2024 Summer Week Program
MALS Summer Week will run from 8-12 January. Please browse our program below. When you have decided on a language and level click on the Eventbrite link to enrol.
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Classical Greek Beginners
Tutor: Katarina Cipuseva
Tutor: Paul Reisner
Suitable for students with no experience of the language.
This course introduces students to the Greek script and provides the fundamental grammar and vocabulary of the Attic dialect, used by such famous writers as Thucydides, Sophocles, and Plato. We use Chs. 1–4 of Luschnig’s Introduction (see below) as a framework for study.
Textbook: C. A. E. Luschnig, An Introduction to Ancient Greek: A Literary Approach, 2nd edn (Hackett: Indianapolis & Cambridge, 2007). See our FAQs page for textbook suppliers.
Classical Greek Experienced Beginners
Tutor: Mark Matic
Tutor: Emmanuel Roumanis
Suitable for students who have completed a MALS Ancient Greek Beginners course or 1 unit of university-level Ancient Greek (contact [email protected] if you require further advice).
This course provides an overview of grammar taught in the beginners-level course, follow-on treatment of grammar, and some guided readings. After revision of Chs. 1–4 of Luschnig’s Introduction (see below), we proceed to using Chs. 5–8 as a framework for study.
Textbook: C. A. E. Luschnig, An Introduction to Ancient Greek: A Literary Approach, 2nd edn (Hackett: Indianapolis & Cambridge, 2007). See our FAQs page for textbook suppliers.
Classical Greek Intermediate
Tutor: Mark Matic
Tutor: Emmanuel Roumanis
Suitable for students with 2-3 units of university-level Ancient Greek or equivalent (contact [email protected] if you require further advice). Students should have a good grasp of the basic grammar of the language and be ready to explore original texts.
This course will include treatment of more advanced grammatical concepts integrated with readings.
Texts: Andocides, On the Mysteries and Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.
Classical Greek Advanced
Tutor: Peter Brown
Suitable for students with 3–4 units of university-level Ancient Greek or equivalent (contact [email protected] for further advice). Students should have a confident grasp of the language. Some prior experience of reading original texts is recommended as a prerequisite.
This course provides guided reading of original ancient texts.
Texts: Euripides’ Helen. Text and course notes are available on the Learning Materials page.
Koine Greek Intermediate/Advanced
Tutor: Trevor Evans
Tutor: Gabe Jower
Suitable for students with 2–3 units of university-level Ancient Greek or equivalent (contact [email protected] for further advice). Students should have a confident grasp of the language. Some prior experience of reading original texts is recommended as a prerequisite.
This course provides guided reading of original ancient texts.
Texts: selections from the Septuagint and documentary texts. Texts will be made available on the MALS website by early December.
Hieroglyphic Egyptian Beginners
Tutor: Ellen Ryan
Suitable for students with no experience of the language.
This course will introduce students to the Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic script, and will explore the fundamentals of Middle Egyptian grammar and vocabulary. Students will have the opportunity to read short hieroglyphic inscriptions from a range of periods of Egyptian history.
Textbook: A hieroglyphic sign list will be made available to students by early December on the MALS website. Students may wish to purchase B. G. Ockinga, A Concise Grammar of Middle Egyptian: An Outline of Middle Egyptian Grammar 3rd edn (Mainz, 2012) as a reference tool.
Hieroglyphic Egyptian Experienced Beginners
Tutor: Kerry Peadon
Suitable for students who are returning to the study of Egyptian after some time or have completed the MALS beginners-level course or 1 unit of university-level Hieroglyphic Egyptian or equivalent (contact [email protected] if you require further advice).
This course continues the exploration of Middle Egyptian script, grammar, and vocabulary, including complementary readings and exercises.
Text: Please see the Learning Materials page for a brief overview to the contents of the course. B. G. Ockinga, A Concise Grammar of Middle Egyptian: An Outline of Middle Egyptian Grammar 3rd edn (Mainz, 2012) as a reference tool.
Hieroglyphic Egyptian Intermediate
Tutor: Helen Neale
Suitable for students with 2 units of university-level Hieroglyphic Egyptian or equivalent (contact [email protected] if you require further advice).
This course will include treatment of more advanced grammatical concepts integrated with a selection of guided readings.
Texts: The biography of Djau, the boundary stela of Neferhotep I from Abydos, the marriage scarab of Amenhotep III, and excerpts from the Shipwrecked Sailor. Texts will be made available on the MALS website by early December.
Hieroglyphic Egyptian Advanced
Tutor: Pauline Stanton
Suitable for students with 3–4 units of university-level Hieroglyphic Egyptian or equivalent (contact [email protected] if you require further advice).
This course provides guided reading.
Text: The Lamentations of Khakheperreseneb. Texts are available on the Learning Materials page.
Beginners Hebrew
Tutor: Anne Porter
Suitable for students with no experience of the language.
This course introduces students to the Ancient Hebrew script and fundamental grammar and vocabulary.
Textbook: George Athas and Ian Young, Elementary Biblical Hebrew: An Introductory Grammar, 5th edn (Croydon Park, NSW: Ancient Vessel Press, 2016). This textbook is only available from https://reformers.org.au/
Text: Course notes will be made available on the MALS website by early December.
Hebrew
Experienced Beginners
Tutor: Evelyn Ashby
Suitable for students with 1 unit of university-level Ancient Hebrew or equivalent (contact [email protected] if you require further advice).
This course continues the exploration of Ancient Hebrew script, grammar, and vocabulary, including complementary readings.
Textbook: George Athas and Ian Young, Elementary Biblical Hebrew: An Introductory Grammar, 5th edn (Croydon Park, NSW: Ancient Vessel Press, 2016). This textbook is only available from https://reformers.org.au/
Old Persian Beginners
Tutor: Christopher Haddad
Suitable for students with no experience (contact [email protected] if you require further advice).
This course explores the script, grammar, and vocabulary of Old Persian.
Textbook: An electronic copy of the textbook will be supplied to enrolled students via email.