Overview

About the programme

We interpret these themes in a highly interdisciplinary way, bringing together the approaches of archaeology, anthropology, social sciences, medical humanities, ancient theoretical approaches and classical studies to find ways of using material culture and written evidence alongside each other.

We regard the body and the senses as a way of addressing what we see as a central question for any historical discipline: is the past just like us, and therefore transparent, or entirely other, and therefore unknowable? Where the body and the senses are concerned, we share so many fundamental everyday experiences with the people of the past.

Yet studying how people experienced, thought about, treated, manipulated, modified, represented and disposed of their bodies provides a window into ancient societies which were so different from the ones many people live in today. This The Ancient Body and the Senses programme is offered at The Open University UK.

Programme Structure

Potential research projects:

Death, disposal, mourning, grief and burial practices
Representations of the body in visual or material culture
Religion and the body, including votive offerings
The senses and sensory experiences
Death in Etruria
Sex and sexuality in ancient Greece
Receptions of the ancient body
Dress in the Roman Empire
Gender in the ancient world

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 72 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-01 00:00:00
Starting 2028-02-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-01 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

87

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Ancient History Classics View 24 other PhDs in Ancient History in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

87

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Other requirements

General requirements

Entry requirements

Minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent) and an MA with a minimum grade of merit. If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your knowledge of English.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

12705 GBP / year

≈ 12705 GBP / year
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Citizens or residents

5006 GBP / year

≈ 5006 GBP / year

Living costs

Milton Keynes

United Kingdom

848 - 1345 GBP / month

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