Languages, Literature & Culture (modern history) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

History PhD (option of joint PhD with Hong Kong University or National University of Singapore)

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Humanities Research Programme

The Department of History at King's has a long and distinguished tradition in world leading, cutting-edge research. Our staff and research students are fully engaged in original historical scholarship, ranging from late antiquity to the present day. Read more

Sheffield Hallam University Humanities Research Centre

PhD Opportunities in English, History and Performance

We warmly invite applications for full-time or part-time self-funded PhD study. About the PhD programme. The Humanities Research Centre (HRC) at Sheffield Hallam University was founded in 1996. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only) Humanities Research Programme

European University Institute Florence

Fully-funded four-year PhD in History and Civilisation

Fully-funded four-year PhD programmes. The European University Institute (EUI) offers well-structured doctoral programmes allowing you to develop your intellectual curiosity and enabling original research. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Social Sciences Research Programme

Coventry University Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities

Atlantic Stories, Colonial Legacies and the Bodleian Library, 1650-1800

Eligibility: UK/International (including EU) graduates with the required entry requirements. Duration: Full-Time – between three and three and a half years fixed term. Read more

Supervisor: Dr AL Leonard

27 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

German PhD (option of joint PhD with Stuttgart or Humboldt University)

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Humanities Research Programme

Our current research students work mainly in cultural and historical studies from the Middle Ages to the present day, including literary studies, film and cinema studies; theatre studies; literary and cultural theory; and the history of ideas. Read more

Philosophy PhD (option of joint PhD with National University of Singapore)

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Humanities Research Programme

The Philosophy Department at King’s is one of the largest research departments in the field in the UK. Read more

PhD at the Institute of English Studies

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Arts Research Programme

Undertaking doctoral research allows you to develop in-depth knowledge, while making a meaningful contribution to your chosen field. Read more

French PhD

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Humanities Research Programme

The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures offers research strengths and opportunities for PhD supervision across all periods of French and Francophone literature and visual culture, French thought and modern French history and politics. Read more

Digital Humanities PhD

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Humanities Research Programme

Digital Humanities is an interdisciplinary subject area that brings a range of computational, quantitative and other innovative and collaborative methods to the study of texts, images, histories, languages and cultures, while also being critical about methodology, disciplinarity and pedagogy. Read more

PhD at the University of London Institute in Paris

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Humanities Research Programme

Undertaking doctoral research allows you to develop in-depth knowledge, while making a meaningful contribution to your chosen field. Read more

Classics PhD

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Humanities Research Programme

We supervise research across an exceptionally wide range of topics in Greek, Roman and Near Eastern history, archaeology and art, as well as Greek and Latin language, literature and thought, late antique and Byzantine studies, and reception studies. Read more

Digital Humanities by Practice

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Humanities Research Programme

Digital Humanities is an interdisciplinary subject area that brings a range of computational, quantitative and other innovative and collaborative methods to the study of texts, images, histories, languages and cultures, while also being critical about methodology, disciplinarity and pedagogy. Read more

University of Birmingham School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music

Translation Studies - Postgraduate Research Opportunities

Join a stimulating research culture within the Department of Modern Languages, and benefit from our dedicated facilities for Translation Studies research including access to specialist software and an excellent collection of library resources, including e-resources. Read more

Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding Humanities Research Programme

Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies PhD

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Humanities Research Programme

Spanish was first taught at King’s in 1831, and the teaching of Portuguese in British universities was pioneered by King’s in the 1860s. Read more