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.

2026 Australian Academy of Humanities Lecture

Brotherhood: Gender and the German Peasants’ War 1524-26

A public lecture by Lyndal Roper (University of Oxford) at 5.30pm on Wednesday 30 September, G06 Theatre, Elizabeth Murdoch Building. Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/2026-academy-lecture

Public Lectures

Shadows in the Cave: Seeing as knowing in the history of art

A public lecture by Terry Smith (University of Pittsburgh and University of Sydney) at 6.30pm on Wednesday 7 October, Forum Theatre, Arts West Building. Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/shadows-in-the-cave-seeing-as-knowing-in-the-history-of-art

History and Philosophy of Science Seminar

Some Epistemological Problems for Some Priority Claims: The Case of Janet and Freud

A seminar by Thomas Spiteri (University of Melbourne) at 12pm on Wednesday 7 October, Arts West North Wing, Room 156

Ancient Worlds Seminar

Scribonius Curio and Competitive Authoritarianism in the Late Republic

A seminar by Christopher Dart at 1pm on Monday 21 September, Digital Lab, Room 213-215, Arts West and via Zoom