Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford
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The Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford was founded in 2001, when the Faculty of Literae Humaniores was divided into the Faculty of Classics and the Faculty of Philosophy
. It is divided into the sub-faculties of Classical Languages & Literature and Ancient History & Classical Archaeology. Although being a relatively young department, Classics teaching at Oxford has been going on for 900 years, and was at the centre of nearly all undergraduates' education well into the twentieth century. The Faculty organises teaching and research - the Undergraduate programme being known as Literae Humaniores
. It is part of the Humanities Division
. It runs projects including the Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Project and the Archive of the Performances of Greek and Roman Drama. It is the largest Classics department at any university in the world.
The Faculty is based at the Stelios Ioannou
School for Research in Classical and Byzantine Studies on St. Giles'
, next to the Ashmolean Museum
and Sackler Library
. These three therefore form an informal 'Classics Triangle' in Oxford.
The Faculty runs a large number of research projects, including:
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford
The Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, was founded in 2001. Previously it was a sub-faculty of the Faculty of Literae Humaniores . Despite this, the teaching of philosophy at Oxford dates back to mediaeval times, while the faculty can boast 150 fulltime philosophers, building on the...
. It is divided into the sub-faculties of Classical Languages & Literature and Ancient History & Classical Archaeology. Although being a relatively young department, Classics teaching at Oxford has been going on for 900 years, and was at the centre of nearly all undergraduates' education well into the twentieth century. The Faculty organises teaching and research - the Undergraduate programme being known as Literae Humaniores
Literae Humaniores
Literae Humaniores is the name given to an undergraduate course focused on Classics at Oxford and some other universities.The Latin name means literally "more humane letters", but is perhaps better rendered as "Advanced Studies", since humaniores has the sense of "more refined" or "more learned",...
. It is part of the Humanities Division
Humanities Division, University of Oxford
The Humanities Division is one of the four Divisions into which the activities of the University are grouped. Each Division has a Head and an elected board. The current Head is Professor Sally Shuttleworth. It has received considerable praise for its work at the forefront of digitising the Humanities...
. It runs projects including the Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Project and the Archive of the Performances of Greek and Roman Drama. It is the largest Classics department at any university in the world.
The Faculty is based at the Stelios Ioannou
Stelios Haji-Ioannou
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou , born 14 February 1967) is a British entrepreneur of Greek Cypriot origin, currently a resident of Monaco. He is the scion of a wealthy, shipowning family, but is best known for setting up easyJet, a highly successful and profitable low-cost airline, with start-up funds...
School for Research in Classical and Byzantine Studies on St. Giles'
St Giles', Oxford
St Giles is a wide street leading north from the centre of Oxford, England. At its northern end, the road divides into Woodstock Road to the left and Banbury Road to the right, both major roads through North Oxford. At the southern end, the road continues as Magdalen Street at the junction with...
, next to the Ashmolean Museum
Ashmolean Museum
The Ashmolean Museum on Beaumont Street, Oxford, England, is the world's first university museum...
and Sackler Library
Sackler Library
The Sackler Library holds a large portion of the classical, art historical, and archaeological works belonging to the University of Oxford, England.- History :...
. These three therefore form an informal 'Classics Triangle' in Oxford.
The Faculty runs a large number of research projects, including:
- OxyrhynchusOxyrhynchusOxyrhynchus is a city in Upper Egypt, located about 160 km south-southwest of Cairo, in the governorate of Al Minya. It is also an archaeological site, considered one of the most important ever discovered...
