History & Generalism: Perpetrating Humanities inside of Assyriology

Český egyptologický ústav FF UK srdečně zve na přednášku Setha F. C. Richardsona (University of Chicago) „History & Generalism: Perpetrating Humanities inside of Assyriology“.

 

Anotace přednášky

 

This talk is really four talks in one – first as an introduction to the speaker’s recent work on different subjects.  The presentation will include a study of didactic instructions from 3rd millennium Sumerian literature on “how to be a good citizen,” from a time when the state was still new; a look at the hidden economic function of slaves as credit instruments in 2nd millennium Babylonia; and a surprising transformation in concepts of distance in 1st millennium Assyria.  But it is a fourth theme which frames the first three: a consideration of what it means to work as a generalist in disciplines and professions defined by specialization. What could critical, comparative, and speculative modes of generalist ancient-history work look like? What are the implications of generalism for specialization?  Can we re-build a viable path towards a robust Humanities tradition in Ancient Near Eastern fields, and how?  (And should we?)

 

Podrobnosti události

Začátek události
16.6.2017 14:00 - 16:00
Místo konání
Celetná 20, Praha 1, místnost C 419 (na ČEgÚ)
Organizátor
Český egyptologický ústav FF UK
Typ události
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