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italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies The School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures at the University of Manchester expects to offer a maximum of 4 AHRC awards in the following discipline areas: French Studies/German Studies/Italian Studies/Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies/Linguistics and English Language for a PhD starting in September 2011. The awards will cover full-time fees and maintenance for three years. Furthermore, the School will offer a variety of internal funding opportunities for outstanding PhD candidates. For further details please see our funding page at http://www.llc.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding/ The Italian Department at Manchester is one of the largest Italian Departments in the UK with six research active members of staff and a substantial postgraduate community. Members of staff in Italian at Manchester engage in truly interdisciplinary research and are willing to supervise on a wide variety of topics in the fields of cultural history, linguistics, literature, history of the book, visual culture, Renaissance culture, cinema studies, history and Dante studies. Interdisciplinary and transnational projects are welcome, since co-supervisions can be arranged across one of the largest School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures in the UK (http://www.llc.manchester.ac.uk/research/). Co-supervisions with colleagues in History, English, Media studies and Art History are also possible. For more details about the Department and its research culture, please visit our website: http://www.llc.manchester.ac.uk/subjects/italian/. For more details about postgraduate studies in the School, please visit: http://www.llc.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/. For general and specific queries related to application procedure or proposals, please email Dr Francesca Billiani at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> as soon as possible. Francesca Billiani Dr Francesca Billiani Senior Lecturer in Italian School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures, University of Manchester Oxford Road M13 9PL, Manchester 0044 0161 2758120 ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join italian-studies YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave italian-studies to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/italian-studies.html