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Click here to search the FindAPhD database for PhD studentship opportunitiesUndertaking doctoral research allows you to develop in-depth knowledge, while making a meaningful contribution to your chosen field.
With guidance from our expert supervisors, you'll carry out extensive independent research culminating in a thesis of up to 100,000 words. Broadly speaking, the area covered by the Institute’s expertise is within the fields of French and Francophone, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, and Latin American/Caribbean studies; Literature; Cultural studies; and, Comparative and interdisciplinary studies are also available in a number of subject areas.
This degree presents the opportunity to gain expertise in your area of interest while also honing a range of transferable skills. On completing this course, you'll be well prepared for specialist career paths both within academia and beyond.
The Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies provides first-class PhD supervision and guidance from academics who are leaders in their field, in collaboration with specialists at other institutions where appropriate. You'll have access to networks associated with the Centres for German and Austrian Exile Studies, Contemporary Women’s Writing, Cultural Memory, Ernst Bloch and German Thought, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and Austrian Literature and Culture.
Graduates are awarded a University of London degree.
The Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies offers doctoral research supervision in the following broad areas:
Comparative and interdisciplinary studies are available in:
Before submitting an application you are advised to contact a member of the Institute's academic staff who has interests in your proposed field of study to discuss your proposal. A list of academic staff and their interests can be found here.
Course dates
8 January 2024
Location
Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies
Course duration
3-4 years (full-time); 5-6 years (part-time)
Application deadlines
Applications will open in October 2023 for January 2024 entry.
Level of study
MPhil/PhD
Mode of study
Full-time On Campus, Part-time On Campus, Full-Time Distance Learning, Part-time Distance Learning
Scholarships and bursaries - Fund your PhD at the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies.
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