Full time
3 years
23-SEP-24
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
English Studies English Language
Research
The Institute of English Studies (IES) provides a unique scholarly community in which to pursue your doctoral research. The Institute offers research supervision in a number of literature-related subject areas, ranging from book history to contemporary literature.
With guidance from our expert supervisors, you will carry out extensive independent research culminating in a thesis of up to 100,000 words.
The Institute of English Studies offers doctoral research supervision in the following broad areas:
Bibliography
Book illustration
History of the book from the medieval period to the present
History of collecting
History of printing
History of publishing from 1800 to the present
History of readers and reading
Textual scholarship, scholarly editing and digital humanities
Author-focused studies (e.g. J.M. Barrie, Dickens, Scott Fitzgerald, Hardy, D.H. Lawrence, Melville, Shakespeare, R.L. Stevenson, Twain, W.B. Yeats)
Medieval manuscript studies and palaeography
Early modern print culture
Victorian literature
Twentieth-century literature
American literature
Anglo-American Modernism
Scottish literature.
Distance learning
Students are required to attend our London campus at set intervals to complete an intensive research training module, for upgrade, and for the viva but will otherwise study at their own location. This option is available to UK, EU and international students on the same basis as our on-campus PhD programmes (three years full time, six years part time). Fees are the same as for our on-campus PhD programmes. Please note that not all institutes and supervisors offer this option, and that some topics are not appropriate to be studied this way.
This programme is also available to be studied on campus in London. Visit the School of Advanced Study website(Opens in new window) to find out more about potential supervisors and subject areas, as well as details about available funding opportunities and more information about distance learning research degrees.
For this course (per year)
£7,523
For this course (per year)
£17,430
Applicants for research programmes (MPhil/PhD) are normally required to hold a master’s degree. Applications may also be considered from candidates who do not meet the formal academic requirements, but who offer alternative qualifications and/or relevant experience.