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Classics – (Ph.D.)
National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Faculty of Arts, Celtic Studies and Philosophy| Application Deadline: | 31 August | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,087 ≈ € 9,881 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Maynooth / Ireland / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Start Date: | September | ||
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The Department has special expertise in a range of areas - literary, historical, and philosophical - within the field of classical studies. It is particularly strong in the areas of the ancient novel, ancient philosophy (especially Cynicism and Epicureanism), and late Antiquity/early Christianity, but other areas in which thesis supervision can be offered include death and writing on death in Antiquity, epistolography, Greek epic and drama, Greek social history, Hellenistic history, Latin poetry, Roman Republican history, Roman religion, the Second Sophistic, and twentieth-century receptions of the classical world. These do not exhaust the possibilities for higher-degree research in the Department, however, and enquiries are welcome.
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Dr Gordon CampbellGordon Campbell works primarily in the area of Latin poetry, and particularly on the didactic poet Lucretius. His doctoral thesis, published as Lucretius on Creation and Evolution (Oxford University Press, 2003) led him into the study of ancient ideas of prehistory, evolution, and anthropology, and he has recently published a survey of ancient anthropological ideas, Strange Creatures: Anthropology in Antiquity (Duckworth, 2006). His specialist areas also include Hellenistic philosophy, especially Epicureanism, and Presocratic philosophy, with a focus on Presocratic cosmology and the work and influence of the philosopher-poet Empedocles.
Dr William DesmondWilliam Desmond´s research ranges through the Greek Classical period - its literature, history, and cultural life generally. He has a particular interest in ancient philosophy, especially Plato and the Cynics, which can take him outside the small Greek city-states to the Hellenistic kingdoms, the Roman Empire and beyond. His book The Greek Praise of Poverty (University of Notre Dame Press, 2006) examines the economic and cultural background of the post-Socratic argument that one does not need many things either to be happy or to be an admirable human being. He has recently published a second book, on the ideas and history of ancient Cynicism from Antisthenes to Julian `the Apostate´.
Dr Kieran McGroartyKieran McGroarty until recently researched mainly in the area of Neoplatonic philosophy. That research culminated in an Oxford University Press monograph entitled Plotinus on Eudaimonia, published in 2006. His dominant research interests now lie in the area of Greek social and cultural history in the Classical period.
Dr Maeve O´BrienMaeve O´Brien´s principal research subject is the second-century-AD Latin writer and philosopher Apuleius. She works chiefly on his novel the Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass), but is also interested in his philosophical writing. The work of Petronius, and the genre of the ancient novel generally, are also specialist areas, as is Middle Platonism and other philosophical doctrines of the period under the Roman Empire known as the Second Sophistic.
Professor David ScourfieldDavid Scourfield´s research interests are broad, and embrace both literature and ancient social and cultural history. He is particularly interested in the ancient literature of consolation, especially the consolatory letter, where sociohistorical questions are as much of a concern as more traditional literary and philosophical matters; a current long-term project is a book with the working title Delivering Consolation: The Ancient Consolatory Letter and its Contexts. Other central areas of his work are the literature of late Antiquity, with Jerome a key focus of attention; the ancient novel, especially Chariton´s Chaereas and Callirhoe and Petronius´ Satyrica; and receptions of the classical world in film, television, and early twentieth-century fiction.
Dr Michael WilliamsMichael Williams´ primary research interest is in the intellectual history of religion, and in particular the culture of Christianity in the later Roman empire. Other areas of specialist interest include Roman religion, marginal literary genres in late Antiquity, and the modern reception of daily life in ancient Rome. The main focus of his current research is on the status and role of the Christian bishop in late Antiquity.
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Applicants for the MLitt or the PhD in Classics are normally expected to have achieved a first-class or high upper-second-class result at the MA level; occasionally an appropriately qualified student may be admitted direct to the MLitt or PhD from an undergraduate degree.
Except in exceptional circumstances, no applicant will be admitted to the MLitt or PhD without a prior knowledge of Greek or Latin at a level deemed appropriate.
In the case of the MLitt, applicants must have a qualification at least equivalent to an upper-second-class pass in the 100-level (introductory) course in Greek or Latin (as appropriate), and the 200-level course in the same language, or equivalent, must be passed before the degree can be awarded.
In the case of the PhD, applicants must have a qualification at least equivalent to an upper-second-class pass in the 200-level course in Greek or Latin (as appropriate), and an appropriate number of modules at the 300-level in the same language, or equivalent, must be passed before the degree can be awarded.
Applicants must have an IELTS score of 6, if not they may take our International
Foundation Course. Minimum English language requirement for the IFC is IELTS 4.5 or equivalent.
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| Minimal degree required: | Master's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
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