Italian PhD

University of Liverpool

At the University of Liverpool, Italian Studies is interdisciplinary and collaborative. Our research spans across the department and our expertise covers areas from Italian history to sociolinguistics. We have a focus on underexplored areas in Italian Studies, enabling you to conduct contemporary and innovative research.IntroductionItalian Studies at the University of Liverpool provides support and inspiration for research projects ranging from the social meaning of language practices and cognitive analysis of fiction and film through to Postcolonial Studies and Oral History. We can accommodate and give expertise in both interdisciplinary and data-driven projects.Research topicsYou can suggest your own theme for a potential research project, but we particularly welcome research proposals that match those of our researchers, including:Sociolinguistics (for example, the linguistic landscape, minority languages, migrant languages and neo-plurilingualism, language policy and ideology, social dialectology)Sociolinguistics of dubbing and subtitlingItalian film and audiovisual studiesItalian fiction (especially crime fiction)Cinematic adaptations of contemporary fictionItalian cinema and mediaPopular culturePostcolonial studiesSocial and cultural history.Research cultureOur research groups include:⦁ Image, Sound and Performance and Conflict⦁ Memory and Heritage⦁ Place, Space and Belonging⦁ Media Histories: From Manuscript to Digital.