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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
University Park Campus
Full Time
Sep 2026
3 Year
Having completed a masters degree and agreed your research topic with a supervisor, you will continue your research with a German PhD exploring themes from our wide field of specialisms:Linguistics and medieval studiesHistory of language teachingConstructions of national identity from the 18th century to the present dayMyth in German literature from the 18th century to the present dayRomanticism19th century narrativeNovels and novellasCulture and politics in the Weimar RepublicModernism and PostmodernismCritical and cultural theoryGender studiesMemory and exile studiesPostcolonialism and cross-cultural studiesGerman cinemaMedia studiesAutobiography in East GermanyIntellectuals since the WendeCulture of the New Right in contemporary GermanyContemporary German historiographyMemory, time and temporality in German literature and culture
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