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Selected Recent Publications

  • George Boys-Stones and Johannes Haubold, Plato and Hesiod
  • George Boys-Stones, Barbara Graziosi and Phiroze Vasunia, The Oxford Handbook of Hellenic Studies.
  • Thorsten Fögen, Wissen, Kommunikation und Selbstdarstellung. Zur Struktur und Charakteristik römischer Fachtexte der frühen Kaiserzeit
  • Thorsten Fögen, Tears in the Graeco-Roman World
  • Thorsten Fögen and Mireille M. Lee, Bodies and Boundaries in Graeco-Roman Antiquity
  • Edward Harris with Gerhard Thür, Papers on Greek and Hellenistic Legal History.
  • Edward M. Harris, Delfim F. Leão and P. J. Rhodes, Law and Drama in Ancient Greece

Classics and Ancient History at Durham University belongs to the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and is one of the most vibrant Classics departments in the UK. Our academic staff specialise in a wide range of artistic, historical, literary, linguistic, cultural and philosophical aspects of the Graeco-Roman world. In the latest Research Assessment Exercise (2008) we were ranked tied third for internationally excellent research: 65 % of our research has been rated as 4*, world leading (25%), and 3*, internationally excellent (40%).We are consistently ranked amongst the top Classics departments in the UK: 5th in the 2011 Times 'Good University Guide' and tied third in the Independent's 'Complete University Guide' for 2011.

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Department of Classics and Ancient History
38 North Bailey
Durham DH1 3EU
England
Tel: +44 (0)191 334 1670
Fax: +44 (0)191 334 1671

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