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Classics – (Ph.D.)
University of Birmingham
Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity| Application Deadline: | None, but early application advised | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 3,830 - ≈ € 12,912 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Birmingham / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 36 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Birmingham
Classics at Birmingham is part of the new Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, the largest unit of its kind in the UK. The Institute integrates the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature, thought and culture within a wider context, which includes Ancient History, Byzantine Studies, and Modern Greek Studies.
Expertise within Classics provides a multiplicity of perspectives and theoretical approaches (e.g. critical theory, reception, gender studies), and specialisms particularly in drama, Roman literature and historiography, Greek music, and mythology and religion.
Career Opportunities
Classics PhDs from Birmingham are sought after on the academic job market, and have recently been employed by prestigious institutions including the University of St Andrews, the Open University, the University of Liverpool, the University of British Columbia, and the TLG project in California. The former department of Classics won a reputation as a supportive and stimulating environment for a buoyant postgraduate community, drawn from the UK and abroad. As part of the IAA, we continue this tradition while adding to it the strength of interdisciplinary links with Ancient History, Classical Archaeology, Byzantine Studies and Modern Greek Studies, as well as Egyptology and the study of the Ancient Near East.
Contents
Research into aspects of the ancient cities of Athens and Rome, and issues such as the role of spectacle or theatre and ritual, the representation and construction of identity, the relationship between individual and community, and the impact of notions of European Modernity on our understanding of the Classical city, unites Drs Livingstone, Spencer and Theodorakopoulos, who are all engaged in a major research project - ‘Classical Spectacle and European Modernity: Cities and Identities’.
Current Research Student are working on:
* Performance in Plato
* Narratological approaches to Homer
* The Saturnalia in Roman literature
* Ancient Greek political rhetoric and its modern reception
* Language and genre in Greek drama
* Augustan culture and Ovid’s Fasti
* Musical performance in early Greek poetry
* Homosexuality in Roman elegy
Recently completed theses include topics in
* Ancient philosophy
* Ancient music
* Tacitus' Agricola
* The Greek novel
* Ovid’s Fasti
* Postmodernism and Classics
Classics and Ancient History at Birmingham offers postgraduates excellent opportunities to present research papers, receive feedback and exchange ideas at frequent work-in-progress seminars and symposia.
Proposals
We invite proposals for one, two or three-year research projects leading to the degrees of MPhil. Mlitt, or PhD, especially for projects related to the interests of our staff (see below). We especially welcome proposals for research on the City (e.g. on literary topographies, or theatre and the city), on Ancient Music and Musicology, on Greek Drama, on Roman literature and culture.
Research students are supervised closely and their progress monitored by both the College of Arts and Law and the Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity. New research students who have not completed a Masters level degree are required to attend a research skills programme, and research students may, if they wish, attend classes in the taught postgraduate programmes.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Applying to a Doctoral Research programme at Birmingham is a simple four-step process -
* Step 1 - Ensure your qualifications meet our entry requirements|
* Step 2 - Find a potential supervisor(s) and identify your research area|
* Step 3 - Develop and submit an initial research proposal|
* Step 4 - Submit your formal application
In order to undertake a programme of study here at the University, you will need to demonstrate that you have a good level of written and spoken English. You can demonstrate your level of English with IELTS, TOEFL or alternative qualifications. The sections below will tell you what grades you need in these qualifications for the subject area you want to study.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Master's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
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