Our PhD Program in the Ancient Mediterranean World (PAMW) is designed to allow students to custom build an interdisciplinary course of study that satisfies their own intellectual interests while remaining true to the rigorous and thorough training that is expected of University of Chicago graduates.
PAMW students, by the time they advance to candidacy, will have demonstrated competency in two ancient and two modern languages, passed Field Examinations in specialized research skills, and explored both the literature, philosophy, history, art, archaeology, and religion of the ancient world and methodological and theoretical approaches to them derived from other disciplines.
The centrepiece of the first two years of the program is the two-quarter PAMW seminar, co-taught by two PAMW faculty members. This seminar introduces students to issues of historical method in relation to a topic which changes annually.
PCLL students will regularly participate in the Ancient Societies Workshop and other workshops.
A typical PAMW student might progress through the program in the following manner:
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Applicants and current students should carefully review the full PAMW degree requirements.
The reading list for the translation exams is available here:
- • Program in the Ancient Mediterranean World Translation Exam Reading List [here link to PDF “PAMW Translation Exam Reading List”]
The reading lists for the Field Examinations will be agreed with the faculty examiner.