The University of Naples “Federico II” has advertised 5 fully funded 3-year positions for the PhD program in “Philology” (focusing on Linguistics, Philology and Literary History as applied to the European cultural heritage of the classical, medieval and modern periods, including Greek, Latin and Classical Philology: http://www.dottfilologia.unina.it/PhD_Philology.htm) based at the Department of “Studi Umanistici” (“Humanities”).

One of the 5 advertised positions is reserved to non-Italian citizens graduated abroad and not resident in Italy:
https://www.unina.it/documents/11958/12230550/English_Ciclo32_01_Call.pdf
https://www.unina.it/documents/11958/12230550/English_Ciclo32_02_Attachment.pdf
(the timetable of the admission exams is on p. 9).

Further practical information and the link for the on-line application can be found here:
http://www.unina.it/didattica/post-laurea/dottorati-di-ricerca/english-version

Information on how to apply for the non-reserved positions is available here:
http://www.unina.it/didattica/post-laurea/dottorati-di-ricerca/bandi-di-ammissione

Deadline for the applications is on the 8th of September 2016 at 12 am (Italian time).