History of Western Education

Week I: Orientation

• Syllabus (PDF)
• Protocol: History as the Recursive Appropriation of Narratives (PDF)

Week II: Greek Education & Its Legacy

• Slides: The Greek Aesthetic

• Protocol: The Education of Pedagogues and Other Slaves in Ancient Greece (PDF)

• Protocol: Hellenistic vs. Cynic Cosmopolitanism (PDF)

Week III: The Roman Empire & The Dark Ages

• Slides: The Aesthetics of The Roman Empire and the Dark Ages

Week IV: The Emergence of Universities

• Slides: The Aesthetics of the Middle Ages

Week V: The Renaissance & Humanistic Education

• Slides: The Renaissance Humanistic Ideal

Week VI: The Reformation & Education

• Slides: Cultural Revolution in 16th Century Europe

Week VII: The Broadening of Humanism

• Slides: Life in 1500s Europe

Week IX: The Seventeenth Century

• Slides: Power, Influence & Wealth…and Light!

Week X: The Eighteenth Century

• Slides: Rights, Reason & Revlolution

Week XI: The Nineteenth Century

• Slides: Progress, Nature, Romance

Week XII: The Nineteenth Century

• Slides

Week XIII: The Twentieth Century

• Slides

Week XIV: The Twentieth Century

• Slides

Week XV: The Twenty-first Century

• Slides