Organised in February each year, this event includes two full days of lectures and discussion between doctoral students and the Faculty of the Programme. During the one-hour lectures, members of the Faculty Council present theoretical models, methodological issues or specific topics that are crucial for the scientific debate in their field of expertise. A preparatory reading list is provided beforehand, and discussion follows each lectures.

The two days also include the active participation of third-year students in two thematic round-tables (one for each curriculum) moderated by faculty members.
Students must attend the lectures and the round-table organised for their curriculum, but attendance of all activities for both curricula is encouraged.
Students who are unable to attend the mandatory activities must provide a written justification.
Doctoral students awaiting evaluation of their thesis and/or nearing final discussion are not required to attend the Giornate del Dottorato, but they are most welcome should they choose to do so.
Giornate del Dottorato 2023
15th February 2023 (Aula virtuale MS Teams)
Aula Magna, Palazzo Matteucci
Literary Curriculum
Chair: Enrico Di Pastena
- 9:00 – Federica Cappelli, Vivere, dormire, sognare: una lettura de La vida es sueño di Pedro Calderón de la Barca
- 10:00 – Marco Sabbatini, Aleksandr Puškin, Exegi Monumentum. Culto ed equivoco del testo.
11:00 – Coffee break
Chair: Alessandro Fambrini
- 11:30 – Gianni Iotti, Finzione e conoscenza. L’esempio di Proust.
- 12:30 – Serena Grazzini, Fortuna, felicità e amore nell’Uomo senza qualità di Musil.
13:30 – Lunch break
Chair: Enrico Di Pastena
- 15:30 – Presentazione del nuovo volume della Collana ILLA: Interazioni e contaminazioni.
Chair: Laura Giovannelli
- 16:30 – Thematic roundtable Percorsi e snodi del dibattito contemporaneo: cultura, imperialismo e modernità liquida
Discussants: Marta Capossela, Santa Vanessa Cavallari, Federica Pietrapertosa, Valerie Tosi.
18:00 – Closing remarks
16th February 2023 (Aula virtuale MS Teams)
Aula Magna di Palazzo Matteucci
Curriculum Linguistico
Chair: Andrea Nuti
- 09:00 – Alessandro Lenci, Inferenze semantiche e pragmatiche nei neural language models
- 10:00 – Domenica Romagno, Fra linguistica storica e neurolinguistica: semantica di interfaccia e classi di parole
11:00 – Coffee Break
Chair: Silvia Bruti
- 11:30 – Monica Lupetti, La filologia al servizio del pensiero linguistico: questioni ecdotiche intorno al manoscritto della prima grammatica di portoghese per italiani
- 12:30 – Belinda Crawford, Il linguaggio della trasparenza nei report di sostenibilità: aspetti teorici e metodologici
13:30 – Lunch Break
Chair: Francesco Rovai
- 15:30 – Seminario Curricolare, Natura e “fragilità” dei dati linguistici: alcune questioni di metodo
Discussants: Chiara Cernicchiaro, Ludovica Cerini, Giulia Greco, Carolina Marescotti, Paolo Pedinotti, Rosso Manuel Senesi
17:30 – Closing remarks