2025 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: TBA
Suitable for students who have completed a MALS Ancient Greek Beginners course or 1 unit of university-level Ancient Greek (contact [email protected] 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: TBA
Suitable for students with 2-3 units of university-level Ancient Greek or equivalent (contact [email protected] 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: TBA
Classical Greek Advanced
Tutor: Peter Brown
Suitable for students with 3–4 units of university-level Ancient Greek or equivalent (contact [email protected] 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: Herodotus Book 2 and Theocritus, Idyll 1. Texts and notes available on the learning materials page.
Koine Greek Intermediate/Advanced
Tutors: Gabe Jower and Samuel Wessels
Suitable for students with 2–3 units of university-level Ancient Greek or equivalent (contact [email protected] 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
Hieroglyphic Egyptian Beginners
Tutors: Pauline Stanton
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: Ellen Ryan
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 [email protected] 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
Tutor: TBA
Suitable for students with 2 units of university-level Hieroglyphic Egyptian or equivalent (contact [email protected] if you require further advice).
This course will include treatment of more advanced grammatical concepts integrated with a selection of guided readings.
Texts: TBA
Hieroglyphic Egyptian Advanced
Tutor: Helen Neale
Suitable for students with 3–4 units of university-level Hieroglyphic Egyptian or equivalent (contact [email protected] if you require further advice).
This course provides guided reading of Middle Egyptian Texts.
Texts: Will of Naunakht and the Abydos Stela of Neferhotep I. Texts will be made available on the learning materials page by late May.
Meroitic/Old Nubian Beginners
Tutors: Julien Cooper and colleague
Suitable for students with no experience of these languages. This is a rare opportunity to explore the ancient languages of the Sudan. Further information available shortly.
Text: TBA.
Coptic Beginners
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 in June.