Opportunities for research in Italian

Staff in Italian are involved in research primarily in the modern period and can provide postgraduate supervision in a range of topics in modern Italian literature and culture. Staff expertise is complemented by the broader research environment of the School of Modern Languages and Cultures and the College of Arts.

Staff research interests:

• Modern Italian literature and culture
• Women and 20th-century Italy (history, fiction and journalism)
• History and literature of the Italian Resistance to Fascism 
• Modern Italian Poetry (especially Eugenio Montale and Edoardo Sanguineti)
• The Italian Neo-Avant-garde
• Emotions and the History of Modern Italy
• Literature and Cultural Identity of Trieste
• Modern Italian Theatre