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In this course, you will learn:
- To understand conversion as a worldwide human phenomenon
- To study world history through the prism of religious conversion
- To encounter textual sources in their original language and in English translation
- To discover the social and historical background of the texts
- To analyze different genres of historical and mythical writing
- To investigate how the visual arts interpret historical and mythical events while learning the methodology of comparative studies
- To develop independent research methods in the humanities
- To explore the complex aspects of religious identities and the appearance of community belonging on the one hand, and social borders on the other
Syllabus:
- Introduction to the world of conversion
- Individual conversion
- Women 's conversion
- Between religions
- Conversion and myth
- Conversion and polemics
- Mass conversion
- Forced conversion
- Conversion and society
