Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford

The Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford previously the Faculty of Literae Humaniores. The Faculty was renamed "Classics" in 2001 after Philosophy, which had previously been a sub-faculty, became a faculty in its own right.^[1] The Faculty of Classics is divided into two sub-faculties of Classical Languages & Literature and Ancient History & Classical Archaeology.^[2] The teaching of classics at Oxford has been going on for 900 years, and was at the centre of nearly all undergraduates' education well into the twentieth century. The Faculty organises teaching and research - the main undergraduate programme being known as Literae Humaniores. It also runs a BA programme in Classical Archaeology and Ancient History. The Faculty of Classics is part of the Humanities Division. It runs projects including the Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Project and the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama.^[3] It is the largest Classics department at any university in the world.

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Location

The Faculty is based at the Ioannou School for Research in Classical and Byzantine Studies^[4] on St. Giles', next to the Ashmolean Museum and Sackler Library. These three therefore form an informal 'Classics Triangle' in Oxford.^[5] The Stelios Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies was opened in 2007 and designed by van Heyningen and Haward Architects. It provides modern research and teaching facilities for the whole Faculty and involved demolishing the old subsidiary buildings to build new accommodation, while the significant parts of the existing buildings were retained to create a new central atrium.^[6]

Research

The Faculty runs a large number of research projects, including:

Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources
Classical Art Research Centre (which includes the Beazley Archive)
Lexicon of Greek Personal Names
Roman Inscriptions of Britain
Sphakia Survey
Byzantine Ceramics
Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents
Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama
Bibliotheca Academica Translationum
Roman Provincial Coinage in the Antonine Period
Research Archive for Greek and Roman Sculpture
Greek Literary Hands of the Roman Period
Imaging Papyri
Reception of Greek Literature 300 BC-800 AD: Traditions of the Fragment
e-Science and Ancient Documents Project
The Oxford Roman Economy Project (OxRep)
The Monumenta Asiae Minoris Antiqua XI
Social and Cultural Construction of Emotions: The Greek Paradigm^[7]

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Leadership

Chancellor: The Lord Patten of Barnes
Vice-Chancellor: Louise Richardson
Registrar: Ewan McKendrick
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Humanities	American Institute Classics Drawing and Fine Art History Linguistics, Philology & Phonetics Medieval and Modern Languages Oriental Studies Philosophy Theology etc.

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Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences	Begbroke Science Park Chemistry Computer Science Engineering Science Materials Mathematical Institute Physics Plant Sciences Zoology etc.

Social Sciences	Business School Continuing Education Enterprise and the Environment Government Social Policy and Intervention International Development Internet Institute Law Oxford Martin School Oxford-Man Institute etc.

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