PhD in Literary and Philological Cultures

Academic Year 2018-2019
Subject area Humanistic Studies
Cycle 34°
Coordinator Prof. Luciano Formisano. Starting from 26/02/2019 Prof. Nicola Grandi.
Language Italian
Duration 3 years
Positions 8 positions with scholarship, of which 1 reserved to candidates holding a degree obtained in a foreign university.
Application deadline May 14, 2018 at 01:00 PM (Expired)
Final ranking list Final ranking list available on Studenti Online
Enrolment period From Jul 26, 2018 to Aug 06, 2018
Doctoral programme start date Nov 01, 2018
Operating centre
BOLOGNA
Main Department
Department of Classical Philology and Italian Studies - FICLIT
Associated Departments
Department of History and Cultures - DiSCi
Mobility abroad
Yes (6 months)
Research topics

Curriculum 1: Sciences of antiquity and Sciences of books and documents:
- Greek language and literature
- Latin language and literature
- Classical philology
- Early Christian Literature
- Linguistics
- Digital Humanities
- Bibliography and Library Science
- Paleography

Curriculum 2: Italian Studies Romance Philology and Comparatives literatures:
- Italian Literature
- Contemporary italian literature
- Italian Literature Philology
- Literary Criticism and comparative literature
- Romance Philology
- Digital Humanities
- Linguistics
- Italian Linguistics

Job opportunities and potential areas of employment
- Academic research and teaching
- Teaching in secondary school
- Scientific, educational and multimedia publishing
- Career in the journalism
Admission Board

Surname Name Institution Role e-mail
Benvenuti Giuliana Università   di Bologna member giuliana.benvenuti2@unibo.it
Brunetti Giuseppina Università   di Bologna member giuseppina.brunetti@unibo.it
Pasetti Lucia Università   di Bologna member lucia.pasetti@unibo.it
Tomasi Francesca Università   di Bologna member francesca.tomasi@unibo.it
Vecchi Paola Università   di Bologna member paola.vecchi@unibo.it
Caraffi Patrizia Università   di Bologna substitute patrizia.caraffi@unibo.it
Grandi Nicola Università   di Bologna substitute nicola.grandi@unibo.it
Pieri Bruna Università   di Bologna substitute bruna.pieri@unibo.it
Ruozzi Gino Università   di Bologna substitute gino.ruozzi@unibo.it
Weber Luigi Università   di Bologna substitute luigi.weber@unibo.it
Learning outcomes
Achievement of a fine strategy for scientific research on literary texts. This methodology entails a wide-ranging approach to the texts, involving critical editions, analyses on literary reception, inquiries on formal, linguistic, stylistic levels. Such a stratified methodology clearly provides expertise and skills for a variety of "itinera" and professions: in particular for academic research and teaching, for teaching in high school (also in view of an ongoing update of educational programmes and lines), for publishing and journalism.
Activities to be carried out by Doctoral candidates
Bibliographic inquiries and text readings. Original research focusing on a wide range of advanced issues (including reading of manuscripts and ancient editions, consultation of archives, processing of digital archives and online data, analyses based on philological and linguistic perspectives) for the achievement of a fine methodology for scientific research on literary texts such as critical editions and the study of literary reception and history of ideas.
Research training activities compliant with the Doctoral programme's learning outcomes
In the first and second year of the PhD programme are scheduled 30 hours of lectures planned and interdoctoral seminars common to all PhD students, in addition to 50 hours of curricular teaching (lectures and conferences, specific for individual curricula) and 20 hours of free choice subjects (participation to National and International conferences such as the meetings of ADI or The Europaeum Classics Colloquia, seminars organised by PhD students themselves). The total is 100 hours of mandatory teaching. In the 3rd year there will be 60 mandatory hours in order to leave time to prepare the dissertation. Lectures and seminars are mostly given by external professors both from Italy and from abroad.
Internationalization features
Foreign Students incoming: S. Mohammed (scholarship of the Egyptian Government); X. Peipei (China Scholarship Council). Students in joint doctoral programme: M. Brunzin Ponte (Paris Ouest - Nanterre La Défense); L. Giugliarelli (Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis); M. Grossi (Université de Paris-Sorbonne); L. Landeros de Casolari (student incoming, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Madrid); B. Rejmak (Università di Varsavia); S. Trabucco (Université de Limoges). Joint doctoral programmes under examination: N. Brarda (Paris Ouest - Nanterre La Défense); R. Lapia and M. Ottaviani (Paris Ouest - Nanterre La Défense); C. Pomarici (Université de Lausanne); M. Serena (Freie Universitaet Berlin); Universitaet Johannes Gutenberg Mainz. For all students PhD board offers an international perspective of 6 months study in European and USA Universities.
Expected research results and products
Throughout the three-years course at least one presentation in a national or international Conference is expected, and the publication of an article in a journal of A/B level. A special acknowledgement for publishing the PhD dissertation.
Doctoral programme Academic Board
Surname Name Ubiversity/Institution Qualification
BAZZOCCHI MARCO ANTONIO Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario
BENVENUTI GIULIANA Università di Bologna Professore Associato
BERTONI ALBERTO Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario
BRUNETTI GIUSEPPINA Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario
CACCIARI ANTONIO Università di Bologna Professore Associato
CHINES LOREDANA Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario
CITTI FRANCESCO Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario
COLANGELO STEFANO Università di Bologna Professore Associato
CONDELLO FEDERICO Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario
FORMISANO LUCIANO Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario
GRANDI NICOLA Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario
LEDDA GIUSEPPE Università di Bologna Professore Associato
NERI CAMILLO Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario
PASETTI LUCIA Università di Bologna Professore Associato
PIERI BRUNA Università di Bologna Professore Associato
QUAQUARELLI LEONARDO Università di Bologna Professore Associato
RUOZZI GINO Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario
SIRINIAN ANNA Università di Bologna Professore Associato
TINTI PAOLO Università di Bologna Professore Associato
TOMASI FRANCESCA Università di Bologna Ricercatore confermato
TOSI RENZO Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario
VECCHI PAOLA Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario
WEBER LUIGI Università di Bologna Professore Associato