History and Archaeology. Studies on Heritage, Memory and Cultures

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Academic year 2025/2026
Dept. of History and Cultures
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
EQF level: 8
41° cicle
Field of study: humanities and literature
Place of teaching
bologna (BO), italy
Attendance methods
Full time
Teaching
Classroom-based
Languages in which the course is held
Italian, English
Cost
157,04
Duration of the course
Nov 2025 - Oct 2028
Scholarships
8 

Course contents

The PhD program in History and Archaeology. Studies on Heritage, Memory and Cultures places at the center of doctoral training the methods and knowledge on which critical research, definition and interpretation of the processes of genesis and historical evolution are based, from the most ancient ages to the contemporary. The historical, archaeological and anthropological disciplines allow us to investigate, starting from different points of view, the ways in which cultural memories have been defined in different eras, understood as the intersection between individual and collective memories, which simultaneously describe, represent, transmit and they preserve the past. This multidisciplinarity constitutes the essential and characteristic element of the doctorate, which trains advanced specialized figures active in the field of research and institutions responsible for the protection of the historical, archaeological and cultural heritage, specialized publishing and communication.
The main topics of the doctoral course are the following: genesis of the evolution of settlements and cities; dynamics of occupation of territories and cultural and commercial interaction between different peoples; references to social complexity and ideologies (theological, philosophical, political, legal reflection on institutions, mobility of social structures); symbolic relationships between objects of memory - events, understood as processes of construction and reconstruction of "memory", which call into question the relationship between memory and history; literary or philosophical texts, or currents of thought, relevant from the perspective of intellectual history and intercultural dialogue.
Page of the course on the University's website

Teaching

Place of teaching
bologna (BO), italy
Duration of the course
Nov 2025 - Oct 2028
Attendance methods
Full time
Compulsory attendance
Teaching
Classroom-based
Languages in which the course is held
Italian, English

Admission requirements

Type of degree required
2nd Level Degree
Field of study
humanities and literature
Foreign language skills
English
English language proficiency is verified during the admission exams.

Admission

Available places
8
Admission
Admission selection
Qualifications' and research proposal evaluation Oral examination
Cost
157,04 €
Scholarships
8
6 scholarships funded by the University of Bologna general budget and /or by departmental budget
2 scholarships funded by external bodies or companies

Employment opportunities

The employment opportunities of the PhD students concern first of all the possibility of continuing research activity both in universities and in other national and international scientific structures; teaching in middle and high school; use in archives, libraries, museums; collaboration on research projects promoted by private and public foundations; the possibility of employment in private companies in the sectors of communication, corporate cultural policy and human resources management; use in the public and private sector in relation to the management, documentation and research of the archaeological heritage, in particular through excavations, reconnaissance, filing of materials linked to projects promoted by the Universities or supervised or under concession by the Superintendencies. Based on the monitoring of the employment and professional opportunities of research doctors who have completed cycles 33, 34 and 35, 94% of doctoral students found employment within 7 months of obtaining the qualification through research grants or scholarships in the fields topics of the doctoral course or has obtained fixed-term or permanent contracts in the public administration (schools and archaeological superintendencies). On average, PhDs rated the usefulness of the doctoral path very positively in terms of the employment opportunities achieved and the level of internationalization of their careers.

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