The doctoral program in Ancient Heritage of the Universities of Venice, Udine and Trieste
The doctoral program in Ancient Heritage of the Universities of Venice, Udine and Trieste, is one of the largest of its kind in Italy.
It offers this year (start: September/October 2024; application deadline: May 23rd, 2024) 11 fully funded PhD positions:
- 10 are aimed at candidates with proposals falling into one or more of our three main areas of research - broadly speaking: Greek and Latin philology, literature and linguistics, papyrology, palaeography etc. // ancient history of the Mediterranean, including Greece, Rome and the Ancient Near East, as well as epigraphy, history of religions, numismatics etc. // pre- and proto-historic, Near Eastern, Greek, Roman, Italic, and Medieval archaeology;
- 1 belongs to the ERC project "Communication in Ancient Anatolia" run by Annick Payne (Univ. of Venice), and concerns the topic "Acculturation Processes" (knowledge of ancient Eastern languages and/or Greek and Latin is here required).
Prospective candidates must have obtained their first degree no more than 10 years before applying.
The admission procedure is two-step:
- first, a written exam to be taken in person in Venice on June 10th, 2024 (translation from Greek or Latin for those applying for the philology curriculum; an essay on a given historical or archaeological topic for those applying for the respective areas, or for the ERC position);
- candidates with a score of at least 24/35 in the written test will then be admitted to an oral interview (to be held, either in person or via Zoom, on June 17-19, 2024) focusing on their research proposal and previous experience.
Both the written and the oral exams may be taken in English. The PhD program, however, is run and taught in Italian; proficiency in English is required at B2 level, and knowledge of one further European language is mandatory.
PhD students will have plenty of time to study; their mobility during their doctoral training is strongly encouraged (and supported); they will take part in the "doctoral weeks" organised every year by each of the three universities, as well as in a number of other activities.
All the details can be found at the following links (see esp. p. 34 of the call):
Italian: https://www.unive.it/web/it/259/<https://www.unive.it/web/it/259/bando-annuale>
English: https://www.unive.it/web/en/2161<https://www.unive.it/web/en/2161/annual-call>/
For any further doubts that may arise you can write (administrative issues) to the office in charge of the admission procedure:Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein. <mailto:Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein. >
or (scientific issues) to the Coordinatore of the doctoral program:Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein. <Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein. >
It offers this year (start: September/October 2024; application deadline: May 23rd, 2024) 11 fully funded PhD positions:
- 10 are aimed at candidates with proposals falling into one or more of our three main areas of research - broadly speaking: Greek and Latin philology, literature and linguistics, papyrology, palaeography etc. // ancient history of the Mediterranean, including Greece, Rome and the Ancient Near East, as well as epigraphy, history of religions, numismatics etc. // pre- and proto-historic, Near Eastern, Greek, Roman, Italic, and Medieval archaeology;
- 1 belongs to the ERC project "Communication in Ancient Anatolia" run by Annick Payne (Univ. of Venice), and concerns the topic "Acculturation Processes" (knowledge of ancient Eastern languages and/or Greek and Latin is here required).
Prospective candidates must have obtained their first degree no more than 10 years before applying.
The admission procedure is two-step:
- first, a written exam to be taken in person in Venice on June 10th, 2024 (translation from Greek or Latin for those applying for the philology curriculum; an essay on a given historical or archaeological topic for those applying for the respective areas, or for the ERC position);
- candidates with a score of at least 24/35 in the written test will then be admitted to an oral interview (to be held, either in person or via Zoom, on June 17-19, 2024) focusing on their research proposal and previous experience.
Both the written and the oral exams may be taken in English. The PhD program, however, is run and taught in Italian; proficiency in English is required at B2 level, and knowledge of one further European language is mandatory.
PhD students will have plenty of time to study; their mobility during their doctoral training is strongly encouraged (and supported); they will take part in the "doctoral weeks" organised every year by each of the three universities, as well as in a number of other activities.
All the details can be found at the following links (see esp. p. 34 of the call):
Italian: https://www.unive.it/web/it/259/<https://www.unive.it/web/it/259/bando-annuale>
English: https://www.unive.it/web/en/2161<https://www.unive.it/web/en/2161/annual-call>/
For any further doubts that may arise you can write (administrative issues) to the office in charge of the admission procedure:
or (scientific issues) to the Coordinatore of the doctoral program: