Ireland

This course introduces a variety of ways of thinking about politics, the role of core political institutions such as parliaments and elections, and provides some of the key concepts and analytical frameworks and tools used in analyzing politics.

Magic had a central place, alongside religion, in everyday ancient Greek and Roman lives. What beliefs did people in antiquity have about magic and how it worked? To answer these questions, the course explores the descriptions of ancient witches, sorcerers, shamans, necromancers, oracles, ghosts, spells, and love potions, and evidence of curses, voodoo dolls, and amulets from the ancient magic in more modern times (e.g. witch hunts, astrology, and Harry Potter). The relationships between magic and ancient religion, Christianity, medicine, the law, philosophers, and the everyday lives of people from all levels of ancient society are key to this inquiry. Students use the sources to consider what the Greeks and Romans thought magic was, how they thought it worked, and why they used it.

This course advances the concepts of the chemical reactivity of carbonyl and aromatic compounds with a specific emphasis placed on gaining an understanding of their different modes of reaction. It includes numerous examples of the application of the described chemistry to the making of complex chemical entities. The laboratory sessions complement the material covered in lectures.