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M950 Sources & Methods

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.