MA Classical Heritage & World Antiquities

Overview

The MA Classical Heritage & World Antiquities bridges classical scholarship with modern curatorial science. Students analyze Greco-Roman historiography, material culture, and classical literature while mastering digital photogrammetry, UNESCO heritage frameworks, provenance ethics, and museum management. MA Classical Heritage & World Antiquities is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 24 months, and the credit total is 180. Students move from Greco-Roman Historiography & Material Culture through Greco-Roman Historiography & Material Culture; Archaeological Methods, Provenance & Site Management; Digital Humanities & 3D Artifact Archiving; UNESCO Conventions, Restitution Ethics & Heritage Law; Museum Curation, Exhibition Design & Public Engagement; Master's Heritage Research Dissertation, and finish on Master's Heritage Research Dissertation. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result. Reading is a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. The artefact a marker expects is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Critically evaluate classical Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern material cultures and texts Apply 3D scanning and photogrammetry to ancient artifact preservation Navigate UNESCO conventions, cultural property law, and restitution disputes Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.

Who This Programme Is For

• ✦Museum curators, archaeologists, and heritage managers
• ✦Historians and classical humanities graduates
• ✦Educators and cultural policy officers

Programme Structure & Delivery

Learning Outcomes

• ✦Critically evaluate classical Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern material cultures and texts
• ✦Apply 3D scanning and photogrammetry to ancient artifact preservation
• ✦Navigate UNESCO conventions, cultural property law, and restitution disputes
• ✦Design museum exhibitions and public humanities interpretation strategies

Career Pathways

• ✦Museum Curator
• ✦Heritage Consultant
• ✦Archaeological Project Manager
• ✦Cultural Policy Officer
• ✦Academic Researcher / PhD Candidate

Curriculum