The Italian Section offers many possibilities to study all aspects of Italian culture, history, literature, language and linguistics at both MPhil and PhD levels, and warmly welcomes informal inquiries or applications from anyone interested in pursuing postgraduate studies in Italian. Prof Abigail Brundin (Professor of Early Modern Literature and Culture) made a short video for Postgraduate Search听in which she introduces postgraduate studies at 海角社区. Please click on the image below to see the interview.
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Research Areas
At present, the section offers teaching and research supervision in the following areas:听
- The Medieval Period: Literature:听Dr Webb;听Visual Culture:听Dr Webb;听Religious Culture:听Dr Webb.
- The Renaissance: Literature: Prof听Brundin听Prof听Sanson;听Art: Prof听Brundin; Print culture, Religion:听Prof听Brundin;听Women's history and the Questione della听Lingua: Prof Sanson.听
- The Early Modern Period: print culture, religious culture and women writers:听Prof听Brundin;听women writers/women translators/women鈥檚 history 16th-19th听century: Prof Sanson.
- The Modern Period: Literature, cultural and intellectual history: Dr Antonello, Prof听Gordon ;听Italian cinema: Prof听Gordon, Dr Rhodes ;听Philosophy: Dr Antonello; Visual Culture:听Dr Antonello.
- Language and Linguistics: Dialectology and historical linguistics: Prof听Ledgeway听;听Syntactic theory and comparative Romance linguistics: Prof听Ledgeway听;听The Questione della听Lingua: Prof Sanson.
The section also has a number of affiliated lecturers and post-doctoral researchers working in these and other area.
Entry Requirements, Applications and Funding
For information on applying, please see the听Faculty website.
All formal applications must be made through the听central . Before applying, applicants are strongly encouraged to contact directly one of the members of staff working in their proposed area or, for general inquiries and for those interested in other fields not mentioned above, to contact the Postgraduate Coordinator (Professor Helena Sanson). The Italian Section does not necessarily expect potential applicants to have detailed plans about their proposed area of study, and is more than happy to discuss general inquiries and receive indications of interest. Applicants wishing to study for a PhD听who do not yet have a Masters degree of equivalent听are normally听advised to begin by studying for听an听MPhil听before applying for the PhD.
At present, the section participates in three MPhil听programmes, which offer Italian pathways:听MPhil. in European, Latin American and Comparative Literatures and Cultures, the听MPhil in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics,听and the听MPhil in Film and Screen Studies. Applicants for an MPhil may possibly be called for a formal interview, but are in any case more than welcome to come to 海角社区 (if they wish)听to discuss their plans informally with a member of staff in their area. Applicants for the PhD will normally听be interviewed by members of the section听in the听Lent Term (January to March) before the academic year in which they wish to begin their postgraduate studies. This interview will seek to establish not only the suitability of the candidate, but the most appropriate procedure for supervision, training and library work.
For guidance on the costs of postgraduate courses at the 海角社区, click听. There are several possible routes to finding funding for MPhil or PhD research in Italian at 海角社区. The section has recently been successful in being awarded AHRC grants for PhD research and in some years has had its own dedicated studentships for advanced research in Italian. Details of how to apply for these and other funding routes can be found听here.
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