Japanese (MPhil / PhD)
PhD
In London
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Type
PhD
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Location
London
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Duration
4 Years
An MPhil/PhD is an advanced postgraduate research degree that requires original research and the submission of a substantial dissertation of 60,000 to 100,000 words. At Birkbeck, you are initially registered on an MPhil and you upgrade to a PhD after satisfactory progress in the first year or two. You need to find a suitable academic supervisor at Birkbeck, who can offer the requisite expertise to guide and support you through your research.
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About this course
Our aim is to assist you with the transition to become a fully fledged, independent academic researcher. Our doctoral programme is geared towards enabling you to produce top-quality work that questions the boundaries of the disciplines we work in and seeks to bring new materials, theories and methods into them. Becoming a successful academic researcher is achieved on the basis of a full appreciation of the hallmarks of good scholarship, such as original thought, the proper use of references and background material, appropriate use of methodology and reporting procedures, and it is these priorities that we aim to impart to our students.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
A good honours degree with a Japan-related subject as a main component.
Graduates in other subjects may be asked to take a qualifying examination.
You will need to submit a 2000-word research proposal prior to interview.
INTERNATIONAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
If English is not your first language or you have not previously studied in English, the requirement for this programme is the equivalent of an International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic Test) score of 7.0, with not less than 6.0 in each of the sub-tests.
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- University
- Seminars
- Develop
- Skills
- Research
- Japan
- Fieldwork
- Prestigious
- Tokyo
- Meijigakuin University
- Hitotsubashi
Course programme
Research students collaborate through departmental research seminars and are encouraged to participate in academic conferences. In your first year you will undertake research methods training, and in subsequent years there are opportunities to develop your skills in academic teaching.
As a research student, you will be given help to establish contacts in Japan with universities and individual scholars working in your subject area. We encourage our research students to carry out fieldwork and research in Japan, and to that end, provide support for grant applications. Our students have studied in such prestigious universities as University of Tokyo, Meijigakuin University, Hitotsubashi University and Waseda University, among others.
Current research topics within the Department include:
- Media Mixes and Global Flows: Rethinking Japanese Entertainment and Globalisation through the Italian Mediascape
- Cultural Identity in Post-Redress Canadian Nikkei Cultural Productions
- Representations of South Asians in Contemporary Japanese Popular Culture
- Yaoi and Online Fan Practices: A Netnographic Approach to an Online Yaoi Manga Fan Community
- The Evolution of Female Identities in Japanese Television
- An Analysis of Production, Circulation and Consumption of J-dorama.
Additional information
Part-time home/EU students: £2338 pa
Full-time home/EU students: £4407 pa
Part-time international students: £6525 pa
Full-time international students: £12925 pa
Japanese (MPhil / PhD)