Dr Shaun A. Mudd

2016 to present

Drink: a History (Level I Lecture Response Unit, HIST20047)

Undergraduate module (Level 2 students), Department of History, University of Bristol

This module explored people's relationship with alcohol from prehistory to the modern day.  Due to the wide chronological range, several teachers collaborated to deliver this module.  I was responsible for designing and delivering the content concerning the ancient Greco-Roman world; this centred upon several hours of interactive lectures.  For more information on the module itself, follow this link.

July 2015 to present

The LTHE (Learning and Teaching in Higher Education) Programme

HEA-accredited training programme for postgraduate students and academic staff, Academic Development, University of Exeter

Collaboratively planning, teaching and facilitating all stages of this programme (up to 22.5 contact hours per participant, up to 400 participants per year). Similarly, planning and administering all levels of assessment on this programme, including the AFHEA accreditation and Advanced Certificate in LTHE (30 Masters-level credits).   For more information on the programme itself, follow this link.

25th February 2014

Invited Expert for the ‘Assessment’ Session of ‘Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (LTHE) – Stage 2’

HEA-accredited training session for postgraduate students and academic staff, Academic Development, University of Exeter

I was invited as a subject expert (for Classics and Ancient History) to speak at an LTHE Stage 2 session regarding assessment practices in my discipline.

2014 to 2015

‘Roman History: Problems and Sources’ (CLA 1002/2002)

Undergraduate module (Level 1 and 2 students), Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Exeter

I was part of the teaching staff for the second term of this two-term module. This module focused upon Roman History from 753BC to AD476, with a particular focus upon 168BC-AD193. The second term focuses upon the period from the reign of Augustus onwards. For more information on the module itself, follow this link.

7th November 2013

‘Wine in Ancient Medical Thought’ guest lecture for the modules: ‘Food in Antiquity’ (CLA3111) and ‘Food and Culture: Ancient and Modern’ (CLAM056)

Undergraduate module (Level 3 students) and Masters module respectively, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Exeter

I prepared and delivered a lecture comprising part of an academic module for Level 3 students and taught masters. For more information on the modules themselves, follow this link, and this link.

2013 to 2014

‘Greek History: Problems and Sources’ (CLA 1001/2001)

Undergraduate module (Level 1 and 2 students), Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Exeter

I was part of the teaching staff for the second term of this two-term module.  This module provided an introduction for the period of Greek History in the Classical and Hellenistic periods; the second term focused on the period from the reign of Alexander the Great until 146BC. Through a close study of the ancient sources, students gained an understanding of the limitations of textual evidence, of the major issues, themes and problems of this period. For more information on the module itself, follow this link.

2013 to 2014

‘Ancient Sources (Written Evidence): Greek Historiography to the end of the Fifth Century BC’ (CLA 1305/2302)

Undergraduate module (Level 1 and 2 students), Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Exeter

This module considered the development of the Greek prose historical tradition in the fifth and fourth centuries. It provided an in-depth study of the three major historians of this period: Herodotus, Thucydides and Xenophon. Students learnt how to analyse, evaluate and use texts, and how to relate their style and development to the wider context of literary developments in the fifth century, and to analyse and evaluate these texts within the Greek historiographical tradition. For more information on the module itself, follow this link.

July 2012 to present

‘Roman Food and Drink’ widening participation workshops for the ‘Discover/Explore Humanities Days’

A ‘taster class’ for school/college pupils (Years 10 and 12; usually aged 14-15 and 17-18), Student Recruitment and Widening Participation, University of Exeter

I am responsible for the planning and delivery of a Classics and Ancient History taster-class given to multiple groups of school children as part of the ‘Year 10 Discover Humanities Days’ (previously: ‘Humanities Taster Days’) and ‘Year 12 Explore Humanities Days’; these provide school and college students with an opportunity to sample university subjects.  My session introduces pupils to the study of Roman food and drink, and the history of food more generally.  I also organised an entirely Classics and Ancient History themed Year 12 day (4 July 2013), scheduling three coordinated taster-sessions delivered by three different teachers. For more information on the Taster Day itself, follow this link.

February 2012 to present

The Interview Experience (part of 'The Exeter Award')

Undergraduate employability workshop, Employability and Graduate Development, University of Exeter

I am responsible for regularly delivering an employability skills workshop to small groups of undergraduate students (up to 25).  For more information on the workshop itself, follow this link.

2012 to 2013

Ancient World: Symposium (CLA1506/2506)

Undergraduate module (Level 1 and 2 students), Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Exeter

This module addressed key issues of the Greek symposium. It was concerned with social organisation, politics and literary production. Students learnt how to analyse, evaluate and use literary and historical sources, along with images on vases, as sources for understanding Greek society. For more information on the module itself, follow this link.

2011 to 2012

Ancient Sources (Written Evidence): Nature and Culture (CLA1205/2305)

Undergraduate module (Level 1 and 2 students), Department of Classics and Ancient History (University of Exeter)

This module explored Greek culture by using ideas of nature and culture that have been applied in many disciplines and would include modern concerns over the environment, animals, and global warming. For more information on the module itself, follow this link.