The University of Exeter is offering more than 100 funding awards for PhD students for 2011 entry:
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/postgraduate/money/2011studentships/
Modern Languages is one of the subjects with funding. See the following announcement:
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/postgraduate/money/2011studentships/?subject=25
Non-EU candidates might be especially interested in the ‘International Student Doctoral Awards’:
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/studying/funding/award/index.php?id=592
Unfortunately, there are limited funding opportunities for EU candidates wishing to work in Italian as an independent subject area; however, comparative projects including sections on Italian literature and cinema, as well as other inter-cultural or inter-linguistic projects involving Italian topics, are welcome for any of the themes and research areas mentioned in the announcement.
Application deadline: Fri 11th Feb 2011
Best regards,
Alessandro Carlucci
Dr Alessandro Carlucci
Associate Teaching Fellow in Italian
College of Humanities, University of Exeter
Modern Language Review – Editorial Assistant
Room 243, Queen’s Building
The Queen’s Drive
Exeter, EX4 4QH
Telephone: 01392 26 42 64
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