Educational aims
The Double Degree PhD programme in Philospophy in partnership with the University Ca’ Foscari Venezia is aimed at ensuring students gain complete proficiency in both the study of texts dating from the origins of the Italian language to the current day, and in parallel, the study of works in foreign languages which are produced in those same historical geographical and cultural contexts as the products of visual culture.
At use are hermeneutic and comparative, philological, linguistic, historical-critical methodologies, which are applied to written and visual texts expressed in Italian produced by both Italian and foreign authors, as well as those written by Italian authors in the modern foreign languages.
Research themes
- Cross-border literary, language and visual studies
- Relationships between Italian and foreign literature, languages and cultures;
- History of the Italian literature, language and culture;
- Publishing comment, and interpretation of literary texts from the middle ages to contemporary times;
- Humanist computer science applied to Italian literature texts (digital humanities).
- Visual Culture
Professional profiles
The PhD graduate will be able to practice the skills acquired not only within a University teaching environment, but also in public and private corporations and institutions (e.g., Austrian and overseas cultural institutions, libraries and archives, publishing and journalism, digital humanities etc.)
How to apply and call for applications
Admission to Doctoral Programmes is gained through a highly selective application process, subject to international attention. Yearly the call for applications is published during the spring (juni-september)
Supervisors and Members of the doctorate advisory board
- Angela Fabris, romance and comparative literatures, film studies, visual studies (Doctorate Coordinator, angela [dot] fabris [at] aau [dot] at) (For information on the programme, please contact Angela Fabris)
- Ulrike Krieg-Holz, German linguistics and applied linguistics (Doctorate Vice-Coordinator)
- Luca Melchior, multilingualism research, dialectology, sociolinguistics, minority languages research, lexicography, history of language sciences (Doctorate Vice-Coordinator)
- Cristina Beretta, Slavic and comparative literatures, gender studies, literature and nationalism, war literature, songtexts
- Ursula Doleschal, Slavic linguistics, multilingualism and minority languages research, gender linguistics, academic writing
- Eva-Maria Graf, (critical) discourse analysis, gender & sexuality in language and discourse, professional & institutional communication
- Barbara Neymeyr, German and Austrian literature, narratology, intertextuality, aesthetics, philosophy
- Alice Pechriggl, philosophy and psychoanalysis, visual studies and gender studies
- Arno Rußegger, Austrian literature since 1900; intermedial literature, film studies, literature for children and young adults
- Anna Schober-de Graaf, art history, visual studies (film and photography), aesthetics of the public sphere, political iconology
Doctoral students
Dott. Michele Baldaro
michele [dot] baldaro [at] unive [dot] it
PhD Double Degree
Working title: Ambivalenze letterarie sull’Africa e sul colonialismo nella coscienza culturale italiana al tramonto dell’impero
Mentor: Prof. Dr. Mimmo Cangiano (Università Ca‘ Foscari Venezia) / International Mentor: Prof. Dr. Angela Fabris (Universität Klagenfurt)
Funded by: Università Ca‘ Foscari di Venezia
Dott.ssa Giorgia Buso
Seit 2021
PhD Double Degree
Working title: „Giochi dell’eternità: per uno studio sistematico e intertestuale della trilogia di Antonio Moresco“
Mentor: Prof. Dr. Alessandro Cinquegrani (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia) / International Mentor: Prof. Dr. Angela Fabris (University of Klagenfurt)
Funded by: Università Ca‘ Foscari di Venezia
Mag.a Laura Checconi
laura [dot] checconi [at] uni-graz [dot] at
PhD Double Degree
Working title: Repertori e atteggiamenti linguistici degli italiani di nuova emigrazione a Graz
Mentor: Prof. Dr. Luca Melchior (Universität Klagenfurt) / International Mentor: Prof. Dr. Daniele Baglioni (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia)
Funded by: Universität Klagenfurt
Dott.ssa Germana Dragonieri
germana [dot] dragonieri [at] unive [dot] it
PhD Double Degree
