Methodologies of interpretation

At the root of building a picture of the past from the evidence available to us, whether that be a classical text, a statue or an archaeological assemblage, lie methodologies of interpretation.

The Department focuses on histories of scholarship, hermeneutics, the transmission and reception of historical cultures across time, and explicit reflection on disciplinary differences in discussing texts, visual culture and archaeology. By doing so, our research contributes to this fundamental aspect of the study of the past.

Priority areas

• Historiography and narrative
• Visuality
• Transmission and reception

Key staff

• Mark Bradley
• Carl Buckland
• Tiziana D'Angelo
• Gareth Davies
• Lynn Fotheringham
• Emily Kneebone
• Andreas Kropp
• Helen Lovatt
• Simon Malloch
• Alex Mullen 
• Mark Pearce
• Oliver Thomas
• Nicholas Wilshere
• George Woudhuysen

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