Late Antique-Medieval Studies

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Professor Kenneth Wolf, coordinator

Amy Crown, academic coordinator

Late Antique-Medieval Studies (LAMS) as a scholarly field is dedicated to a deeper understanding of the greater Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Although the Greek, Latin and Arabic heirs to the Roman and Persian empires struggled with one another for hegemony in this region, their similarities outweighed their differences. Not only did each identify with an Abrahamic religion, but each laid claim to the rich secular traditions of the Hellenistic, Roman and Persian empires. LAMS students have the opportunity to explore these fertile cultural encounters from a multi-disciplinary perspective with appropriate attention to languages; in particular, ancient Greek, Latin and Arabic.

The  LAMS major and minor are administered by the Classics  department. Like Classics, LAMS is a cooperative intercollegiate program. LAMS courses taught at any of The Claremont Colleges count as Pomona courses. Ancient Greek, Latin and Arabic–one of which is required for the LAMS major and minor–may be taken to fulfill the Pomona College foreign language requirement. Courses taken on the Pass/No Credit (P/NC) grading basis may not be counted toward either the major or the minor except courses which are only offered in P/NC form.

• Late Antique-Medieval Studies Major
   
• Late Antique-Medieval Studies Minor
    
• Late Antique-Medieval Studies Courses
    

Read more about our learning objectives:
www.pomona.edu/administration/academic-dean/learning-objectives

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