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Classical studies was one of the first academic subjects to appreciate the possibilities of the digital age. This department is part of a strong research grouping in digital humanities at the OU, and hosts a number of funded research projects of which Dr Elton Barker is Principal Investigator: HESTIA (with colleagues at Southampton, Oxford and Birmingham), Google Ancient Places (with colleagues at Southampton, Edinburgh and UC Berkeley) and Pelagios (with Southampton and the Austrian Institute of Technology).

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Course description In our PhD programme we aim above all to enable and assist the student to produce in three years a dissertation that constitutes a genuine contribution to scholarly knowledge and understanding of the field, and to acquire in so doing an excellent general knowledge of the wider field in question and high competence in relevant languages, ancient and modern, and associated skills, subject-specific and generic. Module details Recent and current PhD topics include: Athens under Macedonian control; Mycenaean and ancient Greek dialects; Language and discourse in early Greek medical texts; The ethos theory in ancient Greek music; Aspects of ancient warfare (several theses); The tribunate in the Roman Republic; Caesar's Gallic Wars as a regional conflict; Roman sumptuary legislation; The service industry in ancient Rome; Rhetoric in Ovid's Metamorphoses; Gender and power in imperial Latin epic; Prudentius; Isidore of Seville; Visigothic identity.

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All research degree students are initially registered for the MPhil degree. Students wishing to continue for PhD study, transfer their registration to PhD after they have completed at least one year (second year if part-time) if progress has been satisfactory.

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All research degree students are initially registered for the MPhil degree. Students wishing to continue for PhD study, transfer their registration to PhD after they have completed at least one year (second year if part-time) if progress has been satisfactory.

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The Advanced Practice in Healthcare MSc is a progressive and flexible programme of postgraduate study. It provides options for profession-specific pathways through the programme if required.

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Two core courses provide training in different approaches and methodologies for the study of ancient literature and culture and in research skills (including career guidance). You also have the opportunity to enhance your language skills from a range of modules in Greek and Latin at every level from beginners to advanced.

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This degree course is for those who want to develop their research and analytical skills and upgrade their qualifications. It will suit anyone with appropriate entry qualifications who has a passion for classical studies and is looking for an intellectual challenge.

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Research into the ancient and modern reception of antiquity focuses on how the texts, images and ideas of Greek and/or Roman culture have subsequently been transmitted, adapted, rewritten and appropriated. Staff in the Department of Classical Studies' also have particular interests in the relationship between Greek and Roman cultures within antiquity.

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Research in Greek and Latin texts includes work in all the main genres (epic, lyric, comedy, tragedy, historiography and philosophical texts) and includes philological and textual analysis as well as the relationship between texts and social and cultural contexts. If you would like to join us as a full- or part-time research student please contact the Department of Classical Studies for an informal preliminary discussion.

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The Department of Classical Studies has distinctive expertise in the material culture of the ancient world. Staff research in this area covers a wide selection of topics, including votive offerings from ancient sanctuaries, the archaeology of Etruscan Italy, and Roman funerary monuments.

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