2026 Summer Week Program
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Classical Greek Beginners
Tutor: Katarina Cipuseva
Suitable for students with no experience of the language.
This course introduces students to the Greek script and provides the fundamental grammar and vocabulary of the Attic dialect, used by such famous writers as Thucydides, Sophocles, and Plato. We use Chapters 1–4 of Luschnig’s Introduction (see below) as a framework for study.
Textbook: C. A. E. Luschnig, An Introduction to Ancient Greek: A Literary Approach, 2nd edn (Hackett: Indianapolis & Cambridge, 2007). See our FAQs page for textbook suppliers.
Classical Greek Experienced Beginners
Tutor: Gabriel Jower & Levi Bak
Suitable for students who have completed a MALS Ancient Greek Beginners course or 1 unit of university-level Ancient Greek (contact mals@mq.edu.au if you require further advice).
This course provides an overview of grammar taught in the beginners-level course, follow-on treatment of grammar, and some guided readings. After revision of Chapters 1–4 of Luschnig’s Introduction (see below), we proceed to using Chapters 5–8 as a framework for study.
Textbook: C. A. E. Luschnig, An Introduction to Ancient Greek: A Literary Approach, 2nd edn (Hackett: Indianapolis & Cambridge, 2007). See our FAQs page for textbook suppliers.
Classical Greek Intermediate
Tutors: Paul Reisner
Suitable for students with 2-3 units of university-level Ancient Greek or equivalent (contact mals@mq.edu.au if you require further advice). Students should have a good grasp of the basic grammar of the language and be ready to explore original texts.
This course will include treatment of more advanced grammatical concepts integrated with readings.
Texts: Xenophon, Anabasis I
Classical Greek Advanced
Tutor: Peter Brown
Suitable for students with 3–4 units of university-level Ancient Greek or equivalent (contact mals@mq.edu.au for further advice). Students should have a confident grasp of the language. Some prior experience of reading original texts is recommended as a prerequisite.
This course provides guided reading of original ancient texts.
Texts: Sophocles, Antigone. Texts and notes available on the learning materials page.
Koine Greek Intermediate/Advanced
Tutor: Samuel Wessels
Suitable for students with 2–3 units of university-level Ancient Greek or equivalent (contact mals@mq.edu.au for further advice). Students should have a confident grasp of the language. Some prior experience of reading original texts is recommended as a prerequisite.
This course provides guided reading of original ancient texts.
Texts: TBA
Latin Beginners
Tutor: Ciaran McAliece
Suitable for students with no experience of the language.
This course introduces students to the fundamental grammar and vocabulary of classical Latin.
Texts: The textbook will be sent to students via email before the start of the MALS week.
Latin Experienced Beginners
Tutor: Mark Matic
Suitable for students with who have completed a MALS Latin Beginners course or 1 unit of university-level Latin (contact mals@mq.edu.au if you require further advice).
This course provides an overview of grammar taught in the beginners-level course, follow-on treatment of grammar, and some guided readings.
Texts: The textbook will be sent to students via email before the start of the MALS week.
Latin Intermediate
Tutor: Andrew Gollan
Suitable for students with 2-3 units of university-level Latin or equivalent(contact mals@mq.edu.au if you require further advice).
This course will include treatment of more advanced grammatical concepts integrated with readings.
Texts: TBA.
Latin Advanced
Tutor: Trevor Evans
Suitable for students with 3-4 units of university-level Latin or equivalent (contact mals@mq.edu.au if you require further advice). Students should have a confident grasp of the language. Some prior experience of reading original texts is recommended as a prerequisite.
This course provides guided reading of original ancient texts.
Texts: TBA mid December. See the learning materials page for more information and copies of the texts.
Hieroglyphic Egyptian Beginners
Tutors: Ellen Ryan
Suitable for students with no experience of the language.
This course will introduce students to the Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic script, and will explore the fundamentals of Middle Egyptian grammar and vocabulary. Students will have the opportunity to read short hieroglyphic inscriptions from a range of periods of Egyptian history.
Textbook: A hieroglyphic sign list will be made available to students by early December on the MALS website. Students may wish to purchase B. G. Ockinga, A Concise Grammar of Middle Egyptian: An Outline of Middle Egyptian Grammar 3rd edn (Mainz, 2012) as a reference tool.
Hieroglyphic Egyptian Experienced Beginners
Tutors: Tanya Blake
Suitable for students who are returning to the study of Egyptian after some time or have completed the MALS beginners-level course or 1 unit of university-level Hieroglyphic Egyptian or equivalent (contact mals@mq.edu.au if you require further advice).
This course continues the exploration of Middle Egyptian script, grammar, and vocabulary, including complementary readings from the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms.
Text: B. G. Ockinga, A Concise Grammar of Middle Egyptian: An Outline of Middle Egyptian Grammar 3rd edn (Mainz, 2012) as a reference tool.
Hieroglyphic Egyptian Intermediate/Advanced
Tutor: Helen Neale
Suitable for students with 2–4 units of university-level Hieroglyphic Egyptian or equivalent (contact mals@mq.edu.au if you require further advice).
This course provides guided reading of Middle Egyptian Texts.
Texts: TBA mid December.
Old Nubian
Tutor: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
An introduction to the Old Nubian language and its history in Ancient Sudan (or Nubia), Egypt's southern neighbour. Old Nubian was used in this region in the Christian and medieval period (eighth–fifteenth centuries CE) and is the ancestor of the modern Nobiin language, still spoken in northern Sudan. Old Nubian uses a writing system developed from Coptic (itself based on the Greek alphabet) and Meroitic, and it is attested in a wide range of texts from daily life through to official documents, literature, and scripture.
This course will introduce students to the language and its script, sounds, and grammar, and we will build up experience in reading original texts. No training or experience in ancient languages is required. Course materials will be provided by the instructor.
Students who decide to continue with the study of the language may wish to get copies of the standard reference grammar and dictionary: Vincent W. J. van Gerven Oei, A Reference Grammar of Old Nubian (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 299; Leuven: Peeters, 2021); Gerald M. Browne, Old Nubian Dictionary (Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, Subsidia 50; Leuven: Peeters, 1996).
Coptic Beginners (not available at Summer Week 2026)
Tutor: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
Suitable for students with no experience of the language. This is a rare opportunity to explore the late form of Egyptian.
Text: TBA.
Old Persian Beginners
Tutor: Christopher Haddad
Suitable for students with no experience of the language. This course introduces students to the fundamental grammar and vocabulary of Old Persian, an early Indo-European Language of Iran, best known from the famous Behistun inscription.
Text: Textbook will be supplied to students via email late December.