PhD in Modern Languages, Literatures, and Culture: Diversity and Inclusion

Curriculum 1: DESE - European Literatures 

In accordance with the Dive-In Excellence project pursued by the Department, the curriculum develops literary research in a supranational dimension in order to train specialists fluent in at least 3 languages who can manage different research typolologies, methodologies and cultural contexts in a strong international dimension thanks to agreements and conventions with foreign institutions. The theme for the 36th cycle of the PhD programme is Diversity and Inclusion in Epic Narratives.

Curriculum 2: EDGES - Women's and Gender Studies

In accordance with the Dive-In Excellence project pursued by the Department, the curriculum studies Literature as a place for the production, circulation and consolidation of the culture of gender equality.

• Cultural studies, women's artistic production and the female literary criticism and gender.
• The issue of equal opportunities in access to education and knowledge, to the labour market and in career paths.
• Discrimination based on religious prejudice and gender, civil rights in synchronic and diachronic perspectives and in different geo-political contexts.
• Conflict management and promotion of corporate wellness and diversity management.
• Strategies and methodologies of gender and gender policies (gender mainstreaming).

Curriculum 3: World Literature and Postcolonial Studies

In accordance with the Dive-In Excellence project pursued by the Department, the curriculum World Literature will offer theoretical approaches as well as cross-disciplinary and methodological insights in the specific areas of Postcolonial Studies, transmedia studies, border studies, studies on the assets, analysis of New Forms of textuality which are increasingly widespread in contemporary society. Particular attention will be devoted to the functioning of the world publishing market, translation policies, Migratory Phenomena and, more generally, the loosening of that link between language, culture and territory on which for at least two centuries the study of national literatures and the literary field partition were based.

Curriculum 4: LINGMOD - Modern Languages Studies

This curriculum involves teaching and research on modern languages from the perspectives of pragmatics, communication, translation and translation theory, educational linguistics aiming to train specialists in at least two languages in different theories and methodologies. The first obligatory language must be chosen among the following: French, English, Spanish, Russian, German. For the second language, besides those already listed, candidates may choose among the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, Finnish, Japanese, Dutch, Persian and Portuguese. In accordance with the Dive-In Excellence project pursued by the Department, the curriculum aims to provide a high level of scientific expertise, as needed to tackle linguistic and cultural diversity, as well as the major social challenges posed by multicultural and multilingual societies. The curriculum prioritizes the study of language and languages in context and in action, especially as concerns their relation with socio-cultural issues pertaining to inclusion in education and institutional communication. Scientific knowledge and methodological expertise are developed and enhanced through a variety of approaches, especially within the scope of the following disciplines: sociolinguistics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, conversation analysis, interactional linguistics, linguistic anthropology, applied linguistics, language acquisition, translation studies and digital humanities.