Late Antique & Byzantine Studies

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MA

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Part Time, Full Time

| Admissions status: Open
Advanced study of the history and culture of the Eastern Mediterranean world, from the foundation of Constantinople in 330 to the fall of the Byzantine empire in 1453. Wide range of modules in research skills (languages, palaeography, epigraphy, papyrology) and history, literature, culture, philosophy and theology. Leads to further research or careers in education, journalism, finance, politics and cultural sectors.

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KEY BENEFITS
  • International expertise in the languages and history of the Late Roman and Byzantine periods.
  • World-leading reputation for research and teaching.
  • The combined research resources of the University of London.
  • Areas of current research in the Centre for Hellenic Studies at King's include charity and remembrance in the Palaiologan period, Byzantine architecture, Cyprus from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages, archaeology and epigraphy of Asia Minor, middle Byzantine literary culture, Byzantine theology, Byzantine relationships with East and West.


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KEY FACTS
Programme leader/s
Dr Dionysios Stathakopoulos
Awarding institution
King's College London
Credit value (UK/ECTS equivalent)
UK 180/ECTS 90
Duration
One year FT, two years PT, September to September.
Location
Strand Campus other University of London institutions.
Student destinations
Research in our department and elsewhere in the UK, EU and US; teaching, cultural management, general management, civil service, banking.
Year of entry 2013
Offered by
Maughan Library