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Teaching Curatorial workmuseums Research assistant Business Research training for a PhD Degree Courses Taught MAs Ancient Visual and Material Culture Visual and Material Culture of Ancient Rome ID: 710057

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Why do an MA?

As a preparation for a future career

Teaching

Curatorial work/museums

Research assistant

Business

Research training for a PhDSlide3

Degree Courses

Taught MAsAncient 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-tSlide4

Taught MAs

Ancient Visual and Material Culture

Visual & Material Culture of Ancient Rome

Visual & Material Culture of Ancient Greece

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) *BSA/BSR control admissions to these modules

Students apply separately to BSA/BSR module. Fees paid by Warwick, student pays for

accomm

/travel

.Slide5

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? Slide6

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 siteSlide7

Greece MA

Site visits to ancient monuments

Seminar presentations

Courses led by specialists: epigraphy, numismatics, pottery

Talks

by

specialists

Based at the British School at Athens – with excellent library on siteSlide8

Admission onto the modules taught in Rome and in Athens

Admission to these modules are operated through

the British School at Athens or

the British School at Rome.

The Department in Warwick is not able to guarantee a space on the BSR/BSA course though applications were successful in the past.

There are also additional costs for accommodation, travel and meals*.

* At the BSR currently (for 2017) Euro 2,100 for a shared room and full board (except Saturday dinners

and Sunday lunches) for the 8 week course. Some bursaries are available.

BSA: accommodation included, but students responsible for travel costs and meals.Slide9

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).Slide10

Training and Supervision

Training and induction sessions in term 1Language training, as necessary

Work-in progress seminars in terms 1 and 2

Postgraduate Conference, summer term

Ability to choose your topic – some past examples:Slide11

Some past and present topics

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 Slide12

Warwick’s areas of expertise

ART, ARCHAEOLOGY, EPIGRAPHY AND NUMISMATICS (Zahra Newby, Alison Cooley, Suzanne Frey-

Kupper

, Kevin Butcher, Michael Scott)

LATIN LITERATURE AND ITS RECEPTION (Victoria

Rimell

)

GREEK LITERATURE AND THEATRE (David

Fearn

,

Emmanuela Bakola) RENAISSANCE RECEPTIONS (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 (Zahra Newby, Simon Swain)Slide13

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, 18

th

Century Studies

Postgraduate conferenceSlide14

Entry Requirements

Taught MA: a good 2-1 in Classics-related subject (average 65% +)

Research MA: A high 2-1 in Classics-related degree (average 65% + and at least 68% in 3

rd

year dissertation)Slide15

Funding

Government loan scheme:

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/academicoffice/funding/fundingyourstudies/pgloans

Up to £10,000 pounds

Warwick Taught Masters Scholarships Scheme

: for students from under-represented groups (have to meet specific criteria) deadline 30

th

March 2017.

£5000 off academic fees

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/academicoffice/gsp/scholarship/typesoffunding/wtmss/

Departmental Bursary Competition

(fees only, MA and PhD)Deadline Friday 10th March 2017: by this time you must haveApplied online and ensured that your academic transcript is uploaded and your referees have uploaded their referencesEmailed to z.l.newby@warwick.ac.uk a statement in application, including details of your financial position (e.g any bursaries awarded, sources of income etc). For further details see http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/applying/postgraduate/feesfunding/#deptbursariesSlide16

How to apply

Apply onlinehttp://www2.warwick.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/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.

No fixed deadline until end July, but prefer applications by end AprilSlide17

Further Questions?

Email z.l.newby@warwick.ac.uk