Ancient Studies

The Ancient World and its heritage are the focal points within the programme of Ancient Studies. You learn to critically reflect upon processes of cultural interaction in Antiquity and beyond, with specific attention to the Mediterranean world and to the various ways in which its rich and innovative cultures have contributed to historical and cultural developments in later times. To study such processes, you are trained to use an interdisciplinary approach that combines various perspectives, theories and methodologies. For this purpose, you acquire a thorough knowledge of the ancient world's cultural, historical, material, textual and philosophical aspects.

In the second and third year of the Ancient Studies programme, you specialise in one of the adjacent disciplines offered in Antiquity (Ancient History; Archaeology; Akkadian and Ancient Near Eastern Studies; Greek; Latin). Thus you obtain sufficient in-depth knowledge in addition to your unique, interdisciplinary perspective. Furthermore, you choose a minor or take electives (30 EC). Finally, you write a thesis in which you study a subject related to Antiquity from an interdisciplinary perspective.

ACASA

The BA programme Ancient Studies is offered by the Amsterdam Centre for Ancient Studies and Archaeology (ACASA), the academic centre that brings together the expertise of UvA and VU in the fields of ancient studies, classics, and archaeology. All courses are offered at the UvA campus in the centre of Amsterdam.

In connection with the covid-measures, admissions for the academic year 2022 allow exceptions to the ‘BA-before-MA rule’, see the addendum to the Teaching and Examination Regulations