rschon

rschon@arizona.edu
Phone
(520) 626-0634
Office
Haury
Office Hours
Please email professor to schedule a meeting or refer to class syllabus.
Schon, Robert
Associate Professor

Research interests:

  • The Bronze Age
  • Archaeological Survey
  • Mediterranean and Balkan Landscapes
  • Power and Governance in Ancient States
  • Ancient International Relations

Current Fieldwork:

  • The Arizona Sicily Project, Sicily, Co-director

Classes taught at the U of A:

  • CLAS 596a- Statecraft in the Ancient Mediterranean World
  • CLAS/ANTH 443a/543a- Neolithic and Bronze Age Greece- the Islands
  • CLAS/ANTH 443b/543b- Neolithic and Bronze Age Greece- the Mainland
  • CLAS 160D2- Classical Mythology
  • TRAD 102- In the Beginning: The Roots of Western Culture
  • CLAS 323- Ancient Empires

Currently Teaching

CLAS 160D2 – Classical Mythology: Ancient Stories and What they Tell Us

The myths, legends, and folktales of the Greeks, Romans and the peoples of the ancient Near East have remained popular for thousands of years. Together we'll not only learn about these stories themselves, but also think about why these stories are so popular, where they came from, and what insights they give us into the various people and cultures who created and reinterpreted them across the millennia.

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The myths, legends, and folktales of the Greeks, Romans and the peoples of the ancient Near East have remained popular for thousands of years. Together we'll not only learn about these stories themselves, but also think about why these stories are so popular, where they came from, and what insights they give us into the various people and cultures who created and reinterpreted them across the millennia.

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