Classical Philology

The basic form of Doctoral Studies of Classical Philology is individual, systematic preparation for creative scientific and scholarly work. This scholarly preparation is in the form of obligatory-optional lectures, individual consultations, autonomous preparation, and the reading of assigned original literature, including its interpretations. The concluding part of the doctoral studies is the creation of a dissertation thesis.

After successfully completing his/her studies the graduate is able to:

• systematically understanding the methodology of a particular subdiscipline of classical philology as well as its overreach into neighbouring fields
• conceiving, proposing, and realizing advanced research methods and enriching classical philology with their original research
• independently engaging in the scientific process, including self-reflexion
• creating an extensive work in the field of classical philology, which would contribute to broadening the horizons of knowledge
• presenting and defending the results of their research on the international forum

A graduate of the doctoral studies of classical philology is, depending on their subdisciplinary specialization, thoroughly educated in a field of Latin or Greek linguistics, or Roman or Greek literary science, including the historiographical, linguistic, and socio-cultural contexts (based on their interest of choice, for example in the field of ancient philosophy and religion, ancient fine art, Greco-Roman history, comparative linguistics, or comparative literary science). Besides being well-read in ancient Latin or Greek texts, they perfectly understand the theoretical and methodological principles of translation of original ancient Latin or Greek writings. They have deep knowledge of their specialized subject of choice and they are equipped with theoretical and methodological prowess, which they apply during their individual, creative scientific work. They can speak at least one foreign language perfectly and are theoretically well-suited to adopt further modern foreign languages in the context of Europe, especially Romance languages or Modern Greek.

Graduates are capable of independent application in all employments, especially those related to the humanities and demanding individual and critical thinking, mainly at universities or choice high schools (after the possible expansion of teaching capabilities), at scientific institutions, or in the field of media and translation of scholarly literature. They can also find employment in humanities-oriented institutes of the Academy of Science, in archives, libraries, museums, in printing houses, and even in diplomacy and the agencies of the European Union.

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The state doctoral examination: The candidate prepares a commentary and a defence of five thematical topics. They choose these topics in collaboration with their supervisor and hand them in in written form (each approximately 3-5 pages including works cited) to the Secretariat of the DCS FA MU at least two months in advance of the scheduled examination date. These topics must not coincide with the topic of the dissertation thesis. The Field-of-Study Committee of Classical Philology has the right to decline insufficiently prepared materials and return them to be reworked. During the examination, based on the demands of the committee, the candidate will elaborate on at least two of the topics and answer supplementary questions.