PhD in Humanities, XLI

Dottorato di ricerca in Scienze Umanistiche, XLI ciclo

The PhD program in Humanities offers advanced courses which are structured into three curricula (Philology and Ancient Literatures, Modern and Contemporary Cultures and Literatures, Cultural Heritage). It reflects an integrated vision of the humanities as a body of interconnected knowledge, considered synchronically, diachronically and methodologically. The program is open to new digital contexts as well.

The high-level training in philology, literature, linguistics, history, art history, archaeology, and ethnology-anthropology is enriched by the mutual interactions between disciplines, ranging from antiquity to the contemporary era from a perspective of innovation and digital transformation.

The PhD in Humanities encourages engagement with the international academic context in a spirit of exchange and mutual collaboration. The program promotes co-tutored theses, offering the opportunity to spend at least a semester at foreign universities, a month at other Italian universities, and, based on the research projects carried out, a semester in public administration, institutions or research centers.

Research Areas

The interdisciplinarity of the program, its specific educational objectives and the expected learning outcomes - in terms of knowledge, skills, and competencies, both disciplinary and transversal - are consistent with the cultural and professional profiles of graduates, clearly defined for the three curricula, as well as with the available financial and structural resources.

Specifically, the three curricula are dedicated to:

  1. The systematic study of antiquity (Altertumswissenschaft), understood as a foundation of national and European culture, through the tools of classical philology and the evidence of Greek and Latin literature, also considering the reception of the ancient world;
  2. The study of European cultures and literatures of the modern and contemporary periods, with approaches aimed at investigating linguistic and communicative aspects, interactions between literary production and other aesthetic forms, intercultural and cross-media relations;
  3. The multidisciplinary study of cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, from antiquity to the contemporary era, focusing on archaeological, ethnological-anthropological, and art-historical categories, also considering their digital applications.

Alignment with the PNRR (National Recovery and Resilience Plan)

The PhD program is aligned with the main objectives of the PNRR:

  • Objective 1: Digitalization and competitiveness
  • Objective 4: Strengthening technology transfer and entrepreneurship

Educational Objectives

  • To investigate the humanities in the context of the interconnections between disciplines, in order to address contemporary challenges posed by the new European and global context;
  • To investigate, using research methodologies and innovative critical approaches - including attention to gender issues - the processes of transmission of cultural forms and literary texts from antiquity to the present, analyzing their genres, codes, and contexts, and exploring philological, linguistic, and hermeneutic aspects, including interactions between literary and extra-literary spaces (archaeological, art-historical, and ethnological-anthropological), with a focus on both synchronic and diachronic cultural dynamics;
  • To analyse, through interdisciplinary and digital approaches, the cultural heritage (archaeological, art-historical, and ethnological-anthropological) in their mutual implications and relationships with literary production, considering tradition, preservation, renewal and accessibility, with the purpose of enhancing, among other things, the identity of Southern Italian territories for a sustainable and circular tourism ecosystem;
  • To critically engage with methodologically updated perspectives and approaches in humanities research;
  • To apply specialized disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge to projects and initiatives for the promotion, communication, and dissemination of humanistic knowledge, including the enhancement of historically grounded traditions, the circulation and reception of literary texts and cultural heritage;
  • To promote the dissemination of data and the promotion of research results, ensuring public access in line with the principles of Open Science and FAIR Data;
  • To develop advanced training for specialists in cultures, literatures, and cultural heritage, with a focus on changes in cultural and cross-media forms and systems, allowing to undertake research tasks as well as cultural management at the highest level within the European context
  • To promote, based on existing and future collaboration agreements with European universities, bilateral and intercultural courses aimed at obtaining a double degree or a joint degree.

Activities

The PhD program includes courses, seminars and workshops on topics such as:

  • Language enhancement;
  • IT skills development;
  • Research management and knowledge of European and international research systems;
  • Promotion and dissemination of results, intellectual property, and open access to research data and outputs;
  • Fundamental principles of ethics, gender equality, and integrity;
  • Seminars;
  • Laboratory activities.

Courses

  • Literatures and Cultural Heritage: Ideas, Methods, and Models
  • Literatures and Cultural Heritage: Legacy, Memory, Tradition
  • Literatures and Cultural Heritage: Communication and Promotion

