Study Subject: Classical/Ancient Mediterranean studies
Employer: University of Wroclaw
Level: PhD
Scholarship Description:This project aims at introducing doctoral students to independent research work in the field of classical/ancient Mediterranean studies sensu largo, conducted under supervision of senior faculty members representing different research expertise and educational traditions. During first three years of their program students will be offered a broad range of post-graduate level classes in Liverpool and Wroclaw with the assumption that study load for each individual will be decided case by case by their supervisors working in conjunction with the project coordinator. The fourth year is devoted exclusively to writing a dissertation which is a major publishable-quality research paper. All students, however, will have to prove their ability to read Greek texts by sitting a Greek exam prior to opening the doctoral procedure. This normally should happen no later than by the end of the fourth semester. Student are also expected to pass an exam of a modern language other than English or their native tongue. Normally student’s supervisor determine what language they are supposed to select. Prospective students should note that all post-doctoral education in this program as well as dissertations are in English.
This project proposes eight major research themes and within them some thirty-four possible dissertation topics, as shown in the chart below with a tentative division of topics among supervisors/ academic advisors.
1. Achaemenid empire, Alexander the Great and aftermath
2. War and the Greeks
3. Eastern Mediterranean and the coming of Rome
4. Economy in the Hellenistic and Roman East
5. Politics, literature and imaging in Hellenistic and Roman period
6. Religion
7. Family and society in Sparta
8. Meals, luxury and society
Scholarship Application Deadline: 14 November 2010
Details Scholarship Information and Application
http://www.mediterraneanstudies.co/studies/project
