B.C. ISRAEL: THEN AND NOW - PLUS! PROGRAM
Offers students three possible choices abroad for this coming summer (mix and match)
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PROGRAM ITINERARY:
Module 1: ANTH 2408 Archaeology of Israel - in Israel (Archaeological Site and Museum Study), June 5-19
Module 2: ANTH 3530 or CORC 3208 Cultural studies of modern Israel - in Israel, June 19-July 5
Module 3: ANTH 3015 or 3470 Archaeological excavations - in Serbia, July 5 - 27
See our slide presentation about the program.
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ANTH 2408. ARCHAEOLOGY OF ISRAEL
This course examines the archaeology of Israel within the context of the
wider Near East. It includes site and museum tours. Material covered
extends from the Paleolithic through the Ottoman periods, with emphasis
on new discoveries and interpretations.
This course will introduce the archaeological/historic background to
the second part of the Israel: Then and Now Program, which
concentrates on the ethnographic present. It is only open to students
enrolled in this program. It will be given in Israel in June 2011,
where students can see the archaeological material in the museums and
visit the sites themselves, as well as read and hear lectures about them.
Download a detailed syllabus for this course.
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ANTH 3530 or CC 20.08. Cultural studies of modern Israel,
CORE CURRICULUM CLASS
Introduction: Key concepts for the analysis
The Arab-Israel Conflict
-As context: its pervasive effects
-Its sources in religion and history
--Judaism, Zionism
--Islam, Arab nationalism
-The current situation and the factors that affect it
Israel's Diverse Population
-The major axes of diversity: ethnic, religious, national
-Demographic patterns and comparative socioeconomic condition
-Relations among groups: forces for amity and sources of tension
Israeli Democracy
-The structure of government
-Political culture
--basic ideologies
--bureaucracy and the individual role of the military
Religion in the Public Domain
-The principle of "separation": theory and reality
-A Jewish state: its meanings and implementation
-Civil religion
Experiment in Equality: the Kibbutz
-As it was; the theory and its implementation
-As it is turning out; recent changes and their implications
Download a detailed syllabus for this course.
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ANTH 3015 or 3470. ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS
For the first time in almost a decade, Brooklyn College will be digging
again in Serbia. Professor Arthur Bankoff, Chair of the Department of
Anthropology, and a specialist in the Bronze Age of southeastern Europe,
has been directing excavations in the Balkans for the past forty years.
From July to August, he and a staff of BC faculty and graduate students
will be conducting excavations and site survey in western Serbia.
Students are invited to join this exciting new project,which will
investigate life and death 3500 years ago.
The Field School meets on the Bronze Age site Monday through Saturday,
for three weeks.
Afternoon activities involve - pottery washing, pottery analysis,
human and animal bone analysis, conservation of archaeological material,
soil analysis, Geographic Informations Systems analysis, archaeological
and geological survey, and mapping the landscape.
Lectures and demonstrations are scheduled for Monday through
Wednesday evenings.
Your final excavation report, composed by your team will be part of the
overall official record of archaeological research.
Download a detailed syllabus for this course.
View a detailed slideshow presentation for this segment of the project.
File is 10mb big, and has to be seen on a PC for best viewing of animations.
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Fieldschool forms and further details
in the Anthropology Department Office:
3307 James
718.951.5507
Email us for any inquiries.
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