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POSTGRADUATE BURSARIES IN CLASSICS AT LEEDSThe Department of Classics at the University of Leeds invites applications for its PhD research degree programme and associated funding opportunities.RESEARCH COMMUNITYResearch students in Classics at Leeds become part of a thriving intellectual community, as the Department currently has 9 full-time members of academic staff and 31 postgraduate students (11 PhD, 1 MPhil and 19 MA). The Postgraduate Seminar, which meets on a weekly basis during term and is attended by students on all taught and research degree programmes, provides a friendly and supportive forum for our graduates to exchange information and talk to each other about their work; in addition, most weeks in term-time there is an informal student-run work-in-progress meeting.&#160; The Department also hosts regular talks from both internal and external speakers (as part of the Departmental Research Seminar and Classical Association meetings), as well as regular conferences.&#160; All postgraduate students are very well served by the University Library, which houses an exceptionally full collection of classical books and periodicals, and are encouraged to make use of the computing, library and photocopying facilities within the Department. They are also warmly invited to come along to the weekly staff-postgraduate Departmental lunch during term.For more details about members of staff, their interests and the research culture at Leeds, consult our website:&#160; http://www.leeds.ac.uk/classics/FUNDING OPPORTUNITIESThe Department is pleased to announce the following funding opportunities for PhDs in Classics at Leeds:i) University of Leeds research scholarships: these cover academic fees for three years and an annual maintenance grant of up to &#163;13,570 per annum.&#160; Up to 18 of these are available (across the whole University) for PhDs beginning in the session 2010-11; Classics students have had a high rate of success in obtaining these scholarships over the last few years.&#160; The closing date is 1 June 2010.&#160; For more information and application forms, see http://scholarships.leeds.ac.uk/ii) Department of Classics bursaries: these cover academic fees for three years and an annual contribution to maintenance of &#163;2,500.&#160; All PhD applications received by 1 June 2010 will automatically be considered for these departmental bursaries, of which up to two are offered for PhDs beginning in the session 2010-11. iii) Whether or not you are successful in obtaining other funding, there are substantial opportunities for hourly-paid teaching and administrative assistant work within the Department.&#160; Teaching typically consists of undergraduate seminar-taking and essay marking, but may also include language teaching for suitably qualified students.&#160; All successful PhD applicants will be contacted by the Teaching Assistant coordinator to discuss opportunities for 2010-11.AREAS OF SUPERVISIONBelow is a summary of just some of the areas in which the Department can provide expert supervision:Homer and Hesiod (Heath, Pender)Greek and Roman Drama (Heath, Maltby, May)Greek Oratory and Rhetoric (Brock, Heath)Hellenistic Poetry (Belcher)Augustan Literature and Society (Belcher, Goodman, Green, Maltby)Neronian Literature and Society (Green, May)Roman Novel (May)Greek and Roman Religion (Green, Stafford)Greek Art (Stafford)Greek Philosophy (Heath, Pender)Greek History (Brock, Stafford)Greek Historiography (Brock)Cities in the Roman World (Goodman)Etymology and Wordplay (Maltby)Ancient Literary Criticism (Heath)Scholarly Commentaries on Latin Texts (Green, Maltby)For further details, please contact us:Department of ClassicsUniversity of LeedsLEEDS LS2 9JTUnited Kingdom+44 (0)113 343 3537classics.pg@leeds.ac.uk&#160;