Classical Studies deals with all aspects of Graeco-Roman Antiquity: material and visual culture, literature and language, ideas and ideals. We also study how Graeco-Roman culture interacts with other Mediterranean cultures and how it was received and re-interpreted in later periods. Classical Studies combines two scholarly traditions: Classical Archaeology (the study of the material culture of Antiquity) and Classical Philology (the study of Greek and Latin language and literature.
In the history programme at Aarhus University we study the past to understand the present. A thorough knowledge of the past is an important tool for understanding ourselves and the world that we live in. Knowledge of the past provides depth and breadth; it allows us to look beyond the current agenda and put the world in perspective. Studying history does not provide definitive answers to contemporary dilemmas, but it does offer us the opportunity to engage in a continuous dialogue about how the world obtained its present shape, and how we have become who we are.
| Name | Job title | Phone | Building | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jensen, Mette Frisk | Senior Advisor, PHD, Leader of danmarkshistorien.dk | hismfj@cas.au.dk | +4587162327 | 1461, 420 |
| Sørensen, Anne Ingeborg Frank | Senior Advisor | hisais@cas.au.dk | +4550177474 | 1461, 525 |
2020.05.28 | Globale Studier, Ceremony / opening, Teologi, Historie og Klassiske Studier, Historie, Klassiske studier
Call for nominations for the Nils Klim prize 2021
2020.05.15 | Klassiske studier, Historie og Klassiske Studier
Profiting from a recently developed OCR-technique, this project will digitize the Danish literature written in Latin and printed between 1482-1600, and subsequently make the texts available through the Royal Library and the Society for Danish Language and Literature. It has hitherto not been possible to OCR early printed books with existing…
