Training and Development
Departmental Postgraduate Induction
Incoming students
MAT:
2024, Week 1 (Wednesday 2nd October, 11-1pm)
(FAB2.23 Antiquities Room) Induction to the courseLink opens in a new window – Making the most of the MA in Ancient Visual and Material Culture (SFK)
Welcome lunch jointly with PGR students, see below
Joint library induction (PGT/PGR) 3-4pm: Library, 2nd Floor, Room 223
PhD and MAR:
A department welcome session will be held from 1pm on Wednesday 2nd October 2024 in the Faculty of Arts Building. The interactive campus map will help you locate the room.
Wed 2nd October 2024
1-2pm: Welcome and Lunch in the department with staff and PG community (departmental studio space)
2-3pm: Induction for new PGR students (CP) - Antiquities Room, FAB 2.23
3-4pm: Library induction for new PGR and PGT students (Andy Calvert, Librarian): Library, 2nd Floor, Room 223
The Department provides an induction into subject-specific research methods and techniques to all research students in the course of their first year. The programme below also incorporates the sessions provided by CADRE, which are compulsory for all new PhD students.
Attendance at Induction sessions (as appropriate for year of study) and Work-in-Progress seminars is required for all Research Postgrads. Please note that certain sessions are formal engagement monitoring points.
Departmental induction and training programme 2024/25 (being updated regularly)
- Following the inductions above:
9th October 2024, 11am-1pm (FAB 2.23) (joint with MAT): Introduction to Epigraphic and Numismatic Sources (Alison Cooley and Suzanne Frey-Kupper) - 16th October 2023, 4-5pm, Antiquities Room (FAB 2.23). Ancient texts at graduate level. Joe Watson. rescheduled to 13 November!!!
- 31st October, 11am-1pm, FAB 2.23 Preparing to Teach in Higher Education Session. Oliver Turner. ***rescheduled!!!
- 13th November 2023, 3.30-4 pm, Department open space. New PGR coffee drop in. 4-5pm (Antiquities room) Ancient texts at graduate level. Joe Watson.
- 20th November, 11-1pm. Sit and write session. FAB 2.23 (Antiquities Room)
- 27th November, 3-4.30 pm. Ancient Texts at graduate level 2: textual criticism.
- 1 May 2025, 2-3pm. Talk with Professor Laurent Pernot, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres (IAS VF)(Antiquities room + Teams). This chat session will discuss research methods for Classicists, with a special focus on classical philology and the history of rhetoric.
- Interested in using Endnote? Please book into a training session at the library. Our departmental Endnote style guide can be found on the right of this page.
Languages
tbc
Work in progress seminars:
In 2024/25, the Work in Progress Seminar (WiP) will take place on Wednesdays from 2pm. There will be a mixture of online and face to face sessions. The programme for the term is available here. Attendance is mandatory for all PGRs.
CADRE 2024/25
Faculty-wide training are organised by the Doctoral College via CADRELink opens in a new window.
Researcher Development Programme
A centrally run training programme for doctoral researchers is also available - see their website.
The Centre for the Study of the Renaissance (CSR)
will be holding courses on
Palaeography: from Manuscript to PrintLink opens in a new window
Latin for Research in the Humanities
AND MORE:
Additional Resources
- Digital Humanities Resources for Classicists
- Departmental Endnote style file and guidance on using it.
