UVA’s PhD in Classics trains scholars to produce original research in Latin and Ancient Greek literature, ancient philosophy, and historical thought. Students engage deeply with classical texts through philological precision and theoretical inquiry, often contributing to archaeological and digital humanities projects. The program prepares graduates for academic careers in universities, libraries, and cultural institutions worldwide.
Critical edition and commentary on a lost Greek tragedy
Lexicographical study of neologisms in Late Latin texts
Digital corpus creation of ancient inscriptions in Asia Minor
Ethics in Aristotle’s *Nicomachean Ethics* and Stoicism
Interpreting gender in Ovid’s *Metamorphoses*
Translation and critical edition of Platonic minor dialogues
Rhetoric and power in Cicero’s orations
Comparative analysis of Senecan and Sophoclean tragedy
Tracing epic motifs in Hellenistic poetry
Visualization of Roman imperial expansion through GIS
Commentary on fragments of early Roman historians
Political themes in Lucan’s *Pharsalia*
Philosophical influences in early Christian Latin texts
Construction of Roman identity in Livy’s historical prefaces
Cross-cultural reception of Greek medicine in Arabic texts
Sanskrit-Greek comparative mythological analysis
Digital palaeography of papyri archives
Textual transmission of Homeric scholia in Byzantine tradition
Become a scholar of antiquity with UVA’s immersive and research-rich PhD in Classics.
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