PhD in History

  • What it is

    Mobility experience with a research focus

  • Who it’s for

    Master students involved in the final research; PhD sandwich; Post Doc

Department

Dipartimento di Civiltà e Forme del Sapere;  the Department collaborates with the "Red Columnaria", an academic network of international historians who study transatlantic mobility relating to the Iberian World and its colonies during the Early Modern Age

Main research activities/topics/projects

The research activities for future candidates for the Brazilian Master/PhD/Post Doc include three distinct but intertwined areas: the study of the activity carried out by Italian missionaries in Brazil during the Early Modern Age, missionaries belonging to both the secular and regular clergy; the study of the economic and commercial relations between Italy and Brazil in the Early Modern Age, through the mediation of the Portuguese Monarchy; the study of slavery and the construction of ethnic and racial identities through legal and theological discourses.

Working language

Portuguese, Italian, and English

Duration in months (min-max)

Master Research: 6-9
PhD sandwich: 6-12
Post Doc: 12-36

Contacts

Main scientific contact person

Prof. Matteo Giuli

+39 050 2215253

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Other scientific contact person

Prof. Andrea Addobbati

+39 050 2215275

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Other scientific contact person

Alessandro Buono

+39 050 2215569

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