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New publication - Inscribing Flavian Rome: Epigraphic Strategies in Martial’s Epigrams by Alessandra Tafaro

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 07:44:01 GMT

Former PhD student at Warwick, Alessandra Tafaro is pleased to announce the publication of her monograph, derived from her PhD.

The Art of Veiled Speech, from Antiquity to Modern Times: 1st May 2025, 4pm

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 11:59:00 GMT

Subtexts are all around us. In conversation, business transactions, politics, literature, philosophy, and even love, the art of expressing more than what is explicitly said allows us to live and move in the world. But rarely do we reflect on this subterranean dimension of communication. Words don't just say what they say, and often we can understand (as listeners) and convey (as speakers) more, or something else entirely, than what is expressly said. Every day, we send out double-meaning messages and decipher those sent to us by others, without even taking notice. Greco-Roman rhetoric provides invaluable theoretical tools for thinking about this phenomenon, notably with the rhetorical notion of “figured speech”. History offers striking examples of the use of innuendo in ancient and modern political contexts. In personal and public life, veiled speech has many functions, including diplomatic, poetic, humorous and polemical. It also raises difficulties, as it carries the risk of misunderstanding. Criteria can therefore be proposed to remedy uncertainty and guarantee interpretation.

Classical Association Annual Conference 2024: Delegate Information

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 10:04:38 GMT

Full details for delegates, speakers, and chairs.

MA information sessions

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 10:14:47 GMT

There are various Masters options available at the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick (ranked 3rd in the UK among classics departments in the Research Excellence Framework). A postgraduate fair will be taking place at Warwick on 22 November 2023, 12-3pm in the Panorama room on campus (book here: Prospective Student Events Calendar) where staff will be available to talk about these courses and others, and other aspects of postgraduate life at Warwick (applying, funding, finance). There will also be an online information session about our degrees on 29th November 2023, 5-6pm (UK time). If you would like to attend the online session please email Clare Rowan, Director of Graduate Studies, C.Rowan@warwick.ac.uk. Further information is also available at https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/applying/postgraduate/ .

Taught MA in Ancient Literature and Thought

https://warwick.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/courses/ancientlitandthought

This MA will foster your ability to read a wide range of Greek and/or Latin texts in the original language and to develop nuanced understanding of the methodologies and critical approaches to the study of these texts within their historical, cultural and political contexts, very broadly considered. It provides an intensive introduction to literary theory tailored specifically to classicists, making it a unique pathway in the UK for classicists contemplating going on to a doctorate, and harnesses Warwick's strong interdisciplinary links between its departments of Classics and Ancient History, English and Comparative Literary Studies, and Philosophy.

Taught MA in Ancient Visual and Material Culture

https://warwick.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/courses/ancientvmc

The taught MA courses provide an overview of the scope of the visual and material culture of the ancient world, the ways in which it might be studied, and the questions that can be asked of it. The core module gives you an awareness of historiography and methodological issues affecting the study of the material culture of the ancient world as well as inviting you to consider the ways in which its study can contribute to our picture of antiquity. Optional modules allow you to develop your interests in particular aspects of the subject (art, epigraphy, numismatics, or an approved external option) in more depth, while a core language component (in ancient Greek, Latin or a modern language) provides the linguistic skills necessary to conduct further research. There are options to undertake study at the British School in Rome (the Taught MA in Ancient Visual and Material Culture of Ancient Rome, https://warwick.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/courses/vmcancientrome) or the British School at Athens (the Taught MA in Ancient Visual and Material Culture of Ancient Greece, https://warwick.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/courses/vmcancientgreece) (these options are subject to acceptance by the BSR/BSA).

We also offer an MA by research which has two different pathways. https://warwick.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/courses/classicsresearch

Funding

Warwick Taught Masters Scholarship Scheme

https://warwick.ac.uk/study/outreach/scholarships/wtmss/

Warwick regularly offers a taught masters scholarship scheme. This is an offer of up to £10,000 per student for UK or UK domicile EU students from underrepresented groups. Information has yet to be released for the forthcoming academic year, but last year the deadline for applications was 31 May 2023.

Departmental Bursaries

The department offers a small amount of bursaries each year to support tuition costs. Deadline to apply to us for consideration is 30 March 2024.

Doctoral Study for 2023/24 Entry

Mon, 23 Oct 2023 12:55:00 GMT

New post on Material Musings blog

Fri, 17 Feb 2023 09:11:42 GMT

New for February on the Material Musings blog, Tallulah George explores the use of hairpieces in imperial Roman society in an article titled "Hair today, gone tomorrow: imperial trendsetters". Read it here.

New Material Musings blog post

Thu, 19 Jan 2023 12:04:00 GMT

This month Katharine Broderick discusses Venus statuary in an article entitled "The Male Gaze Made Marble? The Venus de Milo".

You can read it here.

Taught MA in Ancient Literature and Thought; Taught MA in Ancient Visual and Material Culture at Warwick

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 16:58:51 GMT

Taught MA in Ancient Literature and Thought; Taught MA in Ancient Visual and Material Culture at Warwick

We would like to draw your attention to the various Masters options available at the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick (recently ranked 3rd in the UK among classics departments in the Research Excellence Framework). A virtual open day information session detailing these degrees, postgraduate life at Warwick, as well as funding options will take place on 30th November 2022, 4-5pm UK (London) time. Please feel free to sign up to a session here: https://pgopendays.warwick.ac.uk/

Information is also available at https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/applying/postgraduate/ and any questions can be directed towards Clare Rowan, Director of Graduate Studies, C.Rowan@warwick.ac.uk

Taught MA in Ancient Literature and Thought

https://warwick.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/courses/ancientlitandthought

Taught MA in Ancient Visual and Material Culture

https://warwick.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/courses/ancientvmc

We also offer an MA by research which has two different pathways. https://warwick.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/courses/classicsresearch

Funding

Warwick Taught Masters Scholarship Scheme

Departmental Bursaries

The department offers a small amount of bursaries each year to support tuition costs. Deadline to apply to us for consideration is 30 March 2022.

New Material Musings blog post

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 16:29:00 GMT

This month, Danchen Zhang explores an intriguing case of mistaken identity on a fourth century BCE red-figure Attic pelike in an article entitled "Ismene in the wrong family? The tomb scene on the 'Exeter Vase'".

You can read it here

Funded PhD opportunities in Classics and Ancient History at Warwick

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 14:42:00 GMT

The department of Classics and Ancient History at Warwick is currently seeking expressions of interest for students looking to undertake doctoral study. The department has research expertise in Greek and Latin literature, ancient Greek drama, numismatics, the medical humanities and Greco-Arabic studies, epigraphy, ancient space, art and archaeology, as well as Greek and Roman history and material culture more broadly. An overview of our research clusters can be found at https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/research/interests/. Individual staff profiles can be found at https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/intranets/staff/. The department has a lively research environment, with weekly seminars and training activities during term time and conferences throughout the year.

Interested students are encouraged to contact a potential supervisor or Clare Rowan, Director of Graduate Studies (C.Rowan@warwick.ac.uk) to begin to develop project proposals as soon as possible; better developed proposals generally are more successful in obtaining funding.

An online information event presenting PhD study at Warwick will be held on 30 November from 5-6pm. If you wish to attend, please register your interest at https://warwick.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/opendays/. An additional information session will held on 31 October from 2-3pm, and we are also happy to host prospective students on campus; for these opportunities please contact Clare Rowan (C.Rowan@warwick.ac.uk) for further details.

There are several funding schemes available for PhD funding at Warwick:

Chancellor’s International Scholarship for International Applicants (including EU) DEADLINE 14/12/2022

https://warwick.ac.uk/services/dc/schols_fund/scholarships_and_funding/chancellors_int/

These are scholarships awarded from Warwick to the most outstanding international and EU PhD applicants. The scholarship includes full payment of tuition fees and a maintenance stipend in line with UKRI rates (£15,285 for full time award holders in 2022/23), as well as a research, training and support grant of £5,000. Candidates need to have applied to Warwick for doctoral study by 12 December 2022.

AHRC Midlands4Cities PhD funding for UK and International applicants (including EU) DEADLINE 11/1/23

The AHRC-funded Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership (M4C) brings together eight leading universities across the Midlands to support the professional and personal development of the next generation of arts and humanities doctoral researchers. M4C is a collaboration between the University of Birmingham, Birmingham City University, University of Warwick, Coventry University, University of Leicester, De Montfort University, Nottingham Trent University and The University of Nottingham.

M4C is awarding doctoral studentships for UK and international applicants for 2023 through an open competition and Collaborative Doctoral Awards (CDA) Collaborative Doctoral Awards (CDA) working with a range of partner organisations in the cultural, creative and heritage sector. Funding covers fees, a stipend in line with UKRI rates (£17,688 for full time award holders in 2022/23) and training/travel expenses. Before the deadline students must have applied for a place to study and ensured that two academic references are submitted via the Midlands4Cities online reference form.

For full details of eligibility, funding, research supervision areas and CDA projects, please visit: https://www.midlands4cities.ac.uk/. A workshop on application writing will be held in conjunction with Coventry University on 19th November from 10am to 1pm; all those interested in applying to the scheme are strongly encouraged to attend this workshop (details are on the ‘apply’ page of the M4C site).

Fully funded Departmental Scholarship DEADLINE 30 March 2023

We are delighted that we are additionally able to offer a fully funded departmental scholarship for this forthcoming year, which covers home (UK) fees and a maintenance stipend in line with UKRI rates for 3.5 years. All applicants to the Midlands4Cities scheme will automatically be considered for a departmental scholarship. Any other applicants need to have applied to study with us by 30 March 2023.

We also manage more modest departmental bursaries to support PhD study, and a fuller list of funding available at Warwick can be found at https://warwick.ac.uk/services/dc/schols_fund/scholarships_and_funding/.