Italian Studies

Summary

Italian has been taught at the University of Sydney since 1929, and the department of Italian is one of the largest in Australia.

Supervisor(s)

Dr Antonia Rubino, Dr Francesco Borghesi

Research Location

Department of Italian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Program Type

N/A

Synopsis

Academic staff have expertise in the areas of history, literature, film and culture, including topics such as Renaissance Florence, Italian sociolinguistics, language and migration, Italian medieval drama, and intellectual and philosophical debates in contemporary Italy. The resources available to staff and students in the University's Fisher Library are the most extensive in Australia, with comprehensive holdings and highest level electronic subscriptions in Italian language and literature as well as history, fine arts and the social sciences. Departmental research seminars are conducted regularly each semester. Research students present papers at this seminar on their work in progress, or workshop papers they are preparing for publication or for international conferences.

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Keywords

language, migration, Italian medieval drama, contemporary Italy, Italian literature, Italian film, Italian history, sociolinguistics, Renaissance studies, applied linguistics, twentieth-century Italian and comparative literature.

Opportunity ID

The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is: 464