UCL course code: CLASG099 Research Methods and Dissertation
This course is compulsory for all Classics MA Students. Students in other MA programmes (Ancient History, Archeology, Reception) are welcome to attend.
Location: Senate House, Room 349 except for the class on 14 November 2014 (UCL Archaeology G6 LT) and the class on 28 November 2014 (Senate House, Room G37).
Term 1
All sessions will run Friday afternoons 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Workshops start at 2:00 pm
- Fri 3 Oct
2.00: Introduction (Phiroze Vasunia)
2.15: Writing skills: what distinguishes MA from BA work? (Stephen Colvin)
- Fri 10 Oct
2.00: Tools of the trade: computing and bibliographic resources (Nick Lowe)
- Fri 17 Oct
2.00: No meeting (MA Board)
- Fri 24 Oct
2.00: Literature and Society (William Fitzgerald)
- Fri 31 Oct
2.00: Manuscripts, mistakes and the survival of ancient texts (Michael Trapp)
- Fri 7 Nov
No meeting [Reading Week at UCL and KCL]
- Fri 14 Nov
2.00: Documentary texts (inscriptions and papyri) (Benet Salway): UCL Archaeology G6 LT
- Fri 21 Nov
2.00: The Commentary Tradition (Roland Mayer)
- Fri 28 Nov
2.00: Modern models and ancient media (Fiachra Mac Góráin): Senate House, Room G37
- Fri 5 Dec
2.00: Choosing a dissertation topic (Phiroze Vasunia)
- Fri 12 Dec
No meeting
Any questions or problems:
please contact Phiroze Vasunia at UCL.