Classical Studies and Archaeology

Overview

The Classical Studies and Archaeology PhD degree from University of Pisa key facts:

The collaboration between the three universities of Pisa, Florence, and Siena allows to reaffirm or increase the already remarkable international level recorded by the previous programs, with the contribution of foreign teachers, with the stay abroad of the students, with the carrying out of didactic activities in English, French, Spanish, German, with the recognition of the European title and with the co-tutorship of the dissertations with foreign universities that allow a strong international opening involving some of the most prestigious centers for research on the ancient world (Autonomous University of Madrid, École Normale Superiéure, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Université d’Aix-Marseille, Université Côte d'Azur, Université Grenoble Alpes, Université de Lyon, Université Paul-Valery de Montpellier, Université de Toulouse Jean Jaurés, Universität Hamburg, Universität Köln, Universität Tübingen).

The doctorate, which brings together professors from Italian or foreign universities, currently awards scholarships by competition to qualified candidates in the disciplines of ancient sciences and archeology, to encourage their growth over the three-year period with an articulated educational perspective in the name of interdisciplinarity and flexibility: it intends to promote awareness of the substantial unity of the objectives of research in the field of ancient world studies and, through the merging of the previous programs of the universities of Pisa, Florence, Siena, homogeneous in the choices of method and in the research perspectives, it aims to train students capable of tackling original issues with adequate and innovative theoretical and practical tools for the study of the past, for the memory and enhancement of cultural heritage. The doctorate intends to increase the already considerable level of internationalization previously achieved by the previous programs, with the participation of foreign teachers, with the reception of foreign students, with the continuation of research activities of an international context, with the stay abroad of the students, with the holding of lectures and seminars in English or in other languages (French, Spanish and German), with the co-supervision of the dissertations with foreign universities, also for the achievement of the title Europaeus.