Department of Classical and Early Mediterranean Studies

Research Opportunities at Home and Abroad

Elizabeth Allen, Professor Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow, Benjamin Federlin, and Briana Schiff standing behind a table

From L-R: Elizabeth Allen, Professor Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow, Benjamin Federlin, and Briana Schiff

The Roman Room at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts

The Roman Room at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Designed to combine class experience and scholarship with experiential learning, the Master's Program in Ancient Greek and Roman Studies offers students many firsthand opportunities to understand aesthetic creativity within the ancient world, investigate the problems of historical and archaeological preservation, gain insight into archival documentation of antiquity, learn digital technologies, and gain expertise in visual media related to the ancient world (including slides, digital databases, and Internet resources).

Programs

Research opportunities include summer archaeological fieldwork, research, and/or study with the following programs:

Funding

Significant funding for summer travel, tuition, or expenses related to fieldwork and research are available through the generosity of our donors.

  • Access to Brandeis' Classical Studies Artifact Research Collection
  • Students frequently take advantage of our close proximity to Boston, with a wide variety of museum exhibitions and collections including those at the Museum of Fine Arts, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Harvard Museums, and the Museum of Science