Each pathway consists of 120 credits of coursework and 60 credits achieved through a dissertation.
Byzantine Art
Co-ordinator: Professor Leslie Brubaker
Compulsory modules
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Byzantine Art and Architecture
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Methodologies of Byzantine Studies
Optional modules
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Greek language (intensive course for beginners)
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Medieval Greek texts
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A language or other course chosen in consultation with the co-ordinator
Dissertation in Byzantine art/architecture
Byzantine History
Within this pathway, particular themes, periods and events are analysed through a critical reading of the primary sources and an examination of the way in which the sources are used to construct modern narratives.
Co-ordinator : Dr Ruth Macrides
Compulsory modules
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An aspect of Byzantine History
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Methodologies of Byzantine Studies
Optional modules
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Greek language (intensive course for beginners)
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Medieval Greek texts
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A language or other course chosen in consultation with the co-ordinator
Dissertation in Byzantine History
Late Roman and Byzantine Archaeology
This pathway provides an opportunity (unique in the U.K.) to study the archaeology of the Late Roman to Late Byzantine eras, within a variety of frameworks - theoretical, practical, and historical. It encourages you to explore important aspects of history for which texts offer an insufficient documentation. Lectures introduce the settlement-archaeology, monuments, and all other major kinds of artefacts, in four major chronological divisions; the discipline’s origins and development, and its interface with environmental and comparative archaeologies. The focus is on the Balkans, the Aegean, and Anatolia.
Co-ordinator: Dr Archie Dunn
Compulsory modules
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Byzantine Archaeology and Material Culture
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Methodologies of Byzantine Studies
Optional modules
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Theoretical Approaches to the Past
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Modern Greek for Postgraduates
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Medieval Greek texts
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Other courses in practical archaeology or in Byzantine Studies chosen in consultation with the co-ordinator
Dissertation in late Roman or Byzantine Archaeology