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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
The Park, Main Campus
Full Time
Oct 2026
4 Year
A research degree in the Humanities offers a multitude of opportunities, depending on your discipline, interests, and experience.HistoryOffers research opportunities in early modern, modern and contemporary Britain, American and African American history, Russian and Soviet history. A wide variety of topics can be supported: e.g. women and gender relations, domestic, social and cultural policy, popular movements, music, diplomacy, foreign policy and international relations, militarism, warfare and trauma, migration, and local history.Philosophy and EthicsThe underlying ethos is that philosophy is transformational and practical, and is a living tradition of engagement with the wider world. We offer research opportunities in continental philosophy, Buddhist philosophy, capitalism, and the philosophy of religion and aesthetics.Theology and Religious StudiesThis area has an established pedigree of wide-ranging research with students in UK and international contexts. We have special interests in: social scientific approaches to biblical studies; the socio-political use of biblical texts; New Testament theology; Buddhism; and the study of Religious Diasporas.PoliticsOur politics research focuses on areas of overlap with the above disciplines, where the socio-cultural, philosophical, religious, and/or historical have produced particular political ideas, movements or manifestations.
Accommodation: 158 per week to 253 per week (self-contained studio).
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