The Department of Ancient Classics prides itself on its ability to offer postgraduate supervision and postdoctoral mentoring across a wide range of topics and disciplines. For information on courses available to postgraduates, see the list of Our Courses.
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MA Handbook 2020 -2021
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MA Student Handbook 2020-2021
Essay Cover Sheet
PhD Theses in Progress
Niamh Hopkins, Debt in Ancient Greece
Supervisor: Dr William Desmond
Derek McCann, Fathers and Sons in Sophoclean Tragedy
Supervisor: Prof. David Scourfield
Stephen McCarthy, A Philosophical Commentary on Epicurus’ Letter to Herodotus: An Early Text in the Philosophy of Science.
Supervisor: Dr Gordon Campbell
PhD Theses Recently Completed
Oliver O'Sullivan, Suetonius: The Art of Biography and Personality.
Awarded: February 2020.
Supervisor: Dr Michael Williams
Dr Kerry Phelan, Historical Commentary on Demosthenes’ speech: Against Eubulides.
Awarded: November 2016.
Supervisor: Dr Kieran McGroarty.
Dr Quentin Broughall, Assuming the Purple: The Rehabilitation of Ancient Rome in Victorian Culture, 1837-1901.
Awarded: May 2015.
Supervisor: Prof. David Scourfield.
Dr Ruth O'Hara, An Assessment of the Notitia Dignitatum as a Historical Source for the Late Roman Bureaucracy.
Awarded: October 2013.
Supervisor: Dr Mark Humphries / Dr Michael Williams.
Dr Evelien Bracke, Of Metis and Magic: The Conceptual Transformations of Circe and Medea in Ancient Greek Poetry.
Awarded: August 2010.
Supervisor: Prof. David Scourfield.
Funding Opportunities
Maynooth University John and Pat Hume Doctoral Awards Scheme 2019- 2020
The online application system is now open for applications. For further information on the Awards and for guidance on applying, please click here.
Closing Date: 17 April 2020
Applicants for the awards should first make contact with a Maynooth University Department or Research Institute to discuss their suitability for a PhD programme. The awards are open to new PhD applicants of any nationality who meet eligibility requirements.
Full details of fees and funding currently available from external or university sources may be found on the University Postgraduates page.
Mark Descriptors 2020-2021 COMING SOON
2020-2021 details coming shortly.
The Department uses a set of descriptors as a general guide in assessing coursework essays and essay questions in examinations. Please click on the link below to access the document and gain better understanding of what is required within each band and year of study.