The PhD program in Art History, Film Studies, Media Studies, and Music promotes advanced research in these fields, providing candidates with a study environment, PhD board members and research initiatives that are dynamic and international.

The course stands out for its close connections with museums, archives, film and media archives and numerous labs. It is part of a wider international network and has an outstanding research output thanks to a large range of publishing activities connected to the program.

On a yearly basis, the PhD program in Art History, Film Studies, Media Studies, and Music promotes an intensive international PhD program: MAGIS – Gorizia Film Studies Spring School.

Careers

The main objective of the PhD program in Art History, Film and Media Studies, and Music is to train new, ground-breaking researchers for the international research job market.

Such training, substantiated by the curricula and related lectures, workshops and group-work, provides the candidates with advanced knowledge for careers in:

• National and international academic institutions,
• Private and public-sector institutions,
• Cultural and media industries,
• Museums, archives and festival organisation.

Teaching, 2020-2021

• A seminar aimed at PhD candidates of both curricula: Art and memory. Maps, heritages, media (24 hours, 3 CFU, Jan-Jun 2021): Linda Borean, Roberto Calabretto, Mariapia Comand, Orietta Lanzarini, Donata Levi, Carmelo Marabello, Andrea Mariani, Francesco Pitassio, Cosetta Saba, Simone Venturini     
• A seminar aimed at PhD candidates of the curriculum in Art History (20 Hours,  3 CFU, Jan-Jun 2021).
  Through a series of case studies over a wide time-span, the seminar will deal with methodological and historical issues related to the domains of Medieval art and architecture (Claudia Bolgia, Gianpaolo Trevisan), Renaissance andBaroque (Linda Borean), Neoclassical art (Roberto De Feo), Modern and Contemporary Art  (Alessandro Del Puppo, Luca Pietro Nicoletti, Massimo Degrassi) and History of Architecture (Orietta Lanzarini).
• A seminar aimed at PhD candidates of the curriculum in Film and Media Studies, and Music (20 Hours,  3 CFU, Jan-Jun 2021). The seminar examines historical research in relation to film and media studies and musicology, film and media institutions, preservation and access to film, media and music heritage, philological analysis: Cinema, photography, television and media studies (Mariapia Comand, Leonardo Gandini, Andrea Mariani, Francesco Pitassio, Cosetta Saba, Simone Venturini); Musicology and History of Music (Roberto Calabretto).

All three seminars require specific readings. A reading list will be provided at the beginning of the courses.

• Fondazione Ado Furlan Seminar (Novembre 2020): Intorno a Raffaello Sanzio.
• FilmForum e MAGIS - International Film Studies Spring School (marzo 2021), 2 CFU
• Scuola Dottorale estiva Udine / Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3: Patrimoni nell'arte e nei media: trasmissioni, mediazioni, riscoperte (giugno 2021)