Faculty books department of philosophy yale university. The school officially became yale college in 1718, when it was renamed in honor of welsh merchant elihu yale, who had donated the proceeds from. This meant emphasis on the grammar and discipline of the languages latin, greek and occasional hebrew, with rhetoric and logic brought into exercise by public orations and disputations, and with arithmetic, geometry and a little astronomy for the. He studies the new testament in the context of its time and cultures. At present, kagan is considered among the foremost american scholars of greek history. Yales philosophy of teaching and learning begins with the aim of training a. Based on yale s open yale courses program, these books bring outstanding lectures by yale faculty to the curious reader, whether student or adult. The aim of the project is to expand access to educational materials for all who wish to learn. It is a superb example of golden age american golf course design, with large undulating greens, uncommonly deep bunkers and wide rolling fairways that. The school officially became yale college in 1718, when it was renamed in honor of welsh merchant elihu yale, who had donated the. New testament history and literature the open yale courses series paperback april 24, 2012. Classics history of greek and latin literature four courses in total. New testament history and literature the open yale courses. Introduction to ancient greek history fall 2007, open yale courses.
Students are required to study history from a variety of. In its curriculum yale college began with the six liberal arts, inherited from harvard and from the universities of england and the continent. A number of their top lectures have also been posted to youtube, with some garnering 100,000s of views over the past few years. Kleiner, the dunham professor of the history of art and classics, and the founding director of the project.
The open yale courses series is designed to bring the depth and breadth of a yale education to a wide variety of readers. Yales philosophy of teaching and learning begins with the aim of training a broadly based, highly disciplined intellect without specifying in advance how th. For more than 300 years, yale university has inspired the minds that inspire the world. This is an introductory course in greek history tracing the development of greek civilization as manifested in political, intellectual, and creative achievements from the bronze age to the end of the classical period. This license permits the free use or repurposing of the open yale courses material by others.
History mit opencourseware free online course materials. Bart ehrmans the new testament has a similar orientation and is also very commendable. It is a superb example of golden age american golf course design, with large undulating greens, uncommonly deep bunkers and wide rolling fairways that frequently present blind drive and approach shots. Oct 06, 2009 clcv 205 this is an introductory course in greek history tracing the development of greek civilization as manifested in political, intellectual, and creative achievements from the bronze age to the end of the classical period.
I recommend supplementing with dale martins yale course available online via itunes u. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading new testament history and literature the open yale courses series. Clcv 205 this is an introductory course in greek history tracing the development of greek civilization as manifested in political, intellectual, and creative. People who liked introduction to ancient greek history also liked. The yale philosophy department offers a wide range of courses in various traditions of philosophy, with strengths and a wellestablished reputation in the history of philosophy, ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of art as well as other central topics. Taught by yale professor donald kagan, this introductory course in greek history traces the development of greek civilization as manifested in political, intellectual, and creative achievements from the bronze age to the end of the classical period. This course explores the causes, course, and consequences of the american civil war, from the 1840s to 1877.
Introduction to ancient greek history fall 2007, open. Based in new haven, connecticut, yale brings people and ideas together for positive impact around the globe. History was a popular course of study when majors first were introduced after world war i, and it became the largest major in the 1950s. Yale s philosophy of teaching and learning begins with the aim of training a broadly based, highly disciplined intellect without specifying in advance how th. This is an introductory course in greek history tracing the development of greek.
A history by brooks mather kelley, yale university press, 1974 a balanced, informative onevolume history school of the prophets. Open yale courses is a project of yale university to share full video and course materials from its undergraduate courses open yale courses provides free access to a selection of introductory courses, and uses a creative commons attributionnoncommercialshare alike license open yale courses launched in december 2007 with seven courses from various departments. Seven new open yale courses now available free online. Jul 01, 2014 this is an introductory course in greek history tracing the development of greek civilization as manifested in political, intellectual, and creative achievements from the bronze age to the end of. Apr 05, 2012 these seven new open yale courses allow us to offer a full college curriculum of 42 courses reflecting the broad liberal arts education provided by yale college to anyone with an internet connection, said diana e. As a result, this collection of ancient books reveals so much more to us than what we learned in church. Course books and other related titles yale university press offers a 10% discount on the books used in clcv 205 that it publishes, as well as on other related titles. Donald kagan is an american historian and classicist at yale university specializing in ancient greece, notable for his fourvolume history of the peloponnesian war. A 3,000year history of peoples, tribes and empires. A major figure in the field, kagan takes students from the greek dark ages, through the rise of sparta and athens, the peloponnesian war, and beyond. Students are encouraged to study the past from a variety of perspectives social, economic, cultural, and political and to understand the world they inhabit as a product of historical processes.
He formerly taught in the department of history at cornell university. Open yale courses provides free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at yale university. The course will be offered at the beinecke library at yale university from may 17th, 2019. Courses range in focus from the earliest recorded historical periods up through the modern day. I purchased a referenced book from yehezekle kaufmann, that was another gem, which added to the over value of this volume.
Ancient greek history audio yale university apple podcasts. Historian amanda joyce hall explains how south africas black press reported on the struggle for racial equality in south africa and the united states. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading new testament history and. Course books and other related titles yale university press offers a 10% discount on the books used in hsar 252 that it publishes, as well as on other related titles. Course books and other related titles yale university press offers a 10% discount on the books used in rlst 152 that it publishes, as well as on other related titles. Yale doubles number of free online courses yalenews.
