博士 哈佛大学意大利研究专业致力于提供创新的，跨学科的意大利研究方法，特别着重于中世纪和文艺复兴研究，19世纪和20世纪文学与社会，当代意大利，电影和媒体，设计史，文化经济学和分析学。我们认为，建立坚实的历史和语言基础应伴随着广泛的批判实践，与当前文化趋势和新兴学术形式的深刻互动以及对新媒体和新技术的亲身熟悉。因此，春季所有在校研究生都将参加意大利研究座谈会，该座谈会每周与新出版著作的作者举行会议。所谓的“浓缩咖啡谈话”是非正式会议，目的是让学生和教职员工通过一杯咖啡讨论最近的小说，电影和文化事件，这是出
The Ph.D. program in Italian Studies at Harvard University is committed to providing an innovative, interdisciplinary approach to Italian studies, with special emphasis on innovative research in the fields of Medieval and Renaissance studies, 19th- and 20th-century literature and society, contemporary Italy, cinema and media, the history of design, cultural economics and analytics. We believe that the building of solid historical and philological foundations should be accompanied by extensive critical practice, profound interaction with current cultural trends and new and emerging forms of scholarship, and a hands-on familiarity with new media and technologies. For this reason all graduate students in residence during the spring attend the Italian Studies Colloquium, which consists of weekly meetings with the authors of newly published books. The Espresso Talksinformal meetings in which students and faculty discuss recent novels, movies, and cultural events over a cup of coffee'serve the same purpose. Students are also invited to contribute articles, reviews, interviews, and documentary videos to the online magazine Romance Sphere. Many students are also involved in such secondary field programs as Critical Media Practice and in metaLAB (at) Harvard, a hands-on research lab and design studio dedicated to exploring and expanding the frontiers of networked culture in the arts and humanities.