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Full time
4 years
OCT-25
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Philosophy Politics History
A research degree in the Humanities offers a multitude of opportunities, depending on your discipline, interests, and experience.
History
Offers 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 Ethics
The 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 Studies
This 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.
Politics
Our 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.
For this course (per year)
£5,100
For this course (per year)
£12,775
At least a 2.1 honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject.
University of Gloucestershire (UoG) is a diverse, vibrant university with campuses across Cheltenham and Gloucester, in the southwest of England. A research-driven institution, it’s ranked top 15 in the UK for postgraduate study (WhatUni Student Choice Awards, 2023) with a wide range of excellent postgraduate courses. There are over 1,000 postgraduate students at the university, forming a diverse and creative community that supports each...more
Full time | 45 weeks | SEP-25