ANCIENT HISTORY MA By Research/MPhil/PhD FT PT These programmes allow in-depth study of the history, culture, or archaeology of the classical world, from Mycenaean Greece to late antiquity. CLASSICS MA By Research MPhil/PhD FT PT Study of the languages, literature, philosophy, and culture of the Classical world, from Homer to the later Roman Empire, and the reception of the ancient world in modern culture. EGYPTOLOGY MA By Research/ MPhil/PhD FT PT Study of the history, archaeology, religion, languages, literature, and culture of pharaonic Egypt and the Sudan. We invite applications from well-qualified candidates whose research interests correspond to our areas of research expertise. Staff research interests cover the core disciplines of culture, religion, language, literature, history, and archaeology. Particular research strengths include: • Ancient Cyprus • Ancient Egyptian Demonology • Ancient Egyptian Foreign Relations • Ancient Egyptian Religion • Ancient Narrative Literature and the Ancient Novel • Ancient Nubia and the Sudan • Ancient Technology • Archaeology of Roman Egypt • Daily Life in Ancient Egypt • Gender in Ancient Egypt • Graeco-Roman Urbanisation (especially Pompeii) • Greek Social History (Archaic to Hellenistic)
• Dissertation in Ancient History and or Classical Literature • Explorers, Travel and Geography in the Ancient World • Latin Language or Latin Texts • Narrative Theory and Genres • Romance Refracted and Novels Renewed • Saints and Sinners in Christian Late Antiquity • The Poetry of Facts: History in Verse RESEARCH COURSES Entry Requirements Master's By Research: Applicants should hold or expect to achieve a minimum of an upper second class honours degree 2:1, or equivalent, in a related subject or hold relevant work experience. Ancient History MPhil/PhD: Applicants must normally hold an undergraduate degree at 2:1 level and a master’s degree with a minimum overall grade at 'Merit' (or Swansea University recognised equivalent qualification). Classics MPhil/PhD: Applicants must normally hold an undergraduate degree at 2:1 level and a master’s degree with a minimum overall grade at 'Merit' (or Swansea University recognised equivalent qualification). Egyptology MPhil/PhD: Applicants must normally hold an undergraduate degree at 2:1 level and a master’s degree with a minimum overall grade at 'Merit' (or Swansea University recognised equivalent qualification). English Language Requirement IELTS 6.5 (minimum of least 6.5 in each component).
• Greek Tragedy • Historiography • History, Society and Culture of Late Antiquity • History of the Late Ramesside, Third Intermediate and Late Periods of Egypt • Plato
• Presocratic Philosophy • Roman Military History • Roman Republican and Imperial History • Roman Satire
• The Second Intermediate Period of Egypt and Nubia KYKNOS: Centre for Research in Ancient Narrative Literature KYKNOS (Greek for Swan) stimulates, coordinates, and promotes research on the narrative literatures of antiquity. OLCAP: The Research Group for Object- and Landscape-centred Approaches to the Past. The group’s core aim is to promote and support research, teaching, and training that falls broadly in the fields of material culture studies and landscape, especially where these relate to the ancient world.
85
Made with FlippingBook flipbook maker