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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Royal Holloway, University of London
Full Time
SEP
4 years
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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Royal Holloway, University of London
Full time
SEP
4 years
Select a an exam type
About us
The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures brings together French, German, Hispanic Studies, Italian and Comparative Literature and Culture.
We offer teaching and research excellence with a commitment to interdisciplinary study.
We aim to broaden your horizons through an in-depth knowledge of foreign languages, and the literatures and cultures that stem from these.
We pride ourselves on being at the centre of a thriving research culture, and can provide supervision across literature, cultural history, film, visual art and philosophy in our four language areas and beyond.
Research facilities and environment
The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures is a vibrant community of world-class researchers. Our research environment has a basis in our expertise in French, German, Hispanic, Italian and Comparative Studies, and encourages collaboration and exchange across traditional disciplinary boundaries. Our strengths span literature, thought, film and the visual arts from the medieval period to the 21st century. Research themes cover gender, disability, politics and ethics, film, cultural memory and trauma, post-colonialism and globalisation, consumer culture, animal studies and ecocriticism, history of art and visual culture. We also specialise in the work of a wide range of individual authors, poets, philosophers, playwrights and filmmakers.
Assessment
We offer you the opportunity to pursue an original research project supported by world-class supervision.
You will write an 80,000-100,000 dissertation which can be on a wide range of topics.
You will be encouraged to participate fully in the research culture of the School, to attend relevant departmental and School skills-development events and to participate in the department's postgraduate research training scheme, giving you the opportunity to gain teaching experience.
Your future career
In recent years a number of our postgraduates have gone on to successful academic careers in the fields of modern languages, critical theory and film. Alumni have also embarked upon many interesting careers outside academia - in the UK, continental Europe and the United States - including journalism work for NGOs, trade sales, publishing, professional translating, teaching, museum curatorship, creative arts, and librarianship.
We will usually require you to have a masters degree in a relevant area.
Students living in
Domestic
£4,786 per year
Students from Domestic
There are no additional costs greater than £50 per item.
£23,400 per year
Students from EU
There are no additional costs greater than £50 per item.
£23,400 per year
Students from International
There are no additional costs greater than £50 per item.
Royal Holloway is a college within the University of London, located a short distance west of the UK capital....