Postgraduate students
The Department of Classics and Ancient History maintains a lively and intellectually challenging research culture among students from different disciplines with a wide range of skills. We currently have a substantial number of MA and PhD students, and recent appointments have increased the range of staff research interests.
Our Department has been connected over many decades with the development of important scholars, authors and university teachers in the areas of ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt. Previous postgraduate students have gone on to PhD study, to academic positions in Britain, the USA and New Zealand, and to careers in law, teaching, and business.
James Baker (Ancient History)
Meredith Lalande (Ancient History)
Lawrence Xu (Ancient History)
Miriam Bissett
An analysis of four Greek gods and their festivals as depicted in black-figure vase-painting.
Julian Larsen
Roman Civil War Historiography.
Marcia Leenen
Cultural Attitudes and Roman Imperialism.
Britt Paul
Habitus and Hybridity in Apuleius' Metamorphoses.
Aaron Smith
Aspects of Sovereignty in Early New Kingdom Egypt.
Sue Thorpe
Social Aspects in Egyptian letters from the Old and Middle Kingdoms to the Late Ramesside.
Heather Wilson
A Comparative Investigation of Talatat site in Ancient Egypt and in the Sudan.
The Department employs postgraduate students of proven ability as tutors in first-year courses in Ancient History and Classics, and also in some language courses. At the end of each year there is a call for Expressions of Interest, which should be submitted before 1st December for the following academic year.
The "Expression of Interest" form can be downloaded from the link below, and should be submitted in hard copy to:
Josanne Blyth
Departmental Coordinator
Department of Classics and Ancient History
Building 246
Room G.02
3 Wynyard Street
Form for Tutoring Expression of Interest (60 KB WORD)
