At Durham, we are committed to the study of Graeco-Roman antiquity as a subject with global relevance and the inherent potential for social and pedagogical benefit.

Alongside maintaining strengths in Greco-Roman literature and history from Homer and classical Greece to late antiquity, we offer a notably wide range of further research specialisms: ancient linguistics, material and visual culture; ancient philosophy (both Greek and Roman from Plato to late antiquity); digital humanities; classical receptions; and the ancient near east (from Akkadian to Syriac).