Ph.D. in English: Overview, Course, Eligibility Criteria, Admission
PhD Partnership with Durham University
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English Studies
Lucy Atkinson is a creative writing PhD student in our Department of English Studies who researches witchcraft literature, alongside writing her novel about the 1650 witch trials in Newcastle. ... Durham English Student Produces Into the Woods Student theatre offers a great way for English students to expand and apply their literature skills ...
Postgraduate Study
Our postgraduates study and research across the spectrum of English Studies with support from world-leading scholars and an excellent research environment.. Postgraduate students benefit especially from our links with research centres and institutes within Durham University, such as the Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, the Centre for Poetry and Poetics, the Centre for Modern ...
Fees and Funding
There are two main funding schemes for PhD studies in the Department of English Studies: AHRC Northern Bridge Consortium; China Scholarship Council; Applicants for these schemes must have made a PhD application to Durham by the dates listed below. Deadlines for submission of PhD applications for funding (October 2025 intake): Deadline.
English Studies PhD at Durham University
Students will normally require a good honours degree (at least a 2:1) or its equivalent from a recognised University, and (for the MLitt or PhD) a Masters degree from a recognised University; When submitting application for one of our research programmes students will need to include a piece of written work approximately 1,200 words in length on a literary subject.
Durham e-Theses
Durham e-Theses contains the full-text of Durham University Higher Degree theses. This includes our extensive collection of PhD, MPHIL and Research Masters dissertations from 1899 onwards, which have been digitised by the library.
Research Students
Current PhD Researchers. We host a thriving community of around 60 postgraduate researchers, who have regular opportunities to meet and network, such as through our seminar series and reading groups.Many are also part of interdisciplinary research centres and institutes in which Department staff and students play an active role. Browse some of our researchers' profiles below.
Department of English Studies
PhD English Literary Studies at Durham University [email protected] Explore your love of the written word while focusing on a particular area of interest, be it themes, genres or a specific period of time.
Research
Our department hosts one of the longest-running online postgraduate journals in literary studies, Postgraduate English, which is edited by two PhD students each year. Recent Research Videos ... Durham University's Transformative Humanities launched yesterday and gathered more than 130 researchers, colleagues, students, and partners from across ...
Ph.D. in English
Kathy Psomiades Director of Graduate Studies Department of English Duke University Box 90017 Durham, NC 27708-0017 Phone: (919) 684-5538 Email: [email protected]
Postgraduate life
My highlights of studying at Durham were: the cosy English Department, with a friendly cohort of like-minded students; the scope of the MA English Literary Studies course, which allowed me to study a wide range of texts, from Renaissance Humanism to Post-War Drama; and, the beautiful city, witnessing it change through all four seasons.
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Lucy Atkