The PhD programme promotes the international training of graduate students, mainly through fostering their active participation in international networks and encouraging scholarly publications of their research in relevant Journals and Series with high international impact. The research activities of PhD students aim at the publication of monographs, articles, tools to support research, such as the creation of specific databases, websites, models of interpretation for data, and cartographic processing.
PhD students are required to fulfil the following tasks and obligations:
First year:
- To attend minimum 30 hours of teaching activities. Please consider that the seminars organized in the frame of the “Classics and not only” and "Il Silenzio delle ragazze" cycles are mandatory;
- Presentation of the progress on the research work realized and discussion with a discussant during the final year meeting of the PhD Academic Board;
Second year:
- To attend minimum 30 hours of teaching activities. The seminars organized in the frame of the “Classics and not only” and "Il Silenzio delle ragazze" cycles are mandatory;
- Presentation of the progress on the research work realized and discussion with a discussant during the final year meeting of the PhD Academic Board;
- To submit 1 research product (scientific paper or book chapter or conference paper);
Third year:
- To attend minimum 30 hours of teaching activities. The seminars organized in the frame of the “Classics and not only” and "Il Silenzio delle ragazze" cycles are mandatory;
- To submit 1 scientific paper published in category A journals;
- PhD final exam;
Teaching activities will be organized in three main strands:
• Individual tuition: each PhD student will be supervised by one tutor, who will work in collaboration with the other members of the PhD committee. Supervision is aimed at providing the adequate analytical tools to carry out the research and to write the final dissertation. It will be focused both on research methodologies and the use of interdisciplinary perspectives. As part of their training, PhD students will be required to present their research during workshops and seminars organized in cooperation with other universities and/or research institutions.
• Interdisciplinary training: the PhD program will organize seminars and workshops in which the PhD students will get in touch with different methodologies and fields of enquiry. This strand is aimed at developing analytical tools needed to study history, politics and cultures in a global perspective. Thanks to these activities, PhD students will be able to develop the skills needed to situate their research in a wider interdisciplinary analytical framework.
• Job-oriented training activities: this strand is aimed at providing PhD students with teaching skills, network-building capacities, and the know-how needed to write and manage successful research proposals. These activities will be organized in cooperation with other PhD programs. Training will be provided by the Research Area staff of the University of Bologna, as well as by officers from various funding institutions.
In order to promote their international training, enrolled PhD students will be required to spend at least six months abroad. As part of their training, they will be encouraged to participate in international conferences and summer schools organized by the PhD program, as well as by international and Italian research institutions and to organize graduate conferences on topics of common interest for groups of PhD candidates.