Classics

Specialisation of:	Classics and Ancient Civilisations
Degree:	Master of Arts in Classics and Ancient Civilisations
Mode of Study:	Full-time
Duration:	1 year
Start date:	September, February
Language of instruction:	English
Location:	Leiden
Croho/isat code:	60821
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Besides the classical Greek and Latin languages, the range of subjects you can study in the MA in Classics includes studies on Ancient History, Ancient Philosophy, Papyrology and Renaissance Latin. The academic staff responsible for these courses are internationally renowned for their research work. The result is a master’s programme which provides you with a comprehensive view of the classical world, while defining the significance it still has for modern society.

This programme qualifies you for the Teacher-training programme in Classics.

Staff

The academic staff responsible for the courses in the MA in Classics are internationally renowned for their research work. Also, every semester, the department of Classics welcomes an esteemed visiting scholar, who also offers a course for MA students.

Greek

Dr. C.C. de Jonge

Greek language and culture
Ancient literary criticism (Longinus)
Ancient rhetoric, grammar and philology (Dionysius of Halicarnassus)

Dr. M. van Raalte

Greek philosophical and scientific texts
Greek metre

Dr. A.M. Rademaker

Greek linguistics
History of the Theory of Language
Greek philosophical and scientific texts

Professor dr. I. Sluiter

Greek language and culture
Ancient ideas on language and literature
Public debates and the use of value discourse
Connection between classics and the modern world

Latin

Dr. S.T.M. de Beer

(Neo-)Latin poetry
Italian humanism
Literary patronage
Classical tradition/the transmission of Classical literature
Neo-Latin commentaries
Early Modern natural history and geography

Dr. Ch. Pieper

Latin rhetoric of the republic; its reception in imperial and later times
Latin poetry of the Italian Renaissance
Cultural embedding of literary texts
Classical tradition/Reception of antiquity in early modern times
Genre: discussion and expectation in Latin literature

Professor dr. A.B. Wessels

Roman Drama
Literature of the Silver Age
History of Scholarship/ Reception of Antiquity (19th/20th Century)

Ancient Philosophy

Dr. R.M. van den Berg

Classical languages and cultures
Plato
Neoplatonism (Proclus)

Contact information: see members Classics and Classical Civilisation

Ancient History

See: staff Ancient History

Prof. Ineke Sluiter

Ineke Sluiter

“What has always appealed to me in Classics is the diversity, and the fact that so many questions have a direct relevance to our present world.”

“We have a wonderful and international team of colleagues: Dutch, British, Austrian and German classicists working together in a friendly, yet competitive and challenging atmosphere. Between us, we offer a wide range of expertise, e.g. in the history of ancient medicine, Latin love poetry, papyrology, philosophy, or Neo-Latin.

I personally love to involve students in research enterprises: my own research team (ancient Greek) works on ancient theories of language and rhetoric, and we have received a sizeable grant to do that. We also run research seminars, e.g. on ancient values like andreia ‘manliness, courage’, parrhêsia, ‘free speech’, or the notion of kakos (‘badness’), in which MA students participate.

They can also come to international conferences, which we co-organise with the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The connection between teaching and research is strong, and we encourage our students to follow and develop their own interests.

This is what has always appealed to me in Classics: the diversity, and the fact that so many questions have a direct relevance to our present world.

Our MA curriculum offers a great mix: on the one hand the continental approach to Classics, with its emphasis on technical skills and philology, and on the other the more problem-driven and theory-oriented approach from the Anglo-American world.”