Welcome

Welcome to Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Melbourne.

This is an interdisciplinary and interdepartmental programme, offering a range of courses in these areas in a series of undergraduate majors, graduate coursework programmes and research degrees. Some courses allow you to combine subjects from different Schools in the Faculty of Arts and selected subjects from the Faculties of Music and Architecture, Building and Planning.

If you are interested in undertaking a research degree (MA or PhD), please contact staff in the relevant School.

Study Areas

  • Undergraduate Study

    The Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Studies program allows students to shape their subject choices according to an historical period as well as an academic discipline.

  • Graduate Coursework

    The graduate program in Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Studies is an inter-departmental program jointly offered by several Schools of the Faculty of Arts, each respected for its outstanding scholarship and particular strengths in this area of study.

  • Graduate Research

    Masters by Research and Doctor of Philosophy – Arts

  • HPS Seminars

News and Events

There are many discussion groups, seminars and conferences in these fields.

Our  Facebook page is now retired. For updates you can either bookmark this page, or join the mailing lists for reading groups and seminars via the links below.

History and Philosophy of Science Seminar

Repesentations of science in publications on Indigenous Australian astronomy

A seminar by Kevin Orrman-Rossiter (University of Melbourne) at 12pm on Wednesday 27 May, Babel, Room 305

English and Theatre Studies Seminar

Ruin and Restoration: Troy and the Politics of the City in Medieval English Literature

A seminar by Helen Fulton (University of Bristol) at 4pm on Wednesday 26 August, 4th Floor Linkway, John Medley Building

Ancient Worlds Seminar

Does the ‘Corinthian Girl’ at Republic 404D allude to seafood?

A seminar by Edward Jeremiah (University of Melbourne) at 1pm on Monday 31 August, venue TBC and via Zoom