Historical, Geographical and Anthropological Studies

Department

Department of Historical and Geographical Sciences and the Ancient World (DiSSGeA), University of Padova

Main research activities/topics/projects

The Historical Studies curriculum is particularly dedicated to the History of European societies, providing the opportunity for in-depth studies and research on:
identities and their construction (national, transnational, professional, religious and gender identities); the relationship between cultural development and socioeconomic and political development; political and institutional cultures transformation from ancient history to contemporary history. Moreover, the curriculum focuses on intersections, hybridization, the mobility of people, objects, texts and ideas through an analytical approach that highlights global and transnational experiences, comparative approaches, without overlooking conflicts, inequalities, and power struggle. 

Another research field is that of digital humanities, also exploring their dialogue with the public dimension. The Geographical studies curriculum explores natural and anthropogenic aspects of space in their essential interconnection, including facts and representations, materiality and ideas, anchors and movements. This curriculum intends to explore the world as well as the discourses by which we try to give it meaning. Through qualitative, quantitative and creative methodologies, the curriculum offers an environment of learning and scientific development of Phd students from different backgrounds
(social, human, natural sciences) that are particularly interested in the dimension of space in its many facets.
The curriculum in Historical-religious and Anthropological studies proposes to develop research on complex cultural and social phenomena and transformations. The course offers the opportunity to acquire methods of ethnographic research and to develop comparative theoretical approaches and/or a theoretical and methodological thought on Eastern and Western religious traditions of the ancient world and the modern age. Religious studies include research on religions in their founding moments as well as in mature periods, as well as internal debate, controversies and negotiations with other cultural and religious subjects, both in communities and in the interpretation of individual experiences. As for anthropological studies, particular attention is paid to the documentation and analysis of the dynamics of encounter and conflict in cross-cultural contexts, the analysis of the continuity and discontinuity between past and present, of response and re-signification practices in colonial and postcolonial contexts.

Working language

Working language is mainly Italian and English

Duration in months (min-max)

Post Doc: 1-12