Enrolling on the M.A. Programme in Classics at the University of Siena offers the opportunity to study the ancient world through a multidisciplinary approach, enabling students to gain a rich and nuanced understanding of the defining and distinctive aspects of ancient cultures.
Students will acquire advanced subject-specific skills through a wide range of courses in classical studies (Greek and Latin Languages and Literatures; Economic and Social History of the Greek and Roman Worlds; Classical Philology; Ancient history; History of Ancient Philosophy; History of Ancient Religions; Greek and Latin Palaeography; Teaching of Ancient Languages; Mediterranean Archaeology). Courses related to the “Anthropology of the Ancient World” play a particularly important role; this approach, linked to the Siena-based inter-university “Centre for the Anthropology of the Ancient World”, established in 1986, addresses Greek and Roman antiquity with a particular focus on cultural models and social organisation.
The curriculum also includes modules that broaden the classical chronological perspective, sometimes towards earlier periods (Aegean and Cypriot Archaeology), and sometimes towards late or post-ancient phases (Ancient and Medieval Greek Folklore; Medieval Christian Literature; Iconography and Classical Tradition). Among the latter, Medieval and Humanistic Latin Literature and Philology, linked to the ‘I-Deug-Su’ Centre, are of particular importance.
