We bring together experts in archaeology, classics and ancient history, gender and cultural studies, history, and philosophy. Our archaeologists span not only the globe but also time, exploring the pre-history of Australia and the extraordinary ruins of medieval Angkor, the Middle East and the archaeology of the Silk Road.

Our classicists and historians are internationally respected researchers in ancient languages, literature and history – from Ancient Rome and Greece to Europe in the Middle Ages, current politics, and the history of ‘sex and scandal’.

Our researchers in gender and cultural studies have expertise in a wide variety of contemporary themes including sexuality, ethnicity, youth cultures, film and television, the environment and animal-human relations.

Our philosophers will make you think about everything from the great philosophers of the past to the latest developments in ethics, logic, epistemology, metaphysics and aesthetics.

Our departments and programs

• Department of Archaeology
• Department of Classics and Ancient History 
• Department of Gender and Cultural Studies 
• Department of History
• Department of Philosophy
  
• International and Global Studies program (INGS)
• Museum and Heritage Studies

For information on the wide variety of events hosted by the Departments, Centres and programs in SOPHI please check our Events pages.

• 23 September @4-5pm: The current crisis in perspective
• 14 October @4-5pm: Higher Education Reform—where to now? 
• 4 November @4-5pm: Humanities and the Social Sciences  
• 2 December @4-5pm: Archiving University Life in the Age of Covid-19
  

Chaired by Julia Horne, University Historian at the University of Sydney and co-convenor of History of University Life.

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SOPHI brings together experts in archaeology, classics and ancient history, gender and cultural studies, history, and philosophy. This new SOPHI blog initiative aims to bring their ideas to wider audience. Find out more about the research happening in our School.