Essays

For this course, you’ll write an essay and a research paper based on evidence from the ancient world.

The writen assignments for this course are as follows:

Essay on Representations and Images

Due Monday,
March 10.

The images essay uses images from antiquity to talk about ideas important to gender in ancient culture.
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Position Paper

Due Monday,
May 12.

Use evidence from primary and secondary sources to take a position on a research topic of your interest.
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Proposal

Due Monday,
March 24.

A one-page proposal for the position paper, with response and guidance from me on research and interpretation.
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Presentation Write-Up

Due the week
after you present.

For each of your two presentations on sources from the assigned readings, write a 2–3 page essay that summarizes what the reading tells us.
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