Shakespeare Studies PhD
University of Birmingham
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Course overview Conduct your research at The Shakespeare Institute, our leading centre for Shakespeare studies. Youll join a community of scholars in Shakespeare’s hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon and access the most comprehensive Shakespeare studies collection in the UK. Benefit from our unique resources including dedicated Shakespeare library facilities and weekly seminars sharing the latest research. Enhance your research through our collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). ...Read more

Course overview Conduct your research at The Shakespeare Institute, our leading centre for Shakespeare studies. You'll join a community of scholars in Shakespeare’s hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon and access the most comprehensive Shakespeare studies collection in the UK. Benefit from our unique resources including dedicated Shakespeare library facilities and weekly seminars sharing the latest research. Enhance your research through our collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). This dynamic collaboration sees researchers and academic staff join RSC artists to explore Shakespeare through creative and critical approaches. Course highlights Research Shakespeare and his contemporaries in his hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon. There's no better place in the world to study Shakespeare. You'll have The Shakespeare Institute, the RSC theatres, and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust archives all on your doorstep. Immerse yourself in Shakespeare's life and walk the very streets he grew up in. A day of research could involve looking through archival records in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, checking sources in The Shakespeare Institute library, attending a research seminar, and then watching a performance at one of the Royal Shakespeare Company theatres.

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Entry requirements

Youll need to hold a Masters qualification at Merit level or above (or its international equivalent), usually in a relevant area. Your academic and professional qualifications or relevant professional experience will normally be taken into account and, in some cases, may form an integral part of the entrance requirements. If youre applying for a distance learning research programme, youll also need to demonstrate that you have the time, commitment, facilities, and experience required to study through distance learning. Youll usually be required to submit a research proposal, which should typically be 1,000–1,500 words for Arts programmes and around 2,500 words for Law programmes.

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£5,006 per year

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£22,600 per year

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University of Birmingham
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The University of Birmingham - part of the prestigious Russell Group of universities in the UK – has been helping to develop the...

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