• Philosophical Sciences. In the area of Philosophy, doctoral students’ critical and logical-argumentative skills as well as their knowledge of the history of philosophy will be deepened, while enhancing the interdisciplinary character of knowledge and considering the thematic intersections with the other doctoral curricula. Doctoral students in Philosophical Sciences will be enabled to carry out original research-which requires skills of conceptual analysis, argumentation, historical and philological documentation-in the fields of theoretical philosophy, moral philosophy, political and social philosophy, philosophy of language, aesthetics, history of medieval, modern and contemporary philosophy.
• Socio-Anthropological Sciences. As part of the Ph.D. program, the curriculum in socio-anthropological disciplines aims to explore the transformations of contemporary society considering ongoing social, cultural and environmental processes, nationally and internationally. Privileging qualitative methodologies, the curriculum promotes diverse and interconnected perspectives and themes, including mobility and migration, sustainability, social and affective relations, cosmologies, religions and consciousness, social movements, gender, borders and frontiers, educational practices and pathways, and processes of patrimonialisation and (de)colonization.
• Educational Sciences. The curriculum in Educational Sciences aims to initiate research in all pedagogical areas (GSD 11/PAED-01, 11/PAED-02), also in relation to the area of cultural geography (GEOG-01/A), with special attention to methodological aspects and interdisciplinary connections with the other doctoral curricula, customizing the training based on the students’ research project. Specifically, training on education theory and epistemology will dialogue with the philosophical disciplines; on the history and cultures of education with the PhD in Historical and Textual Sciences; training in didactics and special pedagogy with the artistic area (museum education) and with the socio-anthropological area for the themes of school and social inclusion, mediation and marginality and deviance; training on research methodology and social statistics will be able to relate with all curricula for the appropriate definition of research design and the analysis of the data collected. The themes of educational spaces, landscape and environmental education will constitute other aspects of the interdisciplinary vocation of the curriculum. Disciplinary teaching will be complemented by transversal modules, offered to the entire doctoral school, related to scientific communication, participation in conferences and competitive calls, and training in innovative teaching in school and university.
• Art History, Music and Performing Arts. The curriculum in Art History, Music and Performing Arts aims to train doctoral students in the areas of cultural and creative expressions, through disciplines aimed at the study, protection and enhancement of cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible. Through the study and research in the history of art, theater, cinema, television, photography, new media and musicology, museology and the history of collecting, librarianship and archives, aesthetics, and the legislation of cultural heritage, and also thanks to the interaction with the other curricula of the PhD program, doctoral students will be able to carry out original research with a strong interdisciplinary character, which will allow them to deepen their understanding of artistic and cultural production, expanding the horizons of knowledge towards a more cohesive and sustainable future.