Papyri - Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources
- The Beazley Archive: Classical Art Research Centre
- Lexicon of Greek Personal Names
- Roman Inscriptions of Britain
- Sphakia Survey
- Byzantine Ceramics
- Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents
- History of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama
- Bibliotheca Academica Translationum
- Roman Provincial Coinage in the Antonine Period
- Research Archive for Greek and Roman Sculpture
- Greek Literary Hands of the Roman Period
- Imaging Papyri
- Reception of Greek Literature 300 BC-800 AD: Traditions of the Fragment
- e-Science and Ancient Documents Project
- The Oxford Roman Economy Project (OxRep)
- The Monumenta Asiae Minoris Antiqua XI
- Social and Cultural Construction of Emotions: The Greek Paradigm
Notable Current Members
- Martin Litchfield WestMartin Litchfield WestMartin Litchfield West is an internationally recognised scholar in classics, classical antiquity and philology...
- Oliver TaplinOliver TaplinProfessor Oliver Taplin was a fellow and tutor of Classics at Magdalen College, Oxford. He holds a DPhil from Oxford University....
- Simon HornblowerSimon HornblowerSimon Hornblower is Professor of Classics and Ancient History in the University of Oxford and Senior Research Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.-Biography:...
- Jasper GriffinJasper GriffinJasper Griffin , was Public Orator and Professor of Classical Literature in the University of Oxford from 1992 until 2004.Jasper Griffin read Classical Moderations and Greats at Balliol College, Oxford and was Jackson Fellow at Harvard University...
- Hugh Lloyd-JonesHugh Lloyd-JonesSir Peter Hugh Jefferd Lloyd-Jones FBA was a British classical scholar and Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford....
- Robin Lane FoxRobin Lane FoxRobin Lane Fox is an English historian, currently a Fellow of New College, Oxford and University of Oxford Reader in Ancient History.-Life:Lane Fox was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford....
- Christopher PellingChristopher PellingChristopher Brendan Reginald Pelling is the Regius Professor of Greek, Faculty of Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. He is President of the Hellenic Society and is a representative for the Society at the ....
- John Boardman
- Myles BurnyeatMyles BurnyeatMyles Fredric Burnyeat CBE FBA is an English classicist and philosopher.-Life:Educated at Bryanston School and King’s College, Cambridge, Burnyeat was a student of Bernard Williams at University College London....
- Averil CameronAveril CameronDame Averil Millicent Cameron, DBE, FBA is Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine History in the University of Oxford, and was formerly the Warden of Keble College, Oxford between 1994 and 2010....
- Barry CunliffeBarry CunliffeSir Barrington Windsor Cunliffe, CBE, known professionally as Barry Cunliffe is a former Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford, a position held from 1972 to 2007...
- Martin GoodmanMartin Goodman (historian)Martin David Goodman is a historian and writer on Roman history and the history and literature of the Jews in the Roman period....
- Christopher HowgegoChristopher HowgegoProfessor Christopher Howgego is a British numismatist and classicist, who lectures on Ancient Greek and Roman numismatics at Oxford University. He is also the assistant keeper of the Herberden coin room at the Ashmolean museum....
- Terence IrwinTerence IrwinTerence Irwin is a scholar and philosopher specializing in ancient Greek philosophy and the history of ethics Terence Irwin (born 21 April 1947, in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland) is a scholar and philosopher specializing in ancient Greek philosophy and the history of ethics Terence Irwin (born 21...
- Elizabeth JeffreysElizabeth JeffreysElizabeth Jeffreys is the former Bywater and Sotheby Professor of Byzantine and Modern Greek Literature at the University of Oxford. She was a Professorial Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford from 1996 to 2006, and a Professor Emerita from 2006 to present....
- Fergus MillarFergus Millar-External links:* staff page at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford* announcement of "History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ."...
- Donald Russell
- Richard SorabjiRichard SorabjiRichard Rustom Kharsedji Sorabji CBE, FBA is a British historian of ancient Western philosophy and Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at King's College London. He has written his own 'Intellectual Autobiography' in his Festschrift: R. Salles ed., Metaphysics, Soul and Ethics in Ancient Thought , 1-36...
- Andrew WilsonAndrew Wilson (classical archaeologist)Andrew Ian Wilson is a British classical archaeologist and director of the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Oxford...