Let Superstition Cease: Investigating Anti-Pagan Violence.
The Department of History of Art at the University of Bristol is commit-ted to the advancement of historical knowledge and understanding, and to research of the highest order. We believe that our undergraduates are part of that endeavour. For several years, the Department has published the best of the annual dis-sertations produced by the final year undergraduates in recognition of the.
Our Ancient History MA also provides postgraduates with the ideal foundation for conducting further research at doctoral level. Organised on an intercollegiate basis, this course is jointly run with King’s College London and University College London to enable you to take full advantage of the teaching expertise of all three participating colleges.
Taught MA: dissertation topics. The identity of the satyr through the animal, the myth, and the human. The impact of Classical Antiquity on Nazi Germany. Museums in Britain’s Public Schools. Women in business in Southern Italy. Rome MA: Foreign gods at Rome. Patron Gods in Rome of the Late Republic and Early Principate.
Linking evidence: a digital approach to Medieval and Early Renaissance Rome, c. 1140-1430 is a hyper-textual online multiple database linking different evidences or sources, including descriptions of the city of Rome, inscriptions associated with monuments and works of art, and images attesting to the appearance of these monuments (either actual or imaginative) and to their transformation.
The Dissertation. The Dissertation, or thesis, is the largest element of the course, worth 70% of the final mark. Students are admitted to the University on the basis of the research proposal, and each student will be assigned a Supervisor who will support the preparation of a piece of original academic research.
The dissertation discusses these pergolas in relation to antiquarian culture, the collecting of plants and birds, the study of natural history, garden furnishings and the art of treillage, thereby contextualizing them within the culture of early modern Rome. The dissertation assembles the first corpus of illusionistic pergolas in the period 1500-1620, updating a much earlier general corpus of.
Hellenic Philosophers as Ambassadors to the Roman Empire: performance, parrhesia, and power by Evangeline Zephyr Lyons A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Classical Studies) in The University of Michigan 2011 Doctoral Committee: Professor Sara L. Ahbel-Rappe, Chair Professor David S. Potter Professor Arlene W. Saxonhouse.