We provide wide-ranging and intellectually stimulating undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes.
Teaching and research within Classics at Royal Holloway covers the full variety of the Classical syllabus. Our staff are committed teachers and leading international researchers in their many and varied fields. We develop our students through their undergraduate programmes, into our graduate programmes at MA, all the way up to PhD. We have a track record of attracting significant research projects and enjoys access to the world-class research resources of the University of London.
We pride ourselves on our research-led teaching which combines our strong disciplinary research areas (archaeology, history, and literature) and our commitment to an engaged Classics that tackles current themes. We take Classics into the community, with talks, resources, and other materials (see our fantastic Classics schools and outreach hub). We also host two important research centres, the Centre for Oratory and Rhetoric (COR) and Centre for the Reception of Greece and Rome (CRGR).
We work closely with other Humanities subjects here such as History, English and Languages, Literatures and Cultures. Working together allows us to develop and apply a wide range of interdisciplinary approaches in our research and teaching. We are based in the International Building on Royal Holloway’s spectacular campus.
To find out more about our friendly and supportive commiunity, browse the rest of this site or – even better – come and visit us in person, either on an Open Day or by individual arrangement. For a virtual window into what keeps us excited and what makes us a special community we are all proud to be part of, please also check our Scenes from the Life of Classics at Royal Holloway e-newsletter on Substack. Contributions are offered by us all, students, staff, former students and friends, as and when we have something to share about module highlights, research ambitions, dissertations, excavations, Classical Society evenings or trips, creative projects, summer adventures, graduate careers and more. And if you want to be kept up to date and receive the scenes directly into your Inbox, you can subscribe to it for free.
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