Italian PhD

Doctorate-level study is an opportunity to make an original, positive contribution to research in Italian.<br/><br/>Italian has been studied at the University of Edinburgh since the eighteenth century. The first lectureship in the subject was established in 1919 and, today, it is a broad area of study involving a sizeable community of teaching and research staff, language tutors, and PhD students.<br/><br/>We founded the Edinburgh Journal of Gadda Studies in 2000 and co-ordinate the international Edinburgh Gadda Prize. To mark our centenary in 2019, we hosted the Biennial Conference of the Society for Italian Studies.<br/><br/>**Research excellence**<br/><br/>In the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021), our research in Italian was submitted in Modern Languages and Linguistics (Panel D - Arts and Humanities; Unit of Assessment 26).<br/><br/>The results reaffirm Edinburgh’s position as one of the UK’s leading research universities - third in the UK.<br/><br/>As published in Times Higher Educations REF power ratings, this result is based on the quality and breadth of our research in the unit of assessment.<br/><br/>Join our interdisciplinary community and undertake your PhD under the guidance of our experienced and well-published supervisors. <br/><br/>Our expertise covers most areas of Italian cultural studies from the Middle Ages to the present, including:<br/><br/><br/>* literary history and theory<br/><br/><br/>* comparative studies<br/><br/><br/>* translation<br/><br/><br/>* film studies<br/><br/><br/>* philology<br/><br/><br/>* philosophy<br/><br/><br/>* intermediality<br/><br/><br/>* cultural studies<br/><br/><br/>* decolonial studies<br/><br/><br/>* digital humanities<br/><br/><br/>* environmental humanities<br/><br/><br/>* political theory<br/><br/><br/>* practice-led research<br/><br/><br/>Across the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) and the wider University, we are able to support PhD theses crossing boundaries between languages and/or disciplines. <br/><br/>Over the course of your PhD, you will be expected to complete an original body of work under the expert guidance of your supervisors leading to a dissertation of usually between 80,000 and 100,000 words.<br/><br/>You will be awarded your doctorate if your thesis is judged to be of an appropriate standard, and your research makes a definite contribution to knowledge.<br/><br/>**Go beyond the books**<br/><br/>Beyond the Books is a podcast from the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen. <br/><br/>Listen to a mix of PhD, early career and established researchers talk about their journey to and through academia and about their current and recent research. Guests include Dr Emanuela Patti (Series 2 - Episode 8) talking about her research at the intersection of literary, media, and cultural studies.