Religion, culture and public life

PhD Course

Thematic area Humanities

Duration 3 years

Language English

PhD Programme Coordinator Giuseppe Giordan

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The crucial role played by religion within different socio-political and cultural contexts at local, national and international levels is the focus of the international joint PhD in 鈥淩eligion, Culture and Public Life鈥� (ReCuPL). It is designed as an innovatively and interdisciplinary programme with a research agenda on religious diversity, cultural pluralism, and inclusion of religious and secular actors into public debates. ReCuPL PhD is funded by the University of Padova (Italy), the Catholic University of Uruguay (Uruguay), the University of Nicosia (Cyprus), and the University of Torino (Italy). It brings together leading scholars from several international universities, all with outstanding academic profiles in the social-scientific study of religion.

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The ReCuPL PhD programme has four principal objectives:

- to offer high-quality interdisciplinary training and research across the disciplines of sociology, political science, history, law, and education on religious diversity, cultural pluralism and repertories of religious/secular actors into public debates;

- to guide doctoral students to approach the topic of religion, 褋ulture, and public life from a comparative perspective considering various religious and secular traditions (Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, Taoism, and non-traditional beliefs);

- to enhance research and expertise of doctoral students on the topic of the programme through collaboration with research teams at other Universities;

- to offer policy-oriented training in the field of inclusion, multiculturalism, religious freedom, and cultural and religious pluralism in media, organisations, educational sector, and social service.

The language of the ReCuPL programme will be English. Students will have to complete postgraduate courses and PhD seminars at the UniPd or Partner University for a period of at least two semesters (30 ECTS). Moreover, they will spend at least three months in one or more Universities. The training programme will be set forth by the Academic Board and agreed with each student.