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| Campus | Bryn Mawr |
| Semester | Spring 2025 |
| Registration ID | CSTSB307001 |
| Course Title | Guided Research in CSTS-Magic in Ancient Greco-Roman |
| Credit | 1.00 |
| Department | Classical Studies |
| Instructor | Edmonds,Radcliffe |
| Times and Days | MW 02:40pm-04:00pm
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| Room Location | OL224 |
| Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2996 This course provides the student with the opportunity to engage in seminar-level work on the topic of another CSTS course being offered in the term. With the guidance of the professor, the student will participate in the course activities of that course but will also develop a research project that enables the student to pursue aspects of the topic at a deeper level. This course should provide the student with experience in developing research and writing skills appropriate to the discipline. Prerequisite: Declared major in CLAN or CCAS and permission of instructor.; Current topic description: Bindings and curses, love charms and healing potions, amulets and talismans - from the simple spells designed to meet the needs of the poor and desperate to the complex theurgies of the philosophers, the people of the Greco-Roman World made use of magic to try to influence the world around them. In this course students will gain an understanding of the magicians of the ancient world and the techniques and devices they used to serve their clientele, as well as the cultural contexts in which these ideas of magic arose. We shall consider ancient tablets and spell books as well as literary descriptions of magic in the light of theories relating to the religious, political, and social contexts in which magic was used. . |
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