Research areas

ASIAN, AFRICAN AND MEDITERRANEAN STUDIES
This section provides an in-depth analysis of the study of languages and cultures of the regions of Asia, Africa and the Mediterranean, as well as of the exchanges that have taken place in the past... more about →

CLASSICS
The Classics section essentially includes professors studying the languages and literatures of pre-classical and classical antiquity and of Greek and Latin Middle Ages… more about →

COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN LITERATURE, ART AND CULTURE
This section works under the assumption that all cultural phenomena have a dialogic nature. As such, it is based on the study of Literature beyond national borders...
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ITALIAN STUDIES
This section provides an in-depth analysis of studies on the works and literary cultures (in Italian, in Latin or in various Italian dialects) from its origins to contemporary times... more about →

LINGUISTICS
The most important research fields of this section include: Dialectology and Linguistic Geography (which refer to Turin’s long tradition of atlases, represented today by the Italian Language Atlas... more about →

MEDIA, MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS
The Media, Music and Performing Arts Section works on a wide range of research areas: 1) musicology in all its forms, included ethnomusicology and popular music ... more about →

MEDIEVAL AND MODERN PHILOLOGY
The Medieval and Modern Philology section includes professors studying the languages and literatures of the Western Middle Ages and of the European Modern Age, with a special focus on linguistic history … more about →