Languages, Literature & Culture PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

University of Leeds Faculty of Social Sciences

Postgraduate Research Opportunities in Global Development, Politics and International Relations & Security

About the School of Politics and International Studies. The School of Politics and International Studies is at the forefront of interdisciplinary research into international development, international relations and political studies. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Social Sciences Research Programme

Being a non-native speaker in a dynamic world: Language-related policy and its effects on people's cognition, wellbeing and other aspects of their lives

Supervisors: Dr Y Kamide, Dr D. Stjepanovic

PLEASE NOTE. This project is for self-funded or externally sponsored students only. It is quite common that a country or community has only one official language, or one overwhelmingly dominant official language amongst a few. Read more

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

University of Dundee School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

Writing trans and non-binary lives in the 20th and 21st centuries: autobiography, autofiction, autotheory

This research project aims to explore the ways in which trans and non-binary people have been using different approaches in writing about their lived experiences. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Gratzke

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Poetry – Communism – Philosophy

Supervisors: Dr H Yeung, Dr F Ruda

Aim. The project aims to take seriously and examine systematically the political implications of the fact that there is no poetry that is not addressed to all. Read more

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Understanding multilingualism: Cognitive, linguistic or social aspects of coordinating knowledge about multiple languages

Supervisors: Dr Y Kamide, Dr L Duncan

PLEASE NOTE. This project is for self-funded or externally sponsored students only. We invite applications from strong and motivated candidates to our highly interdisciplinary PhD project on language processing in multilingual contexts. Read more

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Bilingualism and multilingualism in young children: Exploring the impact on learning, literacy and communication

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Early development in a bilingual or multilingual context presents both opportunities and challenges for a young child. Much of the research on this issue adopts a general perspective on multilingual learners but this project aims to examine issues specific to the particular languages that the child is learning. Read more

Supervisor: Dr L Duncan

The representation of love and relationships in contemporary zine culture

Supervisor: Prof M Gratzke

The primary objective of this PhD project is to research the representation of love and relationships in contemporary zine culture. Read more

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

21st century literary representations of love and relationships in works with themes of disabilities, long-term illness or neurodivergence

Supervisor: Prof M Gratzke

The primary objective of this PhD project is to research the interaction in literature of love and relationships with themes of disabilities, ill-health or neurodivergence. Read more

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Dialects, registers, and accents: investigating the use of sociolinguistic variants

Supervisor: Dr A Melinger

Language is rich with expressive options, including words that tailor speech to the specific situation, e.g., varying by register (potato vs. Read more

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

'A Vernacular Scientific Imaginary?' The Origins and Impacts of Science Fiction Stories and Strips in British Comics in the First Half of the 20C

Supervisors: Dr K Williams, Prof C Murray

Aim. This project will explore the idea of a distinctively indigenous and responsive tradition of popular SF aimed at a younger readership before the widespread influence of imported US comics and pulp SF after WW II. Read more

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Understanding Cultural Legal Studies: Interrogating Legal Meanings in Artistic and Popular Culture

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Emerging out of traditions of law and literature, critical legal studies, and law and popular culture, cultural legal studies is an international field that has recently emerged at the cutting edge of the interdisciplinary study of law. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Giddens

University of Dundee School of Education and Social Work

Ableism, Microaggressions and the Law

Studies in Ableism (SiA) is now a recognised sub-specialism of critical disability studies and focuses on ways that abledment (the process of being/becoming ‘abled’) is located within societal processes and practices. Read more

Supervisor: Prof F.K. Campbell

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

University of Dundee School of Education and Social Work

Revealing Abledment: Ableism and the Body Politic

Supervisors: Prof F.K. Campbell, Prof G Pullin

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

University of Dundee School of Education and Social Work

Sub-Continent Religious Traditions, Disability (Non-normative Bodies)

Miles (2013) estimates that at least half of all the world’s disabled people live Asia. Read more

Supervisor: Prof F.K. Campbell

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Self-Funded PhD Students Only PhD Research Programme

Studying for a PhD in Humanities and Social Science

University of Brighton

The University of Brighton has opened opportunities for self-funded PhD students in multiple areas of research in the fields of humanities and social sciences. Read more

English PhD (option of joint PhD with Hong Kong/Singapore/Humboldt Berlin)

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Humanities Research Programme

King's is one of the oldest English departments in the country and is home to a lively and supportive group of academics and students engaged in the exploration of literary cultures from the 7th to the 21st centuries. 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

University of Strathclyde

PGR Opportunities at University of Strathclyde 2024

Founded in 1796 as a ‘place of useful learning' the University of Strathclyde is a leading technological University based in the heart of Glasgow. Read more

Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding PhD Opportunities

University of London, School of Advanced Study

PhD at the Institute of Classical Studies

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

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Humanities Research Programme

University of Greenwich School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Last chance to apply

Haunting Ecocide: Gothic Narratives of Environmental Crimes

Haunting Ecocides, an interdisciplinary funded PhD Scholarship at the University of Greenwich, is an exceptional opportunity for cutting-edge interdisciplinary research with world-leading experts in the fields of literature and criminology. Read more

Supervisors: Prof AK King, Dr MF Fiddler, Dr FS Snailham

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Digital Humanities PhD (option of a joint PhD with National University of Singapore)

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Humanities Research Programme

The Department of Digital Humanities offers a PhD programme for suitably qualified candidates who wish to explore the transformative effects of digital information, technologies, and methods on the humanities, arts, culture and society. Read more

Comparative Literature PhD

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Humanities Research Programme

Joint PhDs available. Exciting opportunities to gain a joint PhD with Hong Kong University (HKU), the National University of Singapore (NUS). 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

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Welsh

Welsh

This PhD is lead by the Literature, Theory and Creativity Research Unit in the School of Welsh. Join our passionate, challenge-led and diverse research community to explore your interests in a supportive and impact-focused environment. Read more

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Arts Research Programme

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Welsh

Language, Policy and Planning

This PhD is lead by the Language, Policy and Planning Research Unit in the School of Welsh. Projects include international research on language policy and planning, language rights and politics, language variation and change, sociolinguistics of bilingualism and multilingualism, and sociology of language. Read more

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Arts Research Programme

Creative Writing PhD

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Humanities Research Programme

The PhD in Creative Writing at King’s is a practice-led course, incorporating taught elements and aspects of professional development. Read more

University of Greenwich School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Last chance to apply

The National Army Museum Doctoral Scholarship: The Punjab Registers and the Indian Army, c. 1895-1947

In collaboration with the National Army Museum (NAM), the University of Greenwich (UoG) seeks to recruit an outstanding researcher to investigate the social, cultural and military history of the Indian Army across the late colonial period. Read more

Supervisors: Prof GR Rand, Dr AJ Jeffreys

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

University of Dundee Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design

The Language of Textiles

This project aims to explore the relationship between textiles and the language that originates from textiles and permeates into wider usage, as well as the way that wider language affects different areas of textiles. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Glazzard

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only