Working title: «Cospirazione provinciale». Multicentrismo e periferie nella poesia italiana degli anni Settanta del Novecento
Mentor: Prof. Dr. Tiziano Zanato (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia) / International Mentor: Prof. Dr. Angela Fabris (Universität Klagenfurt)
Funded by: Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia
Dott.ssa Anna Faraon
893567 [at] stud [dot] unive [dot] it
PhD Double Degree
Working title: „L’estraneità: il ruolo delle parole e del corpo nell’elaborazione del trauma e nell’affermazione dell’identità“
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Angela Fabris (Universität Klagenfurt) / International Supervisor: prof. Dr. Alberto Zava (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia)
Funded by: Universität Klagenfurt
Mag.a Larissa Grantner BA
lgrantne [at] edu [dot] aau [dot] at
PhD Double Degree
Working title: „Geschlechtsspezifisches Verhalten in der Welt der Androiden in Filmen und Serien des 21. Jahrhunderts ausgehend von Luigi Maggis La bambola vivente (1924)“
Mentor: Prof. Dr. Angela Fabris (Universität Klagenfurt) / International Mentor: Prof. Dr. Alessandro Cinquegrani (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia)
Funded by: Universität Klagenfurt
Mag.a Cornelia Maria Koffler
cornelia [dot] koffler [at] gmail [dot] com
PhD Double Degree
Working title: „Ich und die Anderen. Innere und äußere Erzählperspektiven in ausgewählten italienischen transkulturellen Graphic Novels“
Mentor: Prof. Dr. Angela Fabris (Universität Klagenfurt) / International Mentor: Prof. Dr. Alberto Zava (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia)
Funded by: Universität Klagenfurt
Dott. Lorenzo Negro
lorenzo [dot] negro [at] unive [dot] it
PhD Double Degree
Working title: „Per un commento integrale a Gli strumenti umani di Vittorio Sereni“
Mentor: Prof. Dr. Tiziano Zanato (Università Ca‘ Foscari Venezia) / International Mentor: Prof. Dr. Angela Fabris (Universität Klagenfurt)
Funded by: Università Ca‘ Foscari di Venezia
Dott.ssa Francesca Puddu
francesca [dot] puddu1198 [at] gmail [dot] com
Working title: “Un canone per la letteratura fantascientifica femminile del primo ventennio del 2000”
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Angela Fabris / International Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Alessandro Cinquegrani (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia)
Funded by: Universität Klagenfurt
Dott.ssa Beatrice Simion
Beatrice [dot] simion22 [at] gmail [dot] com
PhD Double Degree
Working title: Lingua e stile di Claudio Magris: composizioni „in transito“. Uno studio sulle principali tendenze scrittorie del laboratorio creativo dell’autore
Mentor: Prof. Dr. Luca Melchior (Universität Klagenfurt) / International Mentor: Prof. Dr. Alessio Cotugno (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia)
Funded by: Universität Klagenfurt
Mag. phil. Samuel Vernaglione
Samuel [dot] vernaglione [at] aau [dot] at
PhD Double Degree
Working title: L’immagine di Venezia nel Settecento tra pittura e letteratura
Mentor: Prof. Dr. Angela Fabris (Universität Klagenfurt) / International Mentor: Prof. Dr. Riccardo Drusi (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia)
Funded by: Universität Klagenfurt
Completed PhD
Dott. Giacomo Carlesso
giacomo [dot] carlesso [at] unive [dot] it
Promotion im Rahmen eines DD PhD mit der Universität Klagenfurt
Am 26.5.2023 an der Università Ca‘ Foscari Venezia abgeschlossene Dissertation mit dem Titel „Scenari odeporici di Giovanni Comisso. Dall’epistolario privato alle opere edite“
Mentor: Prof. Dr. Alessandro Cinquegrani (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia) / International Mentor: Prof. Dr. Angela Fabris (Universität Klagenfurt)
Funded by: Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
Dr. Sandra Kremon, BA MA:
Im Sommersemester 2021 an der Universität Klagenfurt (Fakultät für Kulturwissenschaften) abgeschlossene Dissertation mit dem Titel „Venezia e la modernità. La rappresentazione della città lagunare nelle opere futuriste e post-futuriste di Filippo Tommaso Marinetti e Aldo Palazzeschi“,
Promotion im Rahmen eines Cotutelle-Verfahrens mit der Università Ca’ Foscari, Venezia
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Angela Fabris (Universität Klagenfurt) / Prof. Dr. Ricciarda Ricorda (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia)
Funded by: Universität Klagenfurt
