PhD Italian at Indiana University Bloomington

The PhD in Italian at IU Bloomington is offered through the Department of French and Italian. The department's doctoral programme in Italian dates to 1961 and is a focal point for Italian studies in North America.

Faculty: College of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School  |  Department: Department of French and Italian  |  Location: Bloomington, IN, United States

What you will study

Areas of study include medieval, Renaissance, baroque and Enlightenment, Romanticism, nineteenth-century and Risorgimento, twentieth-century and contemporary literature and culture, cinema, media and popular culture, and pedagogy, with links to the Lilly Library, Medieval Studies Institute, Renaissance Studies Program and Cinema and Media Studies.

Career pathways

Recent PhD placements include the University of Chicago, University of Iowa, Dickinson College, University of Washington, College of the Holy Cross, the Max Planck Institute's Hertziana library in Rome, the Medici Archive in Florence and the Newberry Library; graduates also work in colleges, universities, cultural foundations and businesses.

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