Romance and Italian Philology in the Digital Turn
Attività ricerca
The PhD course constitutes a development of the great philological tradition which has experienced periods of absolute prestige at the Scuola Normale, both for Romance philology and for Italian philology. By networking with other important national and international institutions, with other important institutions – – Scuola Superiore Meridionale of Naples, University of Naples Federico II, University of Florence, University of Bergamo, University for Foreigners of Siena - International University, CNR Institute Opera del Vocabolario Italiano and Italian Section of the DARIAH Consortium, Ezio Franceschini Onlus Foundation – the course will be able to operate in synergy with the digital humanities laboratories present or in the process of being established in the network of affiliated universities, and with the fundamental experience of the CNR-OVI in the management of the corpus of Italian texts of the Origins. The PhD course will be able to operate in synergy with the digital humanities laboratories present or in the process of being established in the network of affiliated universities, and with the fundamental experience of CNR / OVI in the management of the corpus of Italian texts of the Origins; in particular, the OVI research unit at the Scuola Normale will allow PhD students constant interaction with the Italian section of the DARIAH Consortium (Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities), in a scenario of international importance.
The synergy between the Scuola Normale Superiore and other important universities, partly already connected to each other in the participation in the PNRR PE5 Changes project with the same scientific aims that the new Doctorate aims at, and the collaboration of the CNR-OVI and the Franceschini Foundation, headquarters of textual resources and experience in the sector at the highest European level, ensure that the PhD course has potential for effectiveness and a framework of sustainability of all importance, on a national and international scale.
Attività didattica
The PhD course provides specific preparation in terms of textual philology and the application of IT tools applied to text processing, with a rate of methodological and interdisciplinary innovation that allows access to a plurality of job opportunities, in a world in which digital textuality increasingly requires new skills. The teaching activity of the Doctoral Course is divided into courses and seminars, according to the tradition of the Scuola Normale, and also includes workshops and research periods both at the other affiliated centers and at the laboratories involved in the network of collaborations that the agreements allow to activate in Italy and abroad. Each PhD student is supervised by two professors and, depending on the needs of the research project, may be involved in a co-tutorship agreement with a European university. PhD students will annually agree on a study plan, that will specify the research and training activities planned for the current academic year. During the first year, PhD students must attend to at least three courses at the Scuola Normale (120 hours of frontal lessons) and pass the corresponding exams. Subsequently, a range of training opportunities opens up for them, with the possibility of continuing their studies with research periods at associated institutions. Depending on research requirements, more extended periods of study and research at other Italian and foreign institutions are suggested, first and foremost at the Ecole Nationale des Chartes in Paris and at King's College London, with which specific agreements are envisaged. At the end of each year, PhD students must attend an interview for admission to the following year: they must present the content of a report on the progress of their research activities to a jury appointed by the Board of professors.