Finding a supervisor
We understand how important it is that you find the right supervisor for your research thesis.
Our world-leading academics across Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology and Egyptology offer prospective postgraduate research students extensive options for supervision.
How to apply
Most potential supervisors will be happy to provide pre-submission feedback on a well-developed draft proposal that closely matches their research expertise. For more guidance, see How to write a research proposal.
If you identify an academic who is interested in supervising your work, you may be able to receive advice and critical feedback that helps you to make your proposal stronger and more competitive. This is particularly beneficial if you are considering applying for funding. Please send your proposal to one potential supervisor at a time only, copying in PhDSALC@manchester.ac.uk.
If you are not sure who would make the most suitable supervisor for your research, feel free to contact the email address above. Your draft proposal will then be passed on to suitable colleagues, if appropriate.
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Ancient History
Classical Athens
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Late Antiquity and Christianity
Late Antique Alexandria
The Visigoths
Socio-cultural history and historiography: Greek and Roman
Epigraphy
Greek and Roman law
Romanisation
Reception and representation studies
Archaeology & Egyptology
Mesolithic
Britain and Ireland
Neolithic
North-western Europe
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Iron Age
North-western Europe
Ancient Egypt
Classical Studies
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Ancient philosophy, literature, epistolography and aesthetics
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Greek history and historiography
Greek drama
Ancient Greek poetry
Herodotus
Mythology
Latin
Roman language, declamation and literary style
Latin historiography
Roman drama
Roman poetry
Pliny the Elder
Horace and Lucretius
Cicero
Lucan, Ovid
Classical Literature, Languages and Philosophy
Ancient philosophy
Literature and aesthetics
Epigraphy
Epistolography
Ancient languages, linguistic registers, dialect and imagery
Comparative Indo-European languages
Oratory
Greek and Roman drama
Greek and Latin poetry
Mythology
Historiography
Encyclopedic and scientific texts
‘Wonder’ and ‘imagined’ literature and in the ancient world
Landscape
Landscape survey, analysis and cultural meaning
Society and settlement: early urbanism
Society and settlement: urbanism and marginal communities in Egypt
Monuments and monumental landscapes
The archaeology of seafaring and island communities in prehistory
Ancient attitudes towards the natural world and its ‘wonders’
Material Culture
Letters, Texts and Papyri including non-invasive digital archiving and analysis
Ancient Egyptian material culture and craft production
Lithics
Ceramics
Metallurgy
Textiles
Celtic art
Museum Studies
Exhibiting the past and working creatively with the public
Egyptology in the museum
Personhood and the life course
The ancient life-course: age, gender, disease, violence, burial commemoration
- Dr Ina Berg
- Dr Melanie Giles
- Dr Emma Griffiths
- Prof Christian Laes
- Prof Alison Sharrock
- Prof Christian Laes
Slavery
Martial identity, arms and violence in the Iron Age and Roman world
Medicine in the Graeco-Roman, Syrian and Arabic world
Funerary rites, monuments and mortuary archaeology
Theory, practice and pedagogy
Archaeological theory and philosophy especially phenomenology, new materialisms and assemblage theory
Fieldwork pedagogy, politics and practice including diversity
Pedagogy in Higher Education, especially Distance Learning
Blended Learning and e-Learning