Oct 16, 2008 to encourage the widest possible use of the courses, the license that covers most of the lectures and other course material on open yale courses is creative commons attributionnoncommercialshare alike 3. Open yale courses reflects the values of a liberal arts education. Classics greek and latin at the level of 390 or above, a survey of the literature and culture of ancient athens clcv 256, which can be substituted with another course in greek history or culture if clcv 256 is not offered a particular year, a survey of the literature and culture of ancient rome clcv 257, which can be. Yale course search is the official resource for viewing course offerings at yale university. Founded in 2006, historum is a history forum dedicated to history discussions and historical events. The department of history is home to one of the most popular majors on the yale campus and encompasses the histories of africa, asia, europe, the middle east, and north and south america. Forthcoming in the yale open courses series, this book is based on professor steven smiths introductory course in. These questions probe some of the deepest and most enduring problems that every society confronts, regardless of time and place. Our community welcomes everyone from around the world to discuss world history, historical periods, and themes in history military history, archaeology, arts and culture, and history in books and movies.
The primary goal of the course is to understand the multiple meanings of a transforming event in american history. Books from the open yale courses series the open yale courses series is designed to bring the depth and breadth of a yale education to a wide variety of readers. Yale university library, which holds over 15 million volumes, is the thirdlargest university collection in the united states. A history of rome from earliest times to the end of the western empire. New testament history and literature the open yale courses series. He argues that the greeks are worthy of our study not only because of their vast achievements and. Students majoring in classical civilization devote one or both terms of the senior year to a significant project of original research, usually an essay, under the guidance of a faculty adviser. Students read original sources in translation as well as the works of modern scholars. The department of music is the home of scholars and students who continue a tradition of study stretching back to the ancient world. New testament history and literature the open yale courses series kindle edition by martin, dale b download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Aboutactive tab syllabus sessions survey buy books.
Most of the lectures and course material within open yale courses are licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercialshare alike 3. Introduction to ancient greek history course by donald kagan. A portion of the proceeds from your purchases will be donated for the ongoing support and development of the open yale courses program. What is the proper education for a citizen and a statesman. In 1701 the connecticut legislature adopted a charter to erect a collegiate school. The major in ancient and modern greek yale department of. Maija jansson, director of the yale center for parlimentary history.
The yale golf course, or yale university golf course, located on a property called the ray tompkins memorial, is a golf course in new haven, connecticut owned and operated by yale university. Reading list all of the majors in classics have senior requirements, see bulletin. In it, students read original sources in translation as well as the works of modern scholars. Introduction to ancient greek history course by donald. The mit history faculty offers about 70 subjects in the areas of ancient, north american, european, east asian, and middle eastern history. New testament history and literature the open yale. Download course materials b boatwright, mary, daniel gargola. Yale college, 17011740 by richard warch, yale university press, 1973 best study of the beginnings the separation of college and state. Introduction to the bible the open yale courses series. And his writing is even better i watched the online version of this course. Introduction to ancient greek history course by donald kagan on. The university traces its roots to the 1640s, when colonial clergymen led an effort to establish a local college in the tradition of european liberal education. Taught by professor donald kagan, this course traces the development of.
Course books and other related titles yale university press offers a 10% discount on the books used in hist 119 that it publishes, as well as on other related titles. One of the seven original liberal arts, music maintains a place in the university as a subject of broad and passionate interest to composers, historians, ethnomusicologists, performers, and theorists. Open yale courses provide course materials and videos for a wide range of subjects. Based on yales open yale courses program, these books bring outstanding lectures by yale faculty to the curious reader, whether student or adult. New testament history and literature the open yale courses series martin, dale b. The main library, sterling memorial library, contains about 4 million volumes, and other holdings are dispersed at subject libraries. For more than a halfcentury since, between 15 and 20 percent of yale undergraduates have majored in history, and undergraduate history courses draw between 4000 and 5000 enrollments each year.
Introduction to ancient greek history open yale courses. Students in the intensive major devote one or two terms of the senior year to writing an essay clss 490a and 491b for the yearlong essay, 492 for one term. This is an open course from yale, the book is well researched, opens up the conversation re. Learn more about the actions yale university press is taking. This book examines the small library of 24 books common to all jewish and christian biblesbooks that preserve the efforts of diverse writers over a span of many centuries to make sense of their personal experiences and those of their people, the ancient israelites. This is an introductory course in greek history tracing the development of greek civilization as manifested in political. Introduction to ancient greek history with donald kagan. Introduction to ancient greek history with donald kagan youtube.
The course will be taught be dennis dutschke, professor emeritus at the university of california, davis. This lively history of yale traces the development of the college from its founding in 1701 by a small group of puritan clergymen intent on preserving the purity of the faith in connecticut, to its survival in the eighteenth century as a center for intellectual life, to its expansion in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as a major international university. Covering a wide variety of topics across disciplines in the social sciences, physical sciences, and humanities, open yale. Last fall, yale university introduced a second round of open courses that included donald kagans introduction to ancient greek history. His research and teaching focuses on medieval and early renaissance italian literature, with an emphasis on philology and paleography. Unless explicitly set forth in the applicable credits section of a lecture, thirdparty content is not covered under the creative commons license. The top 50 yale course videos you can watch on youtube.
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