Comparative Studies
The FCT PhD Programme in Comparative Studies (PhD-COMP) is a 3rd cycle of studies centred upon the study of the relations between texts, art forms, different media, cultural contexts and forms of knowledge in the Humanities; it stems from the aim of reinforcing the pedagogical and scientific institutionalization of a field of study long since stabilized in the international academic world, and especially apt to promote the overcoming of national and disciplinary boundaries.
This PhD aims to provide students with the conditions to achieve theoretical and analytical innovation through the open and rigorous interrogation of heterogeneous sets of texts and issues. The PhD’s seminar offerings and curricular structure are intended to: 1) allow for the critical study of the main trends of inquiry in contemporary Comparatism; 2) offer a wide and transversal training, with a strong international dimension; 3) guarantee a privileged connection between training and advanced research.
Advanced training in the field of Comparative Studies, stimulating the investigation of relationships between texts, between art forms, between different media, between cultural contexts, and between ways of knowing.
Access and ingress
Candidates should have the fo llowing:
1) A Master’s Degree in the Humanities or Social Sciences.
2) In the absence of (1), another academic qualification (Ma ster’s or Bachelor’s Degree) combined with a CV considered by the PhD’s Directive Board to be both relevant and suited to advanced research in the field of Comparative Studies. 3) A working knowledg e of three languages (including English).
