PhD in Classics/PhD in Ancient History in New Haven United States | Yale University

For over a hundred years, Yale historians have led groundbreaking research on ancient civilizations, with the university's libraries and museums offering exceptional resources that showcase this legacy: North America's most comprehensive numismatic collection, the globally celebrated Beinecke Library's vast assortment of Greek, Demotic, Coptic, and Arabic papyri, and remarkable archaeological finds from Dura Europos exhibited at the Yale Art Gallery. Building on this distinguished heritage of innovation, Yale's Combined Degree in Classics and History continues to pioneer in this dynamic, evolving discipline. This interdisciplinary program encourages students to expand both conceptual and geographical horizons as the field transforms through novel approaches and revolutionary analytical methods. Yale's trio of ancient history scholars guide students in examining diverse topics across Greek and Roman territories—from the Iberian Peninsula to the Ganges Delta, from the Nile's First Cataract to the Baltic Sea—covering eras from Cicero's time to the Silk Road's prominence, and spanning the Archaic period through Late Antiquity.