2026 Winter 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
Tutors: Levi Bak & Josh Hall
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: Samuel Wessels
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: Texts will include selections from Xenophon, Apollodorus and documentary sources.
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: Theokritos Idyll 11 and then Iliad 16.
Koine Greek Intermediate/Advanced
Tutor: Gabe Jower
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: TBA
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: Cornelius Nepos, Life of Hannibal.
Latin Advanced
Tutor: Philip Brophy
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: Suetonius' Life of Caligula (Extracts).
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: Helen Neale
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: Maia Johns
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: Excerpts from Seti I's Hypostyle Hall at Karnak (Late Egyptian) and Stela of Irtysen (Middle Egyptian).
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Coptic Beginners
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.