The educational objectives of the Ph.D. in HISTORY, ANTHROPOLOGY, RELIGIONS are based on those that characterize the curricula in which the Ph.D. is organized:
Historical Sciences (Medieval, Modern, and Contemporary History): priority is given to the scientific training of scholars with a broad general culture and high professional qualification in all the disciplinary fields in which research in history is active today, in order to enable their placement in national and international research institutions. The Ph.D. aims to integrate theoretical-historical reflection, technical-empirical work, and the deepening of methods and skills of direct work on manuscript and oral sources. The training activity is attentive to the moments of accelerating historical change and social and cultural transformations, in order to train doctoral students in a wide-ranging historical awareness, aware of the links between political activity, changes in the economy, social dynamics, and mental representations. The thematic fields of articulation and interest common to the three curricula are 1) territories, spaces, economies, and societies. 2) cultural phenomena: identities, conflicts, exchanges; 3) aspects and transformations of political culture; 4) images, symbols, and representations of power. The training also aims to build a culture suitable for professional insertion in fields that are not exclusively academic, nor strictly scientific or research.
Anthropological Sciences: 1. To provide advanced expertise in ethnographic research and theoretical aspects of ethno-anthropological disciplines; 2. To train highly qualified researchers and practitioners on the society-territory-environment relationship, particularly in projects of redevelopment and cultural preservation of the territory and compatible development; 3. Train highly qualified researchers and practitioners able to work on the systems of preservation and representation of cultural heritage; 4. Train researchers with high anthropological skills on identity and ethnic issues able to work in the fields of advocacy, social, socio-health, and socio-educational activities.
Historical-Religious Sciences: acquisition of skills to exercise highly qualified research activities by integrating the contributions of the different historical-religious sciences in the field of theory and history of cultures. The aim is the training of scholars with specific historical, philological, and hermeneutic skills in the field of religion and high professional qualification in all the disciplinary areas in which research is active today in the different fields of History of Religions and Christianity. The course also aims to train highly qualified researchers and practitioners able to work in international and interreligious cooperation and in the field of relationship- dialogue with religious minorities on Italian territory. |