The MA in Byzantine Studies and Modern Greek is designed to a) bring students who may have studied only one aspect of Byzantium in their undergraduate course to a more rounded and interdisciplinary understanding of Byzantium, b) to allow Byzantinists to further their own overall understanding of the subject while gaining some knowledge of Modern Greek and c) to allow students wishing to specialise in Modern Greek to gain the necessary training.

The course extends over twelve months from the end of September, but candidates wishing to proceed to PhD work on a grant will need to submit their dissertation rather earlier (in August). Part-time candidates take the course over 24 months or more.

Prerequisites
Good Honours degree in Byzantine Studies; or a related honours degree. Knowledge of any Byzantine language is not essential before admission.

Course content
Normally eight half-modules in:
(A) Byzantine Greek texts
(B) Visual Sources for the Byzantinist
(C) Research Methods
(D) Special research field or wider research field
(E) Computer Applications in Byzantine Studies
(F) Reading Byzantium in another medieval or modern language

For those who satisfy examiners in the taught modules: (G) Dissertation of up to 15,000 words on an agreed topic.

Assessment
Coursework and dissertation.

For further information contact
Dr Anthony Hirst
Institute of Byzantine Studies
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast BT7 1NN
Northern Ireland.
Tel: +44 (0) 28 9097 3817
Fax: +44 (0) 28 9097 5274
a.hirst@qub.ac.uk; www.qub.ac.uk/ibs