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  PhD at the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies


 

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 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)

About the Programme

Undertaking 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.

Subject Areas and Supervision

The Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies offers doctoral research supervision in the following broad areas:

  • French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese studies
  • Literatures in a Modern Language
  • Cultural studies (especially migration and 'belonging' or translingual and transcultural creative practice)

Comparative and interdisciplinary studies are available in:

  • Cities and cultures
  • Comparative/world literature
  • Digital Humanities
  • Exile writing
  • Film and cultural studies
  • French and Francophone studies
  • Gender and sexuality
  • German philosophy
  • German studies
  • German-Jewish writing
  • Iberian, Latin American and Caribbean studies
  • Italian Studies
  • Memory studies
  • Multilingualism
  • Translation studies
  • Women’s writing

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

Funding Opportunities

Scholarships and bursaries - Fund your PhD at the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies.

Contact Us

If you have specific questions about this research degree, please make an enquiry.


Funding Notes

Some or all of the PhD opportunities in this programme have funding attached. Applications for this programme are welcome from suitably qualified candidates worldwide. Funding may only be available to a limited set of nationalities and you should read the full programme details for further information.
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