We are thrilled to announce that the School of Classics has won the University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s inaugural Student Led Awards’ coveted Academic Department of the Year award! The Awards were founded by the UWTSD Students’ Union, and …
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On the final day of the field-trip, we travelled out to Pireus, the port of ancient (and modern) Athens. Our first stop was the Hellenic Maritime Museum, where we were able to see the Olympias, a faithful full-size recreation of …
For the first four days of the School of Classics field-trip, we concentrated on the living population of ancient Attica. For the fifth, we turned to the dead and spent the morning in the Kerameikos cemetery. As well as the …
On the fourth day of the School of Classics field-trip we turned our attention from Archaic and Classical Athens to Roman Athens, and examined the changes made to the ancient city by Romans during the Republic and Principate. We passed …
For the third day of the School of Classics field-trip, we left Athens far behind, taking the Metro and two buses out to Thorikos and the Laurion silver mine. The students explored the remains of the agora and the theatre, …
On the second day of the School of Classics field-trip, we spent the morning northwest of the Acropolis in the Athenian Agora, and the afternoon in the National Archaeological Museum. We enjoyed presentations from second year students on monuments spanning …
Every year, the School of Classics runs a week-long field-trip to a city of ancient historical and archaeological significance. The field-trip is an option for all second and third year undergraduates taking Classical Studies or Ancient History degrees, and is …
The School of Classics offers a number of different postgraduate study options to distance learners, and consequently we have students located all over the world. Karrie Englander is undertaking an MA in Ancient History while living and working in Toronto. …
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Undergraduate students in the School of Classics do not necessarily have to spend all three years of their degree based in Lampeter. They have the option of spending a semester abroad at one of the University of Wales Trinity Saint …
On Wednesday 19th February, fifteen sixth formers from Ysgol Bro Pedr, Lampeter’s secondary school, spent the afternoon on campus in the Roderic Bowen Library and Archives. All English A and AS Level students, they received talks on Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus …