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Italian
National ratings
Kent rated 17th in the UK for Italian in the 2009 Times Good University Guide.
Taught Pre-Master's programmes
Research programme
Without doubt, Italy is a cornerstone of European culture, art and history, as well as providing a controversial and stimulating area of studies in the modern period. Furthermore, Kent has a diverse and cosmopolitan student population, with 125 nationalities represented on campus.
Kent therefore offers an ideal environment for the postgraduate study of modern Italian society within a broadly European context. With the research interests of staff covering the modern period, postgraduates can also benefit from the activities co-ordinated by the Centre for Modern European Literature (see right), including lectures by prestigious guest speakers, research seminars, conferences, and a reading group.
Language speaking
A significant number of native speakers of European languages follow our courses and several European exchange students stay on to do graduate work. There are also foreign-language lettori who are either combining teaching with a Kent higher degree, or completing a dissertation for their home universities. We can assist with language-training needs for overseas postgraduates, particularly where English is concerned, and are also involved in the Erasmus and Tempus networks.
Training
All postgraduate students in the School of European Culture and Languages (SECL) have the opportunity to undertake the Transferable Skills Training Programme provided by the Graduate School. The School provides training workshops for postgraduate students with teaching responsibilities, which bring together students from all its subject areas. Research students gain further academic experience by giving research talks in the Centre for Modern European Literature series, and attending national and international conferences.
A thriving research culture
The research strength of the Italian Section lies in modern society and culture (broadly beginning from unification in 1860). Research at Kent is consciously conceived as interdisciplinary so, for example, there are close links with the Centre for Modern European Literature and the Centre for Linguistics. Regular research seminars help to bring postgraduates together as a community, as well as to introduce them to visiting speakers from outside the University.
Strong publishing culture
Books published by staff within and attached to the Italian section include: See Naples and Die, Defiance: The Story of One Man Who Stood Up to the Sicilian Mafia and The Italian Resistance (Tom Behan); Subjectivity and Otherness (Lorenzo Chiesa); Origin and Identity: Essays on Svevo and Trieste and The Svevo Papers (Elizabeth Schachter); Anna Banti and the (Im)Possibility of Love (Wissia Fiorucci).
Conferences
We encourage all of our postgraduate students to get involved in conferences, by attending, contributing or organising them. Furthermore, Italian postgraduate students are currently editors of the journal Skepsi (founded and run by postgraduate SECL students).
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