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PHILOLOGY AND HISTORY OF ANTIQUITY
Master degree course

Info 2023/2024

Degree type
Master degree course
Duration and credits
2
Years
120
CFU
LM-15
ANCIENT PHILOLOGY, LITERATURE AND HISTORY
Admission
 
Free access
Location
GENOVA
Italian
Teaching mode
Frontale
Taxes and fees
From 0 to 3000 euros per year. Find out if you are entitled to scholarships and exemptions
International partnerships
Student exchange
Head of programme
LARA PAGANI
Contacts
To learn more about the Course visit the dedicated section
Documents
Degree programme table a.y. 2023/2024
Degree programme plan 2023/2024
Degree regulations 2023/2024
Information about this Course for previous years is available here: SCIENZE DELL'ANTICHITÀ: ARCH., FILOL.E LETT., STORIA 9023

Vai alla pagina dedicata alla Verifica della preparazione personale.

The course in brief

Presentation

The master's degree program in Philology and Science of Antiquity offers you the opportunity to study in depth the most important topics related to the ancient world, as much under the philological and literary aspect as under the historical one. The course allows for adeep and comprehensive study approach, which also benefits from extracurricular activities, such as seminars and lectures by external lecturers, workshops, internships visits and study trips.

Learning by doing

Studying Philology and Science of Antiquity you can also practice or test yourself:

  • by choosing where to spend your Work Training Internship
  • by participating in the Instructional Design Workshop;
  • by working on the University of Genoa's important papyrus collection;
  • collaborating on the Review of Italian Literature;
  • holding in many courses short seminars for your colleagues and younger students

Professional outlets

The Course in Philology and Science of Antiquity has as its natural outlet the teaching of literary subjects in Middle Schools, and of Italian, Latin and Greek in Upper Secondary Schools. The solid training in literature and ancient history also makes our students suitable for positions of responsibility in cultural services, cultural and research institutions (e.g., superintendencies, cultural centers, archives and foundations), and in the field of journalism and the publishing industry.

What you will learn

  • the forms of the Greek and Latin literary tradition

  • the story of the influence of classical texts on later ages

  • the institutional, economic, social and cultural history of the ancient world

  • how to obtain new knowledge from historical, documentary and epigraphic sources

  • philological techniques and the history of the transmission of classical texts

  • the history of ancient philosophical thought

  • the history of Roman law through the reading of legal texts

  • the history of religions of the classical world

Did you know that.

  • Graduates of the Course in Philology and Sciences of Antiquity have secure employment prospects and in recent years they have all found a job quickly
  • The educational activities are set up with a seminar approach in small groups and the teachers pay attention to the training needs of each individual student
  • The professors of the course have research projects with colleagues from the international scientific community and organize with them conferences, workshops and other opportunities for the benefit of the students
  • The course activates laboratories (such as didactic planning, Greek paleography, "If you don't see, you don't file!" The Latin inscription from autopsy to digitization) and organizes educational and study trips
  • From a.y. 2023/24 the Course will include a Research Training Path, to enhance the talent of deserving students with an aptitude for research and actively involve them in ongoing projects
  • A classical training allows you to acquire the mental agility necessary to effectively deal with complex problems in different fields and promotes the aptitude for permanent learning
  • Students of the Course in Philology and Sciences of Antiquity can try their hand at ancient manuscripts such as the papyri from the collection of the University of Genoa

Contents

Antiquity as a glimpse into the future

The importance of classical culture in its linguistic-literary and historical-archaeological components is a widely acknowledged fact: the very notion of Europe would be incomprehensible without awareness of the classical roots of our civilization.

The Course in Philology and the Sciences of Antiquity will provide you with the knowledge and research tools essential for tapping into this cultural heritage, with an open eye on the contemporary world.

If you have already completed initial training in the field of classical studies, it will enable you to acquire:

  • a deeper and more 'technical' knowledge of Greek and Latin languages and literatures, based on a systematic direct relationship with the texts, and an awareness of the history of their tradition
  • the full mastery of the methodologies of classical philology and literary criticism, and at the same time of historical research applied to the field of antiquity, with greater emphasis on philological-literary aspects or historical-archaeological ones depending on the orientation given by the student to his or her study plan, but with a solid common base of skills on both sides
  • the ability to use the main tools, the most innovative methods, and of course the most advanced computer resources in the field of antiquarian studies
  • the excellent knowledge of at least one European Union language in addition to Italian, with full command in particular of the specific disciplinary vocabulary

Coordinator

11268_Lara Pagani

Welcome to the Master of Arts degree program in Philology and the Sciences of Antiquity. The study of civilization, literature, and history of the ancient world requires commitment and perseverance but, as in the mountains, the satisfaction of conquering the most beautiful peaks is commensurate with the effort made to climb them. In our Course you will find teachings that will allow you to share results and methods of the teachers' research activity and train you in the most knowledgeable and up-to-date way in our disciplines.


Coordinatore del Corso

Where we are

The headquarters of the School of Humanities and its related departments are distributed in the area around Via Balbi and Piazza della Nunziata. Some of these palaces are historical palaces of the city of Genoa, called "Palazzi dei Rolli".

For the distribution of the Departments see the acronyms:
DAFIST = Department of Antiquities, Philosophy and History
DIRAAS = Department of Italianistics, Romanistics, Antiquities, Arts and Entertainment
DLCM = Department of Modern Languages and Cultures

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You will find the contact details of the following reference offices helpful:

Humanities Student Single Desk

Via Balbi 4 - ground floor
16126 Genoa
+39 010 209 51690
studenti.uma@unige.it

To get information about:

  • Registrations and Enrollments; Transfers; Course Transfers
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  • recognitions from previous careers
  • admission to pathways aimed at enrollment in master's degrees (Bridge Careers)
  • resumption of Studies
  • Suspension and Renunciation of Studies
  • request for certificates
  • request for duplicates
  • enrollment in individual educational activities

You can write to sportello.lettere@unige.it
to get information:

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  • general information on Courses of Study
  • about the Study Plans
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  • on the submission of graduation application

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