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The PhD programme in Linguistic, Philological and Artistic-Literary Studies results from a thorough revision of the decades-old PhD programme of the University for Foreigners of Perugia.
The Doctorate Course, which is part of the Department of Language, Literature and the Arts in the World (LiLAIM), represents the ideal advancement of the research training of the previous Level I and II cycles. It is divided into two curricula and is representative of the main areas of research and teaching, namely linguistics and philology, art and literature.
The Course emphasizes the main areas of study, starting with those that focus on teaching, study - in diachronic and synchronic perspective - and the promotion of the Italian language in the world, as well as on the Italian of migration. These research lines aim to offer a specialized training programme in the areas of historical, theoretical, descriptive and applied linguistics (acquisitional and corpus linguistics), glottodidactics (theories, practices and educational policies) and Italian linguistics (Italian and its varieties, dialects and minority languages, sociolinguistics, interlingual contact, as well as the study of the processes of formation and evolution of Italian), also in relation to the use of digital technologies.
Other important areas are the study of the Italian linguistic, textual and literary tradition from its origins to the present day (tradition of the classics, criticism and theory of literature) and philology (Italian, Middle Latin and Romance tradition), which is expressed through investigations into forms, including paraliterary, documentary and editorial ones. These paths are part of the broader project of enhancing the heritage of Italian in the world, combined with the study of its artistic and audiovisual expressions from the Middle Ages to the present day.
The Course is consistent with some of the goals of the UN 2030 Agenda:
Learning objectives
The learning objective of the Course is to train highly qualified young researchers who can:
acquire methodologies to compare scientific experiences of theoretical models from different disciplinary and professional backgrounds
critically and independently analyze and compare different sources and materials
use the most up-to-date tools for specific scientific research, operating effectively in the national and international context
contribute actively and with innovative results to the main research areas of the LiLAIM Department
At the end of the PhD Course, students should be able to:
know the main genres of writing and dissemination related to research and understand the theoretical approaches and methodologies underpinning the disciplines of the two curricula
employ the analytical and empirical research tools proper to the disciplines of reference to answer innovative questions coming from the world of work and be part of international research networks
apply knowledge and comprehension skills, with reference to the tools required to submit articles to scientific journals (especially open access and A-range journals)
submit research projects to scientific committees, also to obtain funding and to be able to pursue post-doctoral research
present the results of their research in public
Employment and professional outlets
The PhD programme will primarily favor access to a university career in the specific sectors of the two curricula - also thanks to participation in research projects with national and international universities, including those already active in the University - to teaching in schools in Italy and abroad, in Italian Cultural Institutes abroad, and in cultural organizations for the safeguarding of Italian cultural heritage in Italy and abroad.
teaching in Level I and II secondary schools
teaching Italian language and Italian L2/LS in public and private organisations
linguistic and cultural promotion (and facilitation) in public and private organisations (Italian culture centres; companies organising and managing cultural events, national and international tourism bodies, non-profit organisations)
training, mediation and consultancy in public and private organisations, foundations, requiring linguistic and glottodidactic skills, drafting of different types of texts
planning and management of archives and databases and implementation of educational and linguistic-cultural projects
archiving and management of book and documentary assets in libraries and documentation centres
editing and editorial design in the fields of print and multimedia publishing.
Consistent with the professional outlets identified by the Doctoral College, the Advisory Board has been set up to include members employed in Foundations, Cultural Academies, Museum Directorates and Publishing Houses, who are useful in directing doctoral students toward highly professionalizing job specificities.
CURRICULA
Linguistics and language didactics
The curriculum focuses on language in its various facets and aims to offer a specific training programme in the areas of historical, theoretical, descriptive and applied linguistics, glottodidactics, Italian linguistics and modern language teaching. In these areas, the curriculum provides the necessary skills for research through a critical and interdisciplinary approach to linguistic analysis, from theoretical, descriptive, educational, acquisitive, social, computational and historical perspectives.
The main focus of the curriculum is on Italian and its varieties: the curriculum is enriched by the presence of Italian linguistics, which deals in particular with Italian - from a diachronic and synchronic perspective - and its varieties, dialects and minority languages with reference to written, oral (literary and non-literary) and media texts.
Some research topics included in the curriculum are the study of graphical, phonological, morphosyntactic, typological, lexicological and lexicographical, grammatical, psycholinguistic, textual, pragmatic and discursive aspects; the in-depth study of sociolinguistic aspects and those relating to linguistic variation, multilingualism and language contact; linguistic-educational policies; the Italian of migrants; the study of L1 and L2/LS acquisition; linguistic analysis through different textual genres (academic, political, media discourse, etc. ); corpus linguistics; the analysis of aspects of didactics, evaluation and language education; the empirical evaluation of the effects of different pedagogical approaches on learning; modern language teaching through glottotechnologies.
Italian Philology, Literature and Arts
The curriculum focuses on the Italian linguistic, textual and literary tradition, from its origins to the present day, from a philological and cultural-historical (heritage) perspective, with a special focus on Italian outside Italy, on its connection with the arts and on its educational declinations.
Privileged research areas of the curriculum are the following:
historical and critical research on Italian literature, with a focus on the spread of Italian literature, language and cultural models in the peninsula and outside Italy, through the study of the historical, social and editorial modes of this diffusion, and the textuality of artistic and multimedia forms of expression
research in the history of language, which privileges, in constant dialogue with philological research, the linguistic and textual analysis of written, literary and non-literary testimonies, produced inside or outside the borders of the Peninsula, in the ancient or modern varieties of the Italian repertoire, with attention to the relationship between linguistic data and textual typologies, on the one hand, and the historical-cultural and social context of their evolution, on the other
philological research, the aim of which is to develop high methodological skills for the study of textual traditions, aimed at the ascertained or critical edition of Italian texts and their commentary, through the study of the history of works from the ecdotic point of view and author philology
The digital processing of texts to build up databases and diachronic corpora of texts for annotation is also particularly important, as is the construction and experimentation of useful tools for didactic innovation.
Bound theme scholarship
Within the framework of the specific PhDs of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), Mission 4 ‘Education and Research’, Component 2 ‘From Research to Enterprise’, Investment 3.3 ‘Introduction of innovative PhDs responding to the innovation needs of enterprises’ (Ministerial Decree 630 of 24.04.2024), the Course aims to qualify on the specificity of literary tourism, which constitutes the apex level of cultural tourism. Literary tourism, which has experienced a strong impulse, especially in the post-pandemic period, has had as its main objective that of diversifying the modes of travel and knowledge and enjoyment of the territory, favoring lesser-known places concerning the traditional canonical tourist centres and cities, but with a strong cultural identity, linked to the historical memory of authors and literary works. The Centre for Literary Tourism (TULE) has been active in the LiLAIM Department since 2021. It is already consolidated with many national and international collaborations and is the first university research centre in Europe to specifically deal with literary tourism.
The project is in line with the Course objectives and in particular with those of the curriculum in Philology, Literature and the Arts, and is also consistent with the provisions of DM 630, art. 7, in particular with the points a) ‘disciplinary and thematic areas consistent with the country's needs’, with central Italy and Umbria, in particular, being involved in the project; d) ‘provide for study plans abroad’, and h) ‘encourage, with respect for intellectual property, the exploitation of research results in both the context of the activity of co-funding companies, also with a view on technology transfer, and in the scientific sphere, through the adequate circulation of the results pursued’. The scholarship proposal fits in with the objectives of increasing the competitive capacity of enterprises and promoting a tourism offer based on environmental sustainability, innovation and digitization of services.
The training path is also consistent with other missions of the NRP, such as M1C3 ‘Investment 4.2.3 Development and resilience of tourism enterprises’ and M1C3 ‘Investment 4.2.6: Enhancement, competitiveness and protection of the hospitality heritage’, through the participation of the Ministry of Tourism in the National Tourism Fund.
