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

PhD Title: Understanding Translation as a Site of Contact-Induced Language Change in the Field of Migration 

Supervisors: Dr Sofia Malamatidou and Dr Aleksandra Cavoski

 

My main research interest is the role of literature in the teaching of a foreign/second language and its impact on students’ learning. More generally, I am interested in all aspects of language pedagogy. I teach courses on Italian language at different levels of proficiency. 

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 Kate Ince 

 

My main areas of interest are 20th and 21st Century Italian literature, with a particular focus on the relations between history and literature. I am also interested on the use of theatre and cinema in the learning of Italian.

PhD Title: Post independence disillusionment with African Politics: Postcolonial Francophone literary voices

Supervisors: Dr Berny Sebe 
PhD French 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 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 thesis introduced a model ...

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

PhD title: Translation of intertextual metaphors in contemporary Arabic novels into EnglisAlienation of the Educated in Francophone and Anglophone African Literature
Supervisors: Dr Berny Sebe and Dr Louise Hardwick (Dr. Hardwick is on maternity leave till Jan, my supervisor for this year is Dr. Stephan Forcer)
PhD Francophone 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: 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