Arts and Humanities (MPhil / PhD)
PhD
In London
Description
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Type
PhD
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Location
London
Programme overview This programme supports original research projects across different disciplines, media, or practice-based research, encouraging new ways of thinking on how to historicise, bridge and transcend disciplines. Working under the supervision of 2 scholars from different departments in the School of Arts, you will join a unique and innovative interdisciplinary graduate community working in literatures, languages, media and art historical studies, where new kinds of scholarship take their place in a larger academic conversation about cross-cultural transfer, cultural comparison and interdisciplinary interpretation. Current supervisors on this programme include Silke Arnold-de-Simine, Andrew Asibong, Luisa Calè, Ben Cranfield, Patrizia Di Bello, Professor Esther Leslie, Ana Parejo Vadillo, Leslie Topp and Jo Winning. Further potential supervisors can be found via each department's pages. This programme supports PhDs in comparative studies (e.g. French and English literatures, Japanese and American film), multidisciplinary studies (e.g. English film and literature; photography and book history), theoretical approaches that cut across disciplines (e.g. cultural studies) and practice-based research. If your thesis involves studio-based, audio-visual or technological research, it may include a portfolio, exhibition or other audio-visual display. This must be original work, exemplifying and locating the ideas that are developed in conjunction with the written part of the thesis. In addition to supervision, we support students’ work through a programme of critical theory seminars, and research skills and methodologies classes. In your first year you are encouraged to think about how to frame research questions, what happens when research subverts disciplinary boundaries, and how these might be seen differently through alternative or historical divisions of knowledge....
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Subjects
- Cultural Studies
- Art History
- English
- Media Studies
- Art
- School
- Media
- Humanities
- History
- Film
Course programme
How to apply
You apply directly to Birkbeck for this course, using the online application link below. Please note that online application will open in October 2016.
For information about applying as a research student, read our guide for applicants. Prior to interview, you will need to submit a 2000-word research proposal.
Students who wish to be considered for funding need to apply by the end of January.
Finding a supervisor
Students admitted to the programme will have 2 co-supervisors from different departments in the School of Arts. Contributing departments are:
- English and Humanities
- History of Art
- Cultures and Languages
- Film, Media and Cultural Studies
You may suggest potential supervisors on your application, but the admissions tutors will endeavour to identify suitable supervision.
Application deadlines and interviews
You can apply at any time for a start at the beginning of each term: autumn (October), spring (January) and summer (April).
Students who wish to be considered for funding need to apply by the end of January 2017 for entry in October 2017.
Online application
Arts and Humanities (MPhil / PhD) (Part-time)
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Additional information
Arts and Humanities (MPhil / PhD)