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creative writing PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 29 creative writing PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Literature, Drama and Creative Writing at UEA

We are home to prize-winning scholars and translators of literature and drama from all periods and are famous as a pioneering centre for creative writing. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Humanities Research Programme
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Creative Writing PhD

The PhD in Creative Writing at King’s is a practice-led course, incorporating taught elements and aspects of professional development. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Humanities Research Programme
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Creative Writing - Postgraduate Research Opportunities

Embark on this practice-based Creative Writing PhD and craft your literary masterpiece. Explore creative and critical practices and be inspired by our award-winning writers and the bustling literary scene on campus and in Birmingham. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Arts Research Programme
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Gender, Sexuality, Women’s Writing and Feminism in Literature, Film and Creative Writing (Ref: SSH26-SF-English)

These PhD projects are for those interested in exploring how gender is represented and re-defined in literature, film and/or creative writing. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Parker
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Research opportunities in the Department of English and Related Literature

The Department of English and Related Literature is a world-leading department. One of the UK's largest graduate schools, we are proud to have built a welcoming, international community with a global outlook. Read more
 Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding  Humanities Research Programme
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Life-Writing Today (Ref: SSH26-SF-JC-EN)

There has been an explosive interest in writing and publishing autobiography, autofiction, memoir, autotheory, lyrical essays, and other forms of first-person literature since the start of the millennium. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof J Cooke
 1 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Self-Funded PhD Opportunities: School of Liberal and the Creative Arts

Applications are invited from people wishing to undertake a self-funded PhD at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London. This is an open and ongoing call, with PhD enrolments taking place every February and October. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  PhD Research Programme
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Creative and Critical Writing

This PhD pathway offers students the opportunity to produce an original piece or collection of creative work as well as a thorough analysis of the work. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Arts Research Programme
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Contemporary anglophone writing from Southeast Asia, with a focus on postcolonial literatures in the new millennium

The PhD project focuses on. Postcolonial and world literary approaches to Southeast Asian literatures in English. Publishing networks and publishing cultures in Southeast Asia. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Ang
 24 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Film Studies - Postgraduate Research Opportunities

Join an internationally recognised group of Film Studies and Television scholars and contribute original research to this dynamic field. Read more
 Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding  Humanities Research Programme
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Arts and Humanities Postgraduate Research, University of Glasgow

Scholarship and funding opportunities. Scholarships and funding opportunities are available for postgraduate research degrees and PhD study in Arts and Humanities at the University of Glasgow. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Arts Research Programme
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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
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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
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Humanities Research Programme
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Cultural Currents in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century: Continuities between 'Victorian' and the 'Modernist' Literature (Ref: SSH26-SF-SP-EN)

This PhD project provides an opportunity to investigate and challenge the boundaries and definitions of ‘Victorian’ and ‘modernist’ literature across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Parker
 1 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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English PhD (option of joint PhD with Hong Kong/Singapore/Humboldt Berlin)

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
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Humanities Research Programme

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