Classics (Literae Humaniores)

Number of places at Balliol

7-8

Subject information

See the Faculty of Classics website and the course page on the undergraduate admissions website.

Course requirements

Please see the entrance requirements pages on the undergraduate admissions website for more information.

College requirements

None specific to Balliol.

Admissions/Selection criteria

For information on how applicants are assessed, see the selection criteria pages on the Classics Faculty website.

Classics at Balliol

Balliol is in every way one of the biggest Classics colleges in Oxford. We are unusual in having fellows in all four of the main areas of the subject, a large, vibrant, and cohesive community of undergraduates (as well as postgraduates), a college library with one of the best Classics collections in Oxford, and plenty of opportunities to participate in the wider life of the subject, including Classics societies, and travel grants. We are delighted recently to have appointed a new Fellow in Latin Literature, Dr Matthew Robinson, who himself completed his Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees at Balliol. We are also particularly pleased that our Fellow in Greek Literature has recently won 2 Teaching Awards.

Tutors

Professor Rosalind Thomas, Fellow in Ancient History (works esp. on Herodotus, ancient literacy and orality, polis histories).
Dr Jessica Moss, Fellow in Ancient Philosophy (Plato and Aristotle, especially ethics and psychology).
Dr Adrian Kelly, Fellow in Greek Literature (Homer, Hesiod, and Greek tragedy). In 2012 Adrian's teaching has been recognised by an OUSU Most Acclaimed Lecturer award, and a Balliol JCR Excellence in Teaching Award!
Dr Matthew Robinson, Fellow in Latin Literature (Augustan Poetry, Ovid, Propertius, Virgil).