COURSE DESCRIPTION
Living Greek Online is an intensive online Ancient Greek experience designed to bring the dynamic experience of Paideia’s Living Greek study-programs to an online environment. The program includes daily intensive reading and discussion of Greek texts from across the history of Greek literature. The program sessions are designed to build students’ facility in speaking and understanding Attic Greek. According to participants’ ability, the language of instruction is Attic Greek. In addition to the daily sessions, there will be a lecture providing further historical and philosophical background relating to the program theme.
This online program will be dedicated to Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations.Through his notes to himself, Marcus works to shape his discourse according to Stoicism, presenting and representing vividly to himself the philosophy’s concepts.
PREREQUISITES
This program welcomes students of all levels of Greek, from beginners through highly experienced Greek speakers. The program’s lower levels welcome beginning Greek students and include both reading of the texts in Greek and in English translation as well as review of Greek grammar. The upper levels aim to read and discuss texts entirely in Greek. Paideia alumni and Nexus Members are particularly encouraged to apply.
TEACHERS
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Curriculum Design Manager
Gene Cunningham
Gene currently manages the development of Paideia’s self-paced online Latin and Greek curricula. He is also the head teacher for Living Greek in Greece (High School). He holds an M.A. in Ancient Philology with an Emphasis in Teaching Ancient and Modern Languages from the Polis Institute in Jerusalem, and a B.A. in Classical Languages from the University of California, Berkeley. He has been involved with the Institute in several roles since 2012, when he first participated in Paideia’s courses in Europe, including Living Latin in Rome, Living Greek in Greece, and Living Latin in Paris. He was then one of Paideia’s first Rome Fellows, and eventually served as Assistant Director for European Operations, in which capacity he directed logistics for Paideia’s Travel Programs and Classical Tours.
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David Hewett
David Hewett is Paideia’s Outreach Manager for Classical Tours, as well as instructor in Telepaideia. He has an M.A. in Classics (2009) from the University of Virginia and began a dissertation there on Seneca’s Epistulae Morales, before starting his position at Paideia. He has been a Regular Member of the American School for Classical Studies at Athens (2011-12), a student at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome (Spring 2005), and holds a B.A. in Classical Studies from Dickinson College (2006). In addition to this formal education, he studied with Reginald Foster in Rome (2006-07). He lives in Philadelphia.
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Alex Petkas
Alex Petkas is a former Classics scholar turned media entrepreneur. He holds a PhD in Classics from Princeton University. He taught at the University of California, San Diego, and California State University, Fresno. He has published research on many subjects, including classical Athenian oratory, late ancient rhetoric and education, and epistle writing. His research on the ancient media technologies of writing (especially letters) led him to take an active interest in the Classics in modern New Media. His years of experience teaching at Paideia’s Living Greek in Greece program led him to a particular interest in the oral nature of classical texts. His day job is in marketing.
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Instructor Living Latin in Paris 2022/23
Jenny Teichmann
Jenny studied German and Slavic philology in Greifswald, European Cultural History in Frankfurt/Oder, and Classics at Humboldt University Berlin. She has been working as a Latin and Ancient Greek instructor for the Paideia Institute since 2019 and as a Curriculum Designer since 2022. Jenny is co-founder of the language school Τρίοδος Trivium and runs a popular Ancient Greek YouTube channel under the same name.
PLATFORM AND SCHEDULING
Sessions for Living Greek Online will be held using free video conferencing software. All that is necessary to participate is an internet or phone connection. Sessions will be scheduled based on participants’ time zone and availability, so students from all over the world are welcome to apply.
TUITION AND FEES
The tuition for Living Greek Online is $500.
SCHOLARSHIPS
The Paideia Institute is able to offer a number of full and partial scholarships to participants with financial need. Please visit our scholarships page to learn more.
Enroll
The Enrollment deadline for this program is June 1st, 2021.