Classics & Ancient History Essay Competition
Over 80 year 12 students submitted an essay as part of our Classics and Ancient History Essay Competition 2012.
The competition was open to all students currently studying in Year 12 anywhere in the UK, and is designed to give students of any subject the opportunity to write an essay on the classical world. We are delighted to announce the winners:
Overall winner: Alexander Barr
Ancient History category: Alexander Barr
Ancient Philosophy category: Jaleh Caprez
Classical Archaeology category: Hugo Camps-Harris
Classical Languages and Literature category: Rosie Watterson
The following entrants received a certificate of high commendation for their entries:
Katie Byford, Jonathan Cook, Marie-Laure Hay, Matthew Hodson, Molly Jehan, Katherine New, and Eliza Vierny.
A report on this year’s competition will be available to download here shortly. Read the report on last year's competition.
Studying the Ancient World
St John’s offers courses in Classics & Joint Schools, Classical Archaeology and Ancient History, and History (Ancient and Modern). We welcome applications from students with and without prior experience of studying the ancient world. Please use the Related Links on the right to find out more about our courses.
This essay competition is part of a range of activities offered by the Classics faculty at Oxford. Further information about their work with schools can be found on their outreach website, Discover Classics.
