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Italian Studies – (M.A.)
University of Birmingham
Centre for European Languages and Cultures
| Location: | Birmingham / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | ||
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Birmingham
Italian Studies, with an excellent record in attracting funding, has a vibrant postgraduate community. The research environment is outstanding and it has one full AHRC PhD per year for the next two academic years (for entry in 2012 and 2013). It is home to an annual Birmingham–Warwick postgraduate symposium and, since 2008, has held a student-led Italian seminar series.
It is home to the Leopardi Centre and, currently, to a Leverhulme-funded project on populists in power and to an AHRC-funded project on Leopardi's Zibaldone.
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Research interests of staff
We welcome applications in the major areas of Italian Studies, and members of staff are always willing to discuss ideas and proposals with those who are thinking of applying. Supervision can be offered particularly in the following areas:
* Italian politics, media and cultural studies. Contact: Dr Daniele Albertazzi
Email: d.albertazzi@bham.ac.uk
* Italian film; literary and film theory; 20th-century poetry and narrative; themes of conflict; opposition; power; public and private. Contact: Dr Clodagh Brook
Head of Department
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 7504
Email: c.j.brook@bham.ac.uk
* The Age of Romanticism in Italy; the reception of Dante in the 19th century; 20th-century fiction; critical theory in Italy; the relation between oral and written literature; the work of Umberto Eco. Contact: Professor Michael Caesar
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5931
Email: m.p.caesar@bham.ac.uk
* Autobiography; the work of Giacomo Leopardi; Leopardi in the European context. Contact: Dr Franco D'Intino
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5930
Email: f.dintino@bham.ac.uk
* Medieval literature and Italian diachronic linguistics.
Contact: Dr Paolo De Ventura
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5935
Email: p.deventura@bham.ac.uk
* Renaissance literature; the relation between literature and the visual arts; chivalric romance, particularly Ariosto; the concept of grazia; the debate about women in the Renaissance; contemporary women's writing. Contact: Dr Ita Mac Carthy
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5930
Email: italian@bham.ac.uk
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
* IELTS 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in any band.
* TOEFL 580 Paper- based test / 237 Computer-based test.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
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