History of Ideas I: Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Education facts

Code: KVGH11

The course provides a basic history of ideas survey of philosophy, science, views of life, culture, and society from early major cultures until the mid-1500s, with an emphasis on Ancient Greece, Early Christianity and the Middle Ages (including Western Christian, Byzantine, and Arabic-speaking society) and the Renaissance and Reformation. Central analytical concepts and themes of the history of ideas are treated and the source text analysis method is introduced. Instruction is in the form of lectures, presenting overviews of essential content, and mandatory seminars on course content in the light of course literature, in which students discuss their understanding orally and in writing.

Entry requirements

General admission requirements

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• History of Ideas I: Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

  Karlstad University

  Karlstad

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 4 October 2026

  Pace of study: 100 %