Classics

Click on the links below for more information on each of the various subjects we offer for study:

• Archaeology
• Ancient Greek and Roman History
• Classical Languages and Literature
• Classical Cultural Studies

Classics is a small label for a discipline that explores all the significant aspects of the ancient Mediterranean world (Egypt, Greece, Rome and more...).

Classics at Adelaide has a long and distinguished history, yet it remains a dynamic and thriving discipline. Staff in the department continue to contribute research to a range of international publications and collaborative projects, yet they also pride themselves on being closely involved in all undergraduate courses. Our teaching and our scholarship are strongly linked, enriching our students' overall experience of the ancient Mediterranean world - consequently, student evaluations of our teaching consistently place us among the top-ranking departments in the University of Adelaide.

Department News

• We are delighted to announce the arrival in Adelaide of Assoc/Prof Peter Davis and Dr Silke Sitzler. Peter and Silke join us as Visiting Research Fellows, and both are very welcome (and extremely distinguished) additions to the department. 
• Congratulations to Dr Eoghan Moloney on winning the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Prize for Excellence in Teaching for 2009 (in the Early Career Teacher category).
• Congrats also to Dr Han Baltussen and Dr Moloney (again), whose i-Mentor project recently received funding under the University Excellence in Education Initiative.

Upcoming Events

Honours in 2010 with the Discipline of Classics

For any student interested in doing Honours with the disipline in 2010, there will be an information session on Friday the 16th of October at 3p.m. in Hughes 723. Hope to see you there.

A pdf poster with further details can be found here.

Second Constantinos Moraitis Annual Hellenic Lecture

This year, the Discipline of Classics is delighted to welcome Emeritus Professor Richard Green (University of Sydney) to Adelaide. Prof Green was Arthur and Renee George Professor of Archaeology at Sydney from 1990 to 2003. He is a world expert on the iconography of ancient drama. In his long and distinguished career he has published a great number of books and numerous articles on the representation of Greek theatre on vases. But his work also discusses the staging of drama in antiquity, including the role of masks, as well as Greek theatres in the field.

The latter will be considered in the 2009 lecture, entitled:

"After the Theatre Closed: Life in Late Antique and Medieval Paphos (Cyprus)"

Prof Green's excavations at the site of the ancient theatre in Paphos have revealed unexpected evidence for conditions in the following periods, from its use as a quarry for building stone, to a new flowering under the Crusaders.

Date/Time: Wednesday 4 November 2009, 8:00pm (doors open at 7:30pm)
Venue: Hughes Lecture Theatre, Level 3, Hughes Building (enter from Hughes Plaza)