CLASSICS
(Greek, Latin and Classical History)
a track within the
RESEARCH MASTER in CLASSICAL, MEDIEVAL AND
RENAISSANCE STUDIES
If you are studying GLTC (Classics), are interested in taking
an interdisciplinary approach to classical history and would
also like to explore other periods (the Middle Ages and the
Early-Modern Era), and have achieved good study results so
far, the Classics track within the Research Master’s
specialization in CMRS might be right up your street.
The unique multidisciplinary Research Master’s specialization, or
‘ReMa’, in CMRS covers the period from Antiquity until the
eighteenth century. This programme provides a specific classics
track, which focuses on the literature and history of the classical
era. In this two-year Master’s programme you will work with
students of classical and modern languages as well as history
students who are interested in these periods. In addition to the
course units from the GLTC Master’s specialization you will follow a
number of course units specially designed for all CMRS students.
You will also be able to choose electives from the range of course
units offered by the other degree programmes that collaborate in
this ReMa specialization. Subsequently, you will select your own
tutorials to optimally develop your knowledge and competences to
prepare for literary-historical research in your own language. A
ReMa takes twice as long as a regular Master’s degree programme
(120 rather than 60 ECTS), so you will have twice as much
opportunity to expand your knowledge of Antiquity.
STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAMME
Joint CMRS course units
The ReMa in CMRS starts with the joint interdisciplinary course unit
‘Approaches’,
which focuses on
the
theory
and
methodology
of
cultural-historical
approaches to the
pre-modern world,
from the Classical
Era and Middle Ages to the Early-Modern Era. This course unit
includes a week at the KNIR, the Royal Netherlands Institute in
Rome, where you will work together with your fellow students and
be introduced to the research history of historical and literaryhistorical objects and academic problems and conflicts.
In the second joint course unit (CMRS Seminar) you will organize
and contribute to a conference in the form of a lecture day or
masterclass about a theme of your choice, and thus gain experience
in academic working methods. A well-known scholar will be invited
to give a keynote lecture and act as a referee. He or she will give a
public lecture, the ‘CMRS lecture’, at the end of the afternoon prior
to the lecture day. Examples of topics from previous years include
The power of Words and Monsters, Parties and Entertainment over
the Centuries. The 2013-2014 theme is Life Cycles. This course unit
is organized in combination with a research day organized by the
Centre for Historical Studies.
GLTC Research Seminars
In the first year, you will also follow four research seminars in the
field of Classics, to be chosen from the range of course units offered
by the regular Master’s specialization in GLTC (Greek, Latin and
Ancient History), the national Masterlanguage programme (Greek
epigraphy, Latin epigraphy, Greek papyrology and Latin patristics)
or other course units of your own choice. In consultation with the
Director of Studies you may also compile an individual programme,
comprising tutorials or placements.
Individual specialization phase
In the second year, you will compile your own programme focusing
on your literary-historical specialization. There are a number of
options available for the first semester, from which you should
choose in consultation with your Director of Studies/Mentor. You
can opt for:
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research seminars
specialist tutorials
learning a source language
a research placement with a
member of staff or an
academic institution
following a course at the
national
research
school
OIKOS (Classical Era)
going
abroad
on
an
Erasmus
exchange.
Thesis
Although you will be writing your thesis (30 ECTS) during the
second semester, you will already start preparing for it in
September in the thesis classes, where the design and
implementation of ReMa theses is discussed via intervision and
attention is paid to writing research proposals.
Application and dovetailing with other programmes
Combination with a one-year Master’s degree programme
If you find yourself enraptured by the world of research during your one-year
GLTC Master’s, you can transfer to CMRS after that year. However, you can also
combine both programmes from the start by compiling a tailor-made study
programme in consultation with the study advisor from your own degree
programme and the Director of Studies of CMRS. You will then receive two degree
certificates: one from your regular Master’s degree programme and one from the
ReMa.
Combination with a Master of Arts in Teaching programme
You can choose to take the Master of Arts in Classics Teaching after the ReMa in
CMRS. To do so, you should follow the Preparing for the
Working-Learning Path course unit in the first semester of the
second ReMa year. After completing the ReMa you can then
proceed to the second year of the Master of Arts in Teaching
programme.
Supervision
Each ReMa student has a mentor, a lecturer who is appointed in
consultation with the student and who can provide advice with
regard to your study programme. The Director of Studies holds
study progress interviews with all students twice a year. Please
contact the study advisor for information about grants, study results and how to
apply for your degree certificate.
Application
Please submit your portfolio, including an application form (available on the
website), a motivation letter, a list of marks and two reference letters from
lecturers, to the degree programme manager before 1 May 2014. Selection
criteria include a clear motivation, good marks (8 or higher on the Bachelor’s
thesis and above-average marks in years 2 and 3) and positive references. An
interview with the selection committee may form part of the procedure. The
Bachelor-before-Master rule (or ‘harde knip’) is applied:
students must have completed their Bachelor’s degree before 1
September. Although the official starting date is 1 September,
the programme may also be started on 1 February.
Research Assistants Programme
Talented ReMa students may qualify for a paid appointment for
one day a week as a research assistant. In addition to
following the regular ReMa programme, these students
collaborate in research projects conducted by prominent
researchers within the Faculty.
Information:
For more information please contact one of the GLTC lecturers involved in the
ReMa in CMRS: Prof. M.A. (Annette) Harder: m.a.harder@rug.nl, Dr R.F. (Remco)
Regtuit: r.f.regtuit@rug.nl, Prof. G.C. (Gerry) Wakker: g.c.wakker@rug.nl (Greek), Prof.
R.R. (Ruurd) Nauta: r.r.nauta@rug.nl (Latin), Dr J.W. (Jan Willem) Drijvers:
j.w.drijvers@rug.nl, Prof. O.M. Onno van Nijf: o.m.van.nijf@rug.nl and Dr S.M. (Sara)
Wijma: sara.wijma@rug.nl (Ancient History).
More information
Degree programme manager Ita de Regt: A.P.de.Regt@rug.nl
www.rug.nl/let/masterCMRS.
Director of Studies: Prof. O.M. van Nijf