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Research
The Department believes very strongly in the connection between research and
teaching. Having teachers who are active researchers means that
students are exposed to the latest thinking in a
particular field of study. It also means, we hope, that some of the enthusiasm
and excitement that we derive from carrying out research and writing will be
transmitted to students in our lectures, seminars and classes.
n addition to undergraduate teaching, the Department has an extensive
postgraduate programme, attracting postgraduate students from overseas as well
as from this country. It operates a unique joint research training programme
with University College London, Royal Holloway, Oxford and Cambridge, which
constitutes the largest postgraduate research forum in Italian Studies in this
country.
The Department is home to the
Centre for Modern Italian
History (CMIH) and the
Centre for Italian Women's
Studies. A further important dimension of the work of the Department is
The Italianist. This is a
multi-disciplinary journal with an international reputation. It was founded at
Reading and is now edited jointly with the Department of Italian at the
University of Cambridge.
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