Italian

Graduate Studies in Italian

Italian at UCC has an active and vibrant graduate studies programme and offers three research degrees: the PhD, the MPhil and the MRes. Staff supervise students in their respective research areas, primarily in modern and contemporary Italian literature and film, as well as in European film. For more information on individual staff research areas see Research

Our doctoral students have had significant success in obtaining funding, both within University College Cork (e.g. Leen Scholarship; President’s PhD Scholarship; PhD Scholarship of the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, among others). Furthermore, under the mentorship of their supervisors, PhD students in Italian/Film Studies have won funding at national level, through the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences.

The Department organizes an annual Graduate Conference in Italian Studies, which has attracted speakers from Ireland, Great Britain, Italy, the United States, Australia and Canada and provides doctoral students in Italian at UCC the opportunity to present their research, to hone their presentation skills, to build networks with fellow postgraduate researchers, and to gain experience in organizing a major research event.

In addition, the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, through its Graduate School, runs postgraduate training and research events which our postgraduates regularly avail of.

Our PhD students and graduates have published widely in peer-reviewed journals (see Current and Recent PhD students) and have written monographs derived from their PhD research projects: for instance, David Best’s Ruralism in central italian writers. 1927-1997 (Ancona UP, 2010); Gianluca Cinelli’s Ermeneutica e scrittura autobiografica (Unicopli, 2008) and Nuto Revelli. La scrittura e l'impegno civile dalla testimonianza della seconda guerra mondiale alla critica dell'Italia repubblicana (Aragno, 2011); and Ita Mac Carthy’s Women and the Making of Poetry in Ariosto's Orlando furioso (Troubador, 2007).

Regarding employment, our PhD and MPhil students and graduates have obtained posts at Queen’s University Belfast; the University of Birmingham; Université Libre de Bruxelles; l'Université de Liège, Dublin Institute of Technology and post-doctoral fellowships, for instance, at the University of Frankfurt and at Universität Bremen, as well as finding careers in the non-academic sector.

PhD Fee Waiver Studentship

The Department of Italian, University College Cork, is offering one fee-waiver studentship (to the equivalent of €6000) for PhD research on a topic in the area of modern and contemporary Italian literature. To be considered, applicants must have a minimum of a BA (or equivalent) in Italian Studies, and have achieved at least a Second Class Honours (i.e. II1 or equivalent). Applicants should be able to provide evidence of a high level of written and spoken Italian. The studentship is renewable for up to three years, subject to the student receiving satisfactory progress reports.

The Department of Italian at UCC has a strong graduate studies programme, with over ten doctoral students researching topics in modern Italian literature and in Film Studies. Our doctoral students are also supported in their research training and career development by theGraduateSchoolof theCollegeofArts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences.

The successful applicant would be supervised by Dr Silvia Ross, in an area that falls within her research interests. For enquiries, please send a cv and a brief outline (max one page) of a potential research topic to s.ross@ucc.ie

MA Translation Studies

School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University College Cork

MA Translation Studies

New language pathways

Applications welcome for 2012-2013

The MA in Translation Studies is designed for people who are proficient in more than one language and would like to start a career as translators, for translators who would like to develop their skills in areas such as translation technology and terminology management, and for linguists interested in translation and cross-cultural communication as an area of study. The course combines both practical and theoretical elements and therefore also provides excellent preparation for further study at PhD level.

The MA has 10 different streams and applicants choose their specific stream at the application stage.

Stream 1: French and German
Stream 2: French and Italian
Stream 3: French and Spanish

Stream 4: German and Italian
Stream 5: German and Spanish

Stream 6: Italian and Spanish

Stream 7: French
Stream 8: German

Stream 9: Italian

Stream 10: Spanish

Further information at: http://www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/what/acsss/masters/translationstudies/

Contact:

Dr Angela Ryan – ar@ucc.ie (French)

Dr Daragh O'Connell – Daragh.OConnell@ucc.ie (Italian)

Dr Helena Buffery – h.buffery@ucc.ie (Spanish)

Dr Manfred Schewe – m.schewe@ucc.ie (German)