Postgraduate research
Current PhD research
The Ancient Weather Sign: Texts, Science and Tradition.
by Michael Beardmore, supervised by Dr. Emma Gee
Emergent Summetria: Studies in the Stoic Conception of Beauty as Theoretical Virtue
by Aiste Celkyte, supervised by Prof. Stephen Halliwell
Myth and rationality in Plato’s middle dialogues
by Manlio Fossati, supervised by Prof. Stephen Halliwell
Greek Pessimism and Giacomo Leopardi
by Maria Franzoni, supervised by Prof. Stephen Halliwell
Identity and power in Libanius’ pre-Julianic orations
by Christine Lund Koch Greenlee, supervised by Dr. Roger Rees and Dr. Jason König
Becoming Roman Soldiers: a study of the acculturative effects of Roman auxiliary service
by BJ Harpe, supervised by Jon Coulston
The Beautiful Body in Classical Athens: Descriptions of and Reactions to the Attractive Human Body, A Cross-Genre Approach.
by Elsbeth Hymes, supervised by Dr. Sian Lewis
Lexis – An Aristotelian Theory of Style?
by Ana Kotarcic, supervised by Prof. Stephen Halliwell
The influence of Achaemenid Persia upon fourth century and early Hellenistic tyranny
by Miles Lester-Pearson , supervised by Dr Sian Lewis
"Training the soul in excellence": the interplay of ethics and aesthetics in Plato's conception of musical theory and practices
by Tosca Lynch, supervised by Prof. Stephen Halliwell
The Place and Practice of Astrology in 3rd-5th centuries AD
by Hannah Mace, supervised by Dr Roger Rees
Fables and digressions: The real nature of Photios’ Bibliotheca
by Risto-Matti Sarilo, supervised by Dr Jason König
Social Change in Roman Republican Spain
by Ben Naylor, supervised by Prof. Greg Woolf
The flower of suffering
by Nuria Scapin, supervised by Prof. Stephen Halliwell
Voluntary Associations in the post-classical polis
by Julietta Steinhauer, supervised by Prof Greg Woolf, Prof. Joerg Ruepke
The Sons of Homer/The Sons of Rama: Performers of epic in Greece and India
by Emerson Stevens, supervised by Dr. Jon Hesk
A Return to Old Splendour?: Late- and Post-Roman Attitudes Towards Classical Monuments, 312-552
by Douglas Underwood, supervised by Professor Greg Woolf
Centuriation and its alternatives: a reconsideration of Roman land division.
by Anouk Vermeulen, supervised by Prof. Greg Woolf
Spartan austerity between 650 to 350 BCE
by Jackie Whalen, supervised by Dr Rebecca Sweetman
Moral expertise in the Roman Empire
by Matthijs Wibier, supervised by Professor Jill Harries and Dr Alex Long
Previous postgraduate research
Selected theses by postgraduates in the School of Classics are available online via the University's Digital Repository Research@StAndrews:FullText.
The University Library holds a print copy of each thesis produced by students at the University. You can browse the PhD collection in the main library catalogue, or view other theses collections. If you would like to request a thesis, please refer to finding and requesting theses for more information.
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