Degree Courses
• Taught MAs
– Ancient Visual and Material Culture
– Visual and Material Culture of Ancient Rome
– Visual and Material Culture of Ancient Greece
• Research Degrees
• MA (40,000 words) 1 yr f-t, 2 yrs p-t
• MPhil (60,000 words) 2 yrs f-t, 4 yrs p-t
• PhD (80,000 words) 4 ys f-t, 7 yrs p-t
Taught MAs
Ancient Visual and Material Culture
Visual & Material Culture of Ancient Rome
Visual & Material Culture of Ancient Greece
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4 taught courses covered over 2 terms
15,000-20,000 word dissertation
Core module on methods and approaches
Language module (Greek, Latin or modern)
Options including Art, Numismatics, Epigraphy
or other options within Arts faculty
• Rome/Greece MA includes 1 module taken at
BSR or BSA (April –May)
• Students apply separately. Fees paid by
Warwick, student pays for accomm/travel.
An interdisciplinary approach to the ancient
world: coins, inscriptions, art and their
reception…
What private stories of intrigue, power and desire do public inscriptions
betray?
Why do we idealise classical Greek art?
How did the Romans use art to construct personal and group identities?
How should we read ancient coins?
Why is modern art and sculpture so keen to, or so anxious about, imitating
antiquity?
Rome MA
Site visits to ancient
monuments
Seminar presentations
Talks by specialists
Begin dissertation research in
Rome
Based at the British School at Rome – with excellent
library on site
Greece
MA
Site visits to ancient
monuments
Seminar presentations
Courses led by specialists:
epigraphy, numismatics, pottery
Talks by specialists
at the British School at Athens – with excellent
on site
Begin dissertation research in
Rome
Why do an MA?
• As a preparation for a future career
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Teaching
Curatorial work/museums
Research assistant
Business
• Research training for a PhD
The MA by Research
• Two Routes:
Route A:
• 40,000 words written over 12 months
Route B:
• 2 x 5,000 word essays,
• language training and dossier
• 25,000 word dissertation
• In both cases your work will be examined by both an
internal and external examiner (except Language dossier
– marked at Warwick only).
Training and Supervision
• Training and induction sessions in term 1
• Language training, as necessary
• Work-in progress seminars in terms 1 and
2
• Postgraduate Conference, summer term
Ability to choose your topic – some past
examples:
Some past and present topics
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Women and empowerment in the Classical world
Ideas of the Cosmos in Ancient Greek Medicine
James Stuart - pioneer of the Classical Revival?
Reception of Silver Age Latin in the Gothic Tradition
The Idea of the Hero in Ancient Greece
Views of Poetry in Ancient Greece
Kalos inscriptions on Greek Vases
Drinking and Drunkenness in Ancient Rome
Golden Age Imagery in Late Roman Coinage
The Sacks of Rome in Historiographical Discourse
A denarius perpetuus? The circulation of the ‘legionary denarii’ of
Mark Antony in Roman Italy and Britain 32 BC-AD 294
Warwick’s areas of expertise
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ART, ARCHAEOLOGY, EPIGRAPHY AND NUMISMATICS (Zahra Newby,
Alison Cooley, Suzanne Frey-Kupper, Kevin Butcher, Michael Scott)
LATIN LITERATURE AND ITS RECEPTION (Andrew Laird, Vicky Rimell)
GREEK LITERATURE AND THEATRE (David Fearn, Emmaneula Bakola)
RENAISSANCE RECEPTIONS (Andrew Laird, Maude Vanhaelen)
GREEK HISTORY (James Davidson, Michael Scott)
ROMAN HISTORY (Alison Cooley, Kevin Butcher, Zahra Newby)
SEXUALITY AND GENDER (James Davidson)
ANCIENT MEDICINE (Caroline Petit)
ANCIENT PHYSIOGNOMY (Simon Swain)
ANCIENT ATHLETICS (Zahra Newby)
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN (Simon Swain, Zahra Newby, Kevin Butcher)
SECOND SOPHISTIC LITERATURE AND CULTURE (Andrew Laird, Zahra
Newby, Simon Swain)
Warwick’s Research Culture
• Staff who are active researchers and
leading scholars in their fields
• Research seminars
• Interdisciplinary focus with links with
Italian, History of Art, Renaissance
Studies, 18th Century Studies
• Postgraduate conference
Entry Requirements
• Taught MA: a good 2-1 in Classics-related
subject (average 65% +)
• Research MA: A high 2-1 in Classicsrelated degree (average 65% + and at
least 68% in 3rd year dissertation)
Deadlines and Funding
• No fixed deadline until end July, but prefer
applications by end April
• Government loan scheme
• Departmental Bursary Competition (fees only,
MA and PhD)
• Apply by email to z.l.newby@warwick.ac.uk by Friday 11th March
2016, including the following:
• A covering letter, including details of your financial position (e.g any
bursaries awarded, sources of income etc).
• Academic cv (including details of A-levels and modules, with grades
achieved)
• A 500-word research proposal (MA by Research only)
How to apply
• Apply online
• http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/study/postgrad
uate/apply/howto/
• Referees will be asked to upload their
references to the online system.
• You will also need to upload an academic
transcript, or HEAR report.
Further Questions?
• Email z.l.newby@warwick.ac.uk