Phd title: A Systemic Functional and Relevance-Theoretic Approach to Explicitation in Translated Arabic
Supervisor: Dr Gabriela Saldanha and Dr Sofia Malamatidou
PhD in Modern Languages (Translation)

PhD Title: The Economic Crisis on the Big Screen: the Italian Era of Precarity
Supervisors: Dr Charlotte Ross and Professor Rob Stone
PhD Italian Studies

Phd title: Cross Cultural Political Discourse Translation
Supervisor: Dr Natalia Rulyova
PhD in Modern Languages (Translation)

Phd title: Translation of intertextual metaphors in contemporary Arabic novels into English
Supervisor: Dr Anissa Daoudi
PhD in Modern Languages (Translation)

PhD Title: The influence of cinema on literature in the postmodern age
Supervisor: Dr Clodagh Brook and Dr Emanuela Patti
PhD Italian Studies

I completed my BA in Humanities in 2008 and gained a MA in Modern Humanities at the Università degli Studi di Milano in 2011 under the supervision of Prof. Bruno Falcetto and Prof. Giovanna Rosa in 2011 with a thesis on the Italian writer Giuseppe ...

PhD Title: Literature in the Foreign Language Classroom: Students' and Teachers' Views on Learner Motivation, Reading Habits and Skills, and the Role of the Teacher

Supervisors: Clelia Boscolo and Professor John Klapper
PhD Italian Studies

I completed my BA (2007) and my MA (2010) in International Relations at the University of Perugia. Whilst at Perugia, I was granted a number of ...

PhD Title: An Interdisciplinary dialogue between cinema and its posters: Italy 1945-1979
Supervisors: Dr Clodagh Brook and Dr Lara Pucci(University of Nottingham)
PhD Italian Studies

I completed my BA in Science and Technology of Art at the University of Palermo in 2009. Subsequently, I obtained my MA in History of Art cum laudeat the University of Siena, in 2012, under the ...

PhD Title: Translation and the retranslation of female-authored fiction in the 20th century

Supervisors: Dr Angela Kershaw and Dr Kate Ince 

 

My main areas of interest are contemporary Italian literature and language pedagogy.

PhD Title: Alfonso el Sabio and the invention of a language: life and afterlife of Castilian prose in the Estoria de Espanna.
Supervisors: Dr Aengus Ward
PhD Hispanic Studies

Phd title: The Birth of Italian Comics: From the Adaptation of American Models to the Development of a Local Genre (1900-1948)
Supervisor: Dr Charlotte Ross and Ms Clelia Boscolo
PhD Modern Languages

Phd title: Corpus-Based Stylistic Analysis on Women's Issues: A Study of Modern Arabic Newspapers
Supervisor: Dr Anissa Daoudi and Dr Paul Thompson
PhD Modern Languages

Currently, I am doing my Phd in Modern languages particularly in Arabic. Previously, I have completed my BA and MA in Arabic and Communication at Islamic Science University of Malaysia. My interest is on Arabic and Media.

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Phd title: Discursive Constructions and Struggles Around the Arab Spring: Critical Discourse Analysis of Modern Arabic News Articles
Supervisor: Dr Anissa Daoudi
PhD Modern Languages

Currently, I am doing my Phd in Modern languages (Arabic). Previously, I have my BA in Arabic Language and Literature form The Hashemite University, Jordan and MA in Arabic Linguistic from International Islamic ...

Phd title: Paths to Signed Language Interpreting in Great Britain and America since 1150 AD
Supervisor: Dr Angela Kershaw and Dr Hilary Brown
PhD in Modern Languages (Translation)

I have been a private practice American Sign Language-English interpreter/translator, mentor and presenter since 1989. My MA is in Professional Communication, from Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah, US. My ...

Phd title: Environment and Identity in French Caribbean Literature and Culture: an ecocritical approach.
Supervisor: Dr Louise Hardwick
PhD in French Studies

Phd title: A comparative study of south Asian and white women child murderers in the UK
Supervisor: Professor Lisa Downing
PhD Sexuality and Gender Studies

PhD Title: Teaching and learning the subjunctive in Portuguese as a second language
Supervisors: Dr Patricia Odber de Baubeta and Professor John Klapper
PhD Hispanic Studies

PhD title: Translating Islamic State (Daesh): reframing narratives
Supervisors: Dr Natalia Rulyova and Professor Scott Lucas
PhD in Modern Languages (Translation)

I started my PhD at Birmingham University in 2013. My focus is on translation, media, and politics, particularly with regards to Islamic State in Iraq.  I completed my BA and MA in translation and interpreting studies in ...

PhD Title: Travelling Childhood Memories of the Second World War: German-American Women’s Participation in the US-American Contemporary Memoir Boom
Supervisor: Dr. Joanne Sayner
PhD German Studies

I graduated from the University of Kentucky in the USA with an MA in German Studies and an MA in Education. During my graduate studies in German literature I developed a strong interest in ...

PhD title: From London to Leipzig and back: Goth scenes in the GDR between Endzeit and Revolution
Supervisors: Dr Joanne Sayner and Dr Sara Jones
PhD German Studies

PhD title: Semantic shifts in the translation of self-help books from English into Arabic
Supervisor: Dr Anissa Daoudi
PhD in Modern Languages (Translation)

PhD Title: 'Donna con donna' (woman with woman): representations of female-female desire in early modern Italian literature
Supervisor: Dr Ita Mac Carthy and Dr Charlotte Ross
PhD Italian Studies

I completed my BA in Italian literature at the University of Pisa and my MA in Modern Philology at the Sapienza University of Rome. I also obtained a Master’s Degree in Teaching Italian Culture ...

Phd title: Using Technology to Facilitate Students’ Learning of Chinese Characters
Supervisor: Professor John Klapper
PhD Modern Languages