Welcome to the Department of Classics and Ancient History

Highly rated for its original research, the Department ranks among the best in Britain and enjoys an international reputation. Its fourteen full-time and numerous part-time members of staff have a wide range of specialisms in myth and religion; reception and the classical tradition; history and historiography (with particular strengths in Late Antiquity and the ancient economy); visual and material culture; literary and critical theory; literature; and intellectual history.

In addition to some 220 students following undergraduate courses, including a number from overseas, the Department of Classics and Ancient History has postgraduates studying for research degrees and for the MA in Classics and Ancient History. This MA is structured around the themes of identities, myth, histories, and tradition. Enquiries are also invited from those wishing to pursue individual research in any of the many areas we explore.