Italian

Italian at Leeds attracts important figures in contemporary Italian culture.

We host the prestigious Leeds Centre for Dante Studies, which organises a series of public lectures and runs initiatives to support students working on Dante, including a national study day on Dante and the innovative Leeds Dante podcasts.

Complete University Guide league table, 2019

— 12th in the UK (Italian)

We offer MA by Research and PhD in Italian studies and our research specialisms include:

Dante and the Middle Ages
the Renaissance
modern fiction
film
cultural studies
narratology
Sardinia
the history of the language
and printing and the history of the book.