PhD in CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY AND ITS RECEPTION: ARCHAEOLOGY,
PHILOLOGY, HISTORY

List of courses / activities for the first year

More information The course - compulsory for all Ph.D. students, regardless of year - consists of a series of lectures, lasting an average of 2 hours, on the methodologies and state of the art of all disciplines represented in the Ph.D. program. Lectures are given by members of the Board of Professors or by other experts, Italian or more often foreign, of internationally recognized scientific reputation. An archive of all lectures given since the founding of the Ph.D. in Classical Antiquities and their Fortunes is available at http://dott.antichita.uniroma2.it/archivio-convegni-e-conferenze/. Lectures are generally delivered in person, and in some cases are accessible online by external audiences via the Microsoft Teams platform. Course attendance is compulsory; exceptions may be allowed only for justified reasons, and in any case for no more than 20 percent of the scheduled classes. In order to give students the opportunity to work intensively on their research topic, together with their tutors (to whom they must report monthly), no other teaching activities are planned. However, THEY are invited, with no formal obligation, to attend selected conferences, seminars and lectures given by qualified scholars, Italian or foreign, invited independently by the members of the Board of Professors as part of their institutional activities. In addition, every two years some PhD students organize an international conference on the ancent world (the last three editions focused on landscape in the ancient world). On such occasions, all other students are invited to participate with their own papers. The Ph.D. also covers all expenses for the students' participation, either as speakers or auditors, in conferences and congresses in Italy and abroad on topics in archaeology, philology and history of the ancient world; participation must be approved by the coordinator and at least one tutor per doctoral student. Method of choosing the subject of the thesis The subject of the thesis is proposed by the student at the first plenary meeting at the beginning of the first year of the course. The Board of Professors, after hearing the report, may accept the research topic or ask for its reformulation, and if necessary also for a new proposal. In such an event, one or more members of the Board of Professors are delegated to help the student to find possible alternative topics, taking into account his/her scientific competences and preferences. The new topic is again submitted to the College of Professors for approval on the first available date. Admission to the second year An oral examination is scheduled at the end of the first year, consisting of the performance, in the form of a one-hour academic lecture and in the presence of the College of Professors and the other doctoral students, of a report on the start of the research, the results achieved, and the program of work for the following year. At the end of the lecture, the College, and particularly the tutors, deliberate on the admission of the doctoral student to the second year, after also verifying compliance with the obligation to report monthly to their tutors and participation in at least 80 percent of the hours of teaching activities.

List of courses / activities for the second year

More information The course - compulsory for all Ph.D. students, regardless of year - consists of a series of lectures, lasting an average of 2 hours, on the methodologies and state of the art of all disciplines represented in the Ph.D. program. Lectures are given by members of the Board of Professors or by other experts, Italian or more often foreign, of internationally recognized scientific reputation. An archive of all lectures given since the founding of the Ph.D. in Classical Antiquities and their Fortunes is available at http://dott.antichita.uniroma2.it/archivio-convegni-e-conferenze/. Lectures are generally delivered in person, and in some cases are accessible online by external audiences via the Microsoft Teams platform. Course attendance is compulsory; exceptions may be allowed only for justified reasons, and in any case for no more than 20 percent of the scheduled classes. In order to give students the opportunity to work intensively on their research topic, together with their tutors (to whom they must report monthly), no other teaching activities are planned. However, THEY are invited, with no formal obligation, to attend selected conferences, seminars and lectures given by qualified scholars, Italian or foreign, invited independently by the members of the Board of Professors as part of their institutional activities. In addition, every two years some PhD students organize an international conference on the ancent world (the last three editions focused on landscape in the ancient world). On such occasions, all other students are invited to participate with their own papers. The Ph.D. also covers all expenses for the students' participation, either as speakers or auditors, in conferences and congresses in Italy and abroad on topics in archaeology, philology and history of the ancient world; participation must be approved by the coordinator and at least one tutor per doctoral student. Method of preparation of the thesis Students, on the occasion of the illustration of their research project, at the beginning of the first year of the course, are also invited to present an outline of the stages in which the work will be divided (e.g. collection of sources and bibliography; visits to sites, libraries or archives; analysis of documentation; drafting of the text; compilation of indexes etc.) and the years of the course in which each stage will take place. In this subdivision they will be assisted by their assigned tutors, who will also have the task of verifying the fulfillment of the planned tasks and suggesting ways to overcome any difficulties. At the beginning of the second and third year of the course, the timetable established in the first year will be checked and, if necessary, updated in accordance with the tutors and coordinators. If major problems are encountered, the entire College is given the task of working out a different time frame and possibly reformulating the objectives of the research project. For the preparation of the thesis, doctoral students can make use of all the bibliographic resources, both paper and digital, of the University of Rome "Tor Vergata" and of the necessary Italian and foreign scientific facilities (libraries, archives, museums, superintendencies), access to which will be facilitated and mediated by the members of the College of Professors and in particular by the tutores. Admission to the third year An oral examination is scheduled at the end of the second year, consisting of the performance, in the form of a one-hour academic lecture and in the presence of the College of Professors and the other doctoral students, of a report on the start of the research, the results achieved, and the program of work for the following year. At the end of the lecture, the College, and particularly the tutors, deliberate on the admission of the doctoral student to the third year, after also verifying compliance with the obligation to report monthly to their tutors and participation in at least 80 percent of the hours of teaching activities.

