Postgraduate Prospectus

This course has a start date in September

If you have a first degree in Classics, Classical Studies or a related subject, and have a special interest in ancient drama and its influence on European culture and beyond, then this is the perfect postgraduate course for you. This programme gives you the opportunity to explore the nature of ancient drama – in its various forms and stages of development – as a literary, theatrical and social phenomenon. You will be encouraged to investigate the responses of other later cultures to ancient drama and become acquainted with the methods by which the subject is studied. You will also use topics of current interest and controversy in ancient drama research to study particular dramatic texts in depth.

• Nottingham’s vibrant Classics department has special strengths in Greek drama; Greek economic, social, institutional and intellectual history; Roman republican history; late Antiquity; Latin epic and prose literature; and ancient art and visual culture.
• The Department includes the Centre for Ancient Drama and its Reception, which has wide international contacts
• Staff are involved in the Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies and the Institute for Study of Slavery
• The Department of Classics has a strong reputation in both teaching and research. It achieved the maximum possible teaching quality rating (24/24) in 2000, and a grade of 4 in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise, since when it has greatly expanded and broadened its research activity.

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