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Program 

Forms

Coordinator

Professors from Italian Universities

  • Mario Andreassi (Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro" - Lingua e letteratura greca)
  • Caterina Celeste Berardi (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Storia del cristianesimo e delle chiese)
  • Nunzio Bianchi (Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro" - Filologia classica)
  • Menico Caroli (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Lingua e letteratura greca)
  • Antonella Catone (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Lingua e traduzione - lingua tedesca)
  • Floriana Conte (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Storia dell'arte moderna)
  • Antonio Rosario Daniele (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Letteratura italiana contemporanea)
  • Angela Di Benedetto (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Letteratura francese)
  • Riccardo Di Cesare (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Archeologia classica)
  • Rosa Alba Dimundo (Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro" - Lingua e letteratura latina)
  • Anna Drago (Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro" - Lingua e letteratura greca)
  • Pasquale Favia (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Archeologia cristiana e medievale)
  • Valeria Giannantonio (Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti / Pescara - Letteratura italiana)
  • Roberta Giuliani (Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro" - Archeologia cristiana e medievale)
  • Roberto Goffredo (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Metodologie della ricerca archeologica)
  • Tiziana Ingravallo (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Letteratura inglese)
  • Paola Ingrosso (Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro" - Lingua e letteratura greca)
  • Alessandro Lagioia (Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro" - Lingua e letteratura latina)
  • Danilo Leone (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Metodologie della ricerca archeologica)
  • Daniela Liberatore (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Archeologia classica)
  • Maria Luisa Marchi (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Topografia antica)
  • Grazia Maria Masselli  (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Lingua e letteratura latina)
  • Francesco Saverio Minervini  (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Letteratura italiana)
  • Maria Stefania Montecalvo  (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Filologia classica)
  • Rosa Otranto (Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro" - Filologia classica)
  • Rossella Palmieri (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Letteratura italiana)
  • Gianni Antonio Palumbo (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Letteratura italiana)
  • Matteo Pellegrino (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Lingua e letteratura greca)
  • Stefano Picciaredda (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Storia contemporanea)
  • Pasquale Massimo Pinto (Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro" - Filologia classica)
  • Tiziana Ragno (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Lingua e letteratura latina)
  • Anna Riccio (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Glottologia e linguistica)
  • Saverio Russo (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Storia moderna)
  • Stefania Santelia (Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro" - Lingua e letteratura latina)
  • Claudio Schiano (Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro" - Filologia classica)
  • Francesca Scionti (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Discipline demoetnoantropologiche)
  • Francesca Sivo (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Letteratura latina medievale e umanistica)
  • Giuseppe Solaro (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Filologia classica)
  • Antonella Tedeschi (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Lingua e letteratura latina)
  • Pietro Totaro (Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro" - Lingua e letteratura greca)
  • Maria Turchiano (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Archeologia cristiana e medievale)
  • Sabina Tuzzo (Università del Salento - Lingua e letteratura latina)
  • Sebastiano Valerio (Università degli Studi di Foggia - Letteratura italiana)

Professors from foreign Universities

The online educational activities will be held in the virtual classroom available on the University’s E-learning Portal.

In light of the international debate on the role of universities in society as regards knowledge and the relationship with local communities, and considering ANVUR’s (National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research) guidelines on promoting interactions between universities and society - commonly referred to as Knowledge Transfer and Public Engagement - the PhD Program in Educational, Developmental, and Learning Sciences aims to enhance activities directed towards society and the local territory.

Considering that the dissemination of research results is a core objective of the activities related to Knowledge Transfer and Public Engagement, the PhD Program seeks to foster dialogue not only with the national and international academia, but also with society and local stakeholders, through the organization of seminars, conferences, and events involving both faculty and PhD students, held within the Department as well as at other institutions (public and private organizations, associations, schools, research centers, etc.).

To this end, PhD candidates are encouraged, as part of their training, to participate in (and/or organize) events in which they play an active role in the dissemination of research, including in non-academic contexts.

Public Engagement Activities of the Department of Humanities.

Composition

  • Prof. Lucia Perrone Capano (PhD Program Coordinator)
  • Prof. Menico Caroli
  • Prof. Antonella Catone
  • Prof. Riccardo Di Cesare
  • Dr. Angelo Valentino Romano (Technical-Administrative Staff)
  • Dr. Giuseppe Pasculli (PhD Student Representative)

Composition

  • Prof. Tatiana Crivelli Speciale, Director of the Institute of Romance Studies, University of Zurich
  • Prof. Emanuele Papi (University of Siena / Accademia dei Lincei), Director of the Italian Archaeological School at Athens
  • Dr. Antonella Pautasso, Research Director at the National Research Council – Institute of Cultural Heritage Sciences, Catania
  • Prof. emeritus Bernhard Hurch, Institute of Linguistics, University of Graz
  • Dr. Antonia Magnacca, Head of Executive Office, Pomilio Blumm S.r.l., Integrated Communication Agency for the European Commission
  • Dr. Yuntao Wang, Beijing Zhongyikun Technology Training Co. Ltd., China

To ensure proper authorization and reimbursement of research stays connected with participation in scientific events in Italy and abroad, it is necessary to follow these steps:

  • An email should be sent, preferably at least seven days in advance, to the Coordinator to request authorization for the research stay, following prior agreement with the supervisor. The email should include, if available, the flyer or other documents related to the event.
  • The specific application form must be completed, signed by both the Coordinator and the Supervisor, and submitted by email to the Administration and Accounting Office (amministrazione.studiumanistici@unifg.it).
  • In accordance with the specific conditions and procedures established in the regulations on research stays, an advance payment may be requested. For this purpose, the appropriate form must be completed and attached to the application form referred to in the previous point.
  • At the end of the research stay, the report form with travel and accommodation expenses, duly signed, must be submitted to the Administration and Accounting Office together with all original receipts and the certificate of participation. In the absence of the latter, a self-declaration may be submitted instead.
  • For the reimbursement of travel, meal, and accommodation expenses, original receipts, invoices and boarding passes (including electronic ones) must be provided.
  • For research stays in Italy, reimbursement of meal, accommodation, and non-scheduled transport expenses requires proof of payment by a traceable method (credit card or bank transfer).
  • Authorization for the research stay is always required, regardless of any subsequent request for expense reimbursement. The PhD program includes a mandatory period of training abroad, for which the application must be submitted to the University PhD Office. Reimbursement of round-trip travel expenses for this training period may be requested, subject to the availability of PhD funds, following the same procedure described above for research stays.

Application Form: 

Conferences and Seminars.

Riferimenti e contatti
  • Coordinator:
    prof.ssa Lucia Perrone Capano
  • Affiliated Department:
    Department of Humanities – Literature, Cultural Assets, Education Sciences
  • Contact Email:
    dottoratoscienzeumanistiche@unifg.it