List of courses / activities for the third year

More information The course - compulsory for all Ph.D. students, regardless of year - consists of a series of lectures, lasting an average of 2 hours, on the methodologies and state of the art of all disciplines represented in the Ph.D. program. Lectures are given by members of the Board of Professors or by other experts, Italian or more often foreign, of internationally recognized scientific reputation. An archive of all lectures given since the founding of the Ph.D. in Classical Antiquities and their Fortunes is available at http://dott.antichita.uniroma2.it/archivio-convegni-e-conferenze/. Lectures are generally delivered in person, and in some cases are accessible online by external audiences via the Microsoft Teams platform. Course attendance is compulsory; exceptions may be allowed only for justified reasons, and in any case for no more than 20 percent of the scheduled classes. In order to give students the opportunity to work intensively on their research topic, together with their tutors (to whom they must report monthly), no other teaching activities are planned. However, THEY are invited, with no formal obligation, to attend selected conferences, seminars and lectures given by qualified scholars, Italian or foreign, invited independently by the members of the Board of Professors as part of their institutional activities. In addition, every two years some PhD students organize an international conference on the ancent world (the last three editions focused on landscape in the ancient world). On such occasions, all other students are invited to participate with their own papers. The Ph.D. also covers all expenses for the students' participation, either as speakers or auditors, in conferences and congresses in Italy and abroad on topics in archaeology, philology and history of the ancient world; participation must be approved by the coordinator and at least one tutor per doctoral student. Method of admission to the final examination The Board of Professors admits the doctoral student to the final examination on the basis of the course of study and taking into account detailed reports on his/her study and research activities. The dissertation, together with the report on the activities carried out during the PhD course and the stuent's other scientific publications, is preliminarily examined by at least two evaluators not belonging to the Board of Professors or to the University of Rome "Tor Vergata" and possessing highly qualified experience, at least one of whom must be a university professor. The evaluators may belong to foreign or international institutions. Within thirty days of receipt of the thesis, the evaluators shall render a written analytical judgment, proposing admission for public discussion or postponement of the discussion of the thesis for a period not exceeding six months. After this period, the thesis, along with a new written opinion rendered by the evaluators, is in any case admitted for discussion. Final examination During the final examination, the candidate illustrates in detail the work done, dwelling in particular on the state of the art, any difficulties encountered, the methodology adopted and the objectives achieved. The examiners, at the end of this report, intervene individually, expressing their judgment and asking questions to the candidate. At the end of the discussion (lasting an average of two to three hours) the commission makes its final judgment, adopting the following grading scale: adequate quality; appreciable quality; relevant quality; excellent quality; excellent quality with distinction. At the end of the examination, the committee draws up the minutes, which are forwarded to the central offices.