UCL Greek & Latin
UCL Summer School in Ancient Philosophy
Monday 08 July to Fri 12 July 2024
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The Summer School offers five days of intensive teaching of Homeric language and literature. There will be four language or literature classes each day as well as lectures, talks and roundtables. Some classes concentrate chiefly on reading texts, while others offer a mixture of grammar and translation practice.
London Summer School in Classics
Tuesday 16th to Thursday 25th July 2024
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An eight-day Summer School in Ancient Greek and Latin (at all levels), as well as Biblical Hebrew, Byzantine Greek, Hittite, Sumerian, New Testament/Koine Greek, and Sanskrit (tbc). In addition to daily language classes, there will be lectures and workshops at the end of most days.
Summer School in Homer
Mon 29th July to Fri 2nd August 2024
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The Summer School offers five days of intensive teaching in Homer. There are five language and literature classes each day as well as lectures and other events after the classes. The course is not residential. Bursaries and travel grants may beavailable for certain categories of students.
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Performing Aristophanes in Early Modern Translations
A blog entry by Giovanna Di Martino
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Ancient World: New Voices
Our new podcast series features postgraduate student research
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Staff research
As well as being at the leading edge in their individual research, our staff are also engaged in major (inter)national collaborative projects.
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10 reasons to study with us
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Apply now
Apply now for our undergraduate programmes.
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Departmental Newsletter
Read our latest news here.
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REF2021 has judged 90% of our department’s research overall to be world-leading or internationally excellent
On that basis, UCL Greek and Latin ranks 2nd in the UK for research in Classics.
In collaboration with UCL's Department of History and UCL's Institute of Archaeology, the Department offers Greek and Latin and ancient Middle Eastern language and literature; ancient history, art history, and archaeology; philosophy, papyrology, and historical linguistics; reception, film, and intellectual history.
Situated in the heart of London, we are at the centre of an unrivalled range of resources for the study of the ancient world, with London's cultural life on our doorstep.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
The Department of Greek and Latin are proud holders of an Athena Swan Bronze award.
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Sustainability
The Department of Greek and Latin have successfully defended a Gold Award in 2023 for the sixth consecutive year, after the inaugural Silver award in 2017.
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