When we talk about colonisation, we often think about the European colonisation of the Americas or Africa. While these are surely the most known and well-documented examples of colonisation, the practice of expanding your country or empire by settling in other regions has been used since ancient times. Many of the renowned ancient civilisations, like Rome, the Greek city states, Phoenicia and even Egypt, had colonies. This process of colonising had a huge impact on the local population and culture, an impact that is, in some cases, still visible today.
In this workshop, we will discuss four to six cases of ancient colonisation from three different civilisations: Greek, Roman and Phoenician. We will provide literature on these cases and based on this literature, we ask you to think about these questions: why did they colonise this specific area? How did they colonise this area? What was the impact of this colonisation, both on the local population and the colonisers? In what way can this impact still be seen today? You are also free to search for your own literature in addition to the literature we provide.
During the workshop, we will first have a general introduction on colonisation in Antiquity. This will include but will not be limited to reasons for colonisation, the historiographical debate and the impact on society. After the general introduction, we will focus on the specific cases and discuss the differences and similarities between the colonies. We will also introduce source material and discuss these sources. Finally, we will talk about how colonisation in Antiquity differed from colonisation during the Early Modern and Modern era, while also discussing how we can still see the impact of Ancient colonisation today.
In this workshop, we will discuss four to six cases of ancient colonisation from three different civilisations: Greek, Roman and Phoenician. We will provide literature on these cases and based on this literature, we ask you to think about these questions: why did they colonise this specific area? How did they colonise this area? What was the impact of this colonisation, both on the local population and the colonisers? In what way can this impact still be seen today? You are also free to search for your own literature in addition to the literature we provide.
During the workshop, we will first have a general introduction on colonisation in Antiquity. This will include but will not be limited to reasons for colonisation, the historiographical debate and the impact on society. After the general introduction, we will focus on the specific cases and discuss the differences and similarities between the colonies. We will also introduce source material and discuss these sources. Finally, we will talk about how colonisation in Antiquity differed from colonisation during the Early Modern and Modern era, while also discussing how we can still see the impact of Ancient colonisation today.
Yannis Brichant is a history student, who started in 2017 at Ghent University. Antiquity is his favourite period, with a focus on political and military events and numismatics. His bachelor’s thesis has Alaric and his Italian campaigns as subject.
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Sébastien De Kimpe got his Master’s in History at Ghent University in 2019 and is now studying International Relations and Diplomacy at the University of Antwerp. His favourite period is Classical Antiquity, especially Late Republican and Imperial Rome. His interests lies in the political life, but also philosophy and how the Romans dealt with death.
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Andries Zuiderhoek is professor in Antiquity at Ghent University. He focuses primarily on the social and political history of post-Classical Greek city, but he also takes an interest in ancient urban and socio-economic history in general. He mainly conducts historical-comparative, social-scientific and interdisciplinary studies. He teaches History of the Classical Antiquity, Historical Practice I: Classical Antiquity and Research Seminar: City History.
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