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Thanks for the update! Glad to see that our promotional materials are up. Cheers, Debra

Greetings, I'm the Grad Chair in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Western Ontario, and I hope that my post here won't be too much of an intrusion by someone on the other side of this whole process. I will say, moreover, that it's not too long since I was in your shoes and can sympathize with the stress that this process generates: I wish you all well in your applications this season. More specifically, I wish to draw your attention to the grad programs at Western Ontario: we offer both the MA and the PhD in Classics, and in conjunction with the Philosophy Department we will be introducing a new MA in Ancient Philosophy (see ). In the Department of Classics, we have had tremendous success in placing our MA graduates into top PhD programs, including Brown, Cincinnati, Cambridge, FSU, McMaster, Stanford, Toronto, UCLA and York. Recent additions to our faculty complement have expanded our research expertise beyond Western’s longstanding excellence in Greek poetry (Brown, Suksi, MacLachlan): we now have scholars actively working on projects related to ancient literature and literary theory (Pogorzelski, Stocking), Roman social history (Olson, Greene), Greek oratory and social memory (Steinbock), Roman military history and ethnography (Greene, Meyer), Greek philosophy and rhetoric (Sharp), Roman historiography (Nousek), and art and archaeology (Wilson, Greene). In the area of material culture and archaeology, Elizabeth Greene and Alexander Meyer (co-directors) established the Vindolanda Field School, an ongoing excavation project which will see its second season in summer 2013. We offer guaranteed funding packages (though students are expected to pay tuition and fees) for both degrees to all qualified applicants, for both Canadian and International students. There are opportunities to study with award-winning professors in all the major subfields of Classics combined with a high degree of faculty/student interaction. Western’s Classics department also enjoys a fruitful collaboration with the Departments of Modern Languages and Literatures, Philosophy, Visual Arts, and Women’s Studies and Feminist Research. Our library resources are outstanding, with a first-class collection of classical texts and research resources, both in print and online. There are fieldwork opportunities for students interested in Classical Archaeology and travel funding is available for students to conduct or present their research at conferences and other research venues. For further information, please contact the Department by email at clasgrad@uwo.ca, by viewing our Departmental website www.uwo.ca/classics, or by writing to me directly at dnousek[at]uwo.ca. I will check back here as well if you would prefer to ask questions in this forum. With best wishes for the upcoming application season, Debra Nousek

Greetings, For those of you with interests in ancient philosophy, I am writing to announce a new MA program that will come on board for September 2013. The application deadline is January 7, 2013. Description and details are set out below. I am happy to answer any questions either here in this forum or via email (address below). Cheers, Debra Nousek Graduate Chair, Department of Classical Studies Program Director, MA in Ancient Philosophy University of Western Ontario ---------- The Departments of Classical Studies and Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada, are pleased to announce a new two-year M.A. in Ancient Philosophy, now accepting applications for September 2013. This program is aimed primarily at undergraduate students interested in pursuing ancient philosophy at the doctoral level. Western has one of the largest concentrations of faculty in the field, including five specialists in ancient philosophy and an additional four core members with areas of research related to Greek and Roman language and history. This interdisciplinary program is the only M.A. program of its kind in North America and only one of a handful of similar programs in the world. Students in the program will be provided with the philosophical and philological skills necessary for work at the doctoral level, which requires assessing philosophical arguments on the basis of a careful study of the text in the original language. To that end, students in the program will enroll in graduate seminars in the Philosophy Department, where they will acquire a level of understanding necessary for pursuing a Ph.D. dissertation in at least one of the major ancient philosophical traditions, as well as a critical awareness of the main philosophical problems that shape the broader discipline (e.g. essentialism, problem of universals, virtue ethics, etc.). Students will also have the option of taking seminars in other areas of philosophy in order to broaden their philosophical training. On the language side, students will take courses in Greek and Latin through the Classics Department. Students who graduate from the program can expect to have a command of at least one of the two languages (Greek or Latin), which will allow them to read texts in the original language for the purpose of conducting doctoral research, and a complete introduction to grammar and syntax in the other language. All qualified students (both Canadian and international students) admitted to degree programs at Western are guaranteed funding for the duration of their program (five terms for M.A. degrees), assuming that they maintain good academic standing. Students benefit from access to the outstanding research resources available in our libraries and archives, as well as from the close proximity to other centers of research excellence in neighboring cities and universities. The application deadline is January 7, 2013. Application information, admission requirements and a list of participating faculty can be found on the program’s website: http://uwo.ca/philos...MA_AncPhil.html. For any additional information, please contact the Program Administrator, Susan Bock (sbock@uwo.ca), or by writing to me directly (dnousek@uwo.ca).