2024 Winter Week Program
MALS Winter Week will run from 8-12 July. 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
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: Gabriel Jower
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: Samuel Wessels
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: Selections from Classical and Post-Classical Greek. Texts will be made available on the Learning Materials page by mid-June.
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: Plato’s Crito and Iliad 22. Texts will be made available on the Learning Materials page by mid-June.
Koine Greek Intermediate/Advanced
Tutor: Trevor Evans
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 LXX Joshua, Book of Acts, Greek Documents. Texts will be made available on the Learning Materials page by mid-June.
Latin Beginners
Tutor: Sarah McAliece
Suitable for students with no experience of the language.
This course introduces the fundamental grammar and vocabulary of Classical Latin, used by such famous writers as Cicero, Caesar and Ovid. We use Chs. 1–4 of the ILL as a framework for study.
Texts: ILL (Introduction to the Latin Language) will be emailed to you after enrolment.
Latin Experienced Beginners
Tutor: TBC
Suitable for students who have completed the Beginners MALS course or 1 unit of university study.
This course continues to explore the fundamental grammar and vocabulary of Classical Latin, used by such famous writers as Cicero, Caesar and Ovid. We use Chs. 5-8 of the ILL as a framework for study.
Texts: ILL (Introduction to the Latin Language) will be emailed to you after enrolment.
Latin Intermediate
Tutor: Andrew Gollan
Suitable for students with 2-3 units of university-level Classical Latin 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: TBA. Texts will be made available on the Learning Materials page by mid-June.
Latin Advanced
Tutor: Philip Brophy
Suitable for students with 3-4 units of university-level Classical Latin or equivalent (contact [email protected] if you require further advice). Students should be confident reading original texts.
This course will include treatment of more advanced grammatical concepts integrated with readings.
Texts: Selections from Velleius Paterculus including II.41-45 (Caesar’s first consulship, Clodius, and Cicero’s exile), II.52-54.2 (Battle of Pharsalus and the death of Pompey) and II.117-120 (Varus and the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest). Texts will be made available on the Learning Materials page by mid-June.
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 mid-June 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: TBA
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: 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 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: TBA. Texts will be made available on the Learning Materials page by mid-June.
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: TBA. Texts will be made available on the Learning Materials page by mid-June.
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 mid-June.
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 Experienced Beginners
Tutor: Christopher Haddad
Suitable for students who completed the Beginners Old Persian course (contact [email protected] if you require further advice).
This course follows on from the Beginners course and continues to explore the script, grammar, and vocabulary of Old Persian.
Textbook: An electronic copy of the textbook will be supplied to enrolled students via email.