Late Antiquity MRes
Master
In Birmingham
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Master
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Location
Birmingham
This programme offers you the opportunity to research one aspect of the fragmentation of the Roman World and its transformation into a myriad of new states as the result of internal pressures and barbarian invasion in the period AD 300–700.
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Course programme
The MRes consists of three taught modules and a 20,000-word supervised research thesis on a topic of your choice in the late antique world. You should talk to a potential supervisor about this project before making your application.
You will study one core module: Research and Scholarship in Classics and Ancient History.
You will also choose two optional modules from a range which typically includes:
- Byzantine Archaeology and Material Culture
- Empire and Identity
- Greek (Beginner/Advanced)
- Latin (Beginner/Advanced)
- CAHA Seminar for Social History: Ancient Slaveries
- Economies of the Late Roman, Byzantine and Frankish East
- Gender in Byzantium
- Ideas, Ideals and Ideologies
- Methodologies of Byzantine Studies
- Numismatics for Research and in Museums
For more information, see our Classics and Ancient History module descriptions.
Please note that the optional module information listed on the website for this programme is intended to be indicative, and the availability of optional modules may vary from year to year. Where a module is no longer available we will let you know as soon as we can and help you to make other choices.
Late Antiquity MRes