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Italian (Structured PhD)

Structured PhD (Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences) (Italian)

College of Arts, Social Sciences, & Celtic Studies,
School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Course overview

Italian Studies at NUIG combines a strong research interest in selected areas of 19th and 20th century Italian culture and literature as well as cutting-edge and innovative expertise in interdisciplinary studies, bringing together disciplines such as literature, philosophy, linguistics, translation studies, and film studies in exciting new methodological ways.  Today’s critical discourse is strongly influenced by Italian thinkers, and Italian Studies at NUI Galway is one of the few places in Ireland and the UK where you can study their impacts and the effects they have on other disciplines in the Humanities, including comparative literature. Here you can enhance your understanding of translation and translation theory and put it into practice through the mentorship of leading experts in the field of subtitling. Students are exposed to our novel approach to language teaching and the application of new technologies to the study of Italian.


As part of the doctoral training available on the Structured PhD programme, students avail themselves of a range of interdisciplinary taught modules. The wide menu of available options include modules that:



  • are discipline-specific in that they augment the student's existing knowledge in their specialist area

  • are dissertation-specific in that they supply core skills which are essential to completion of the research project, e.g., additional language skills

  • acknowledge a student's professional development, e.g., presentation of a paper at an international conference

  • enhance a student's employability through generic training, e.g., careers workshops, literacy.


Each student will be assigned a primary Supervisor(s) and a Graduate Research Committee made up of experienced researchers to plan their programme of study and to provide on-going support to their research.

Programmes available

Structured PhD (Italian)—full-time: PAC Code GYG21
Structured PhD (Italian)—part-time: PAC Code GYG53

Entry requirements

Candidates should have an honours degree in Italian; Second Class Honours, Grade 1 minimum (or equivalent international qualification).

Areas of interest

Staff interests include Italian Critical Theory, Comparative Literary Studies, Romanticism, 19th Century Italian Literature and Civilization, 20th Century Italian Literature and Civilization, Travel Literature, Modern Italian Theatre, Italian History, Italian Children's Literature, Italian Women Writers, Modern and Contemporary Italian Poetry, Poetry in Translation, Translation Studies, Language Teaching Methodology and Applied Linguistics.

Researcher profiles

Prof. Paolo Bartoloni
Dr. Laura McLoughlin
Dr. Lindsay Myers
Dr. Anne O’Connor

Contact Us

Prof. Paolo Bartoloni
T +353 91 492 392
E paolo.bartoloni@nuigalway.ie

PAC code

GYG21 full-time
GYG53 part-time
Important: apply by mid-July for September entry

Current project

Visit the Discipline of Italian website for information on current projects. 

Fees for this course

EU: €4,275 p.a. 2016/17

Non-EU: €13,250 p.a. 2016/17

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What Our Students Say

Jennifer

Jennifer Lertola |   Current Student

My project focuses on the development of subtitling practice in foreign language classes. This new teaching/learning method is used to promote second language acquisition through audiovisual translation. The structured PhD programme offers students the unique opportunity of pursuing a research project while integrating the experience of research with discipline specific activities and transferable skills based courses. One of the main advantages of the structured PhD, in contrast with a self-motivated research project, is the sense of inclusion and guidance the students experiences due to regular meetings with staff and other PhD students throughout the course.

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