
All foreign students are invited to contact the course tutor beforehand in order to discuss their study programmes for individual assessment.

Classes will be lead as eight teacher's lessons and two lessons as seminar, so that all students will have the opportunity to participate in class presentations. A specific research topic will be assigned to each participant. Ancient sources and further readings that will help students prepare their presentation will be provided in class.

Students who attend this course will be entitled to take part to the seminar activities, stages and training courses organised by the Roman History and Classics faculty during the two terms (the calendar of activities will be provided in class and on the Ca' Foscari website).

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This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Poverty and inequalities" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development