Ancient Worlds Network Residential 2025
We are pleased to announce that the AWN's 2025 residential will be taking place between the 18th and 21st of March 2025! This is an excellent, free, opportunity for all of those interested in studying aspects of the ancient world to live, study, and socialise in an Oxford College alongside some of the world's experts in ancient philosophy, archaeology, history, and literature.
Applications for this residential will be open between 2/1/25 and 31/1/25 and all Year 12 students from the North-West of England are encouraged to apply using the link below.
Application Form (Opens 2/1/25, Deadline 31/1/25) : forms.office.com/e/3SnHvFdK1a
Download a draft of the Residential Timetable here to get a taste of what you can expect.
Download the Residential Poster here.
Why study the ancient world?
One of the great reasons to study the ancient world at university is that it is fundamentally strange to us while recognisable in its foundations, a combination which is helpful in making us more aware of the peculiar way in which our own world works. The history, philosophy, archaeology and literature we have access to from the distant past is never easy to understand, and must be studied together in order to make sense of any single part.
The challenge is not to try and make the ancient world more familiar, but embrace its distance and strangeness as an asset, and use it to learn to ask better questions about individuals and society in any place and any time. This allows us to become more sensitive to our own thoughts, behaviours, and responses to the world around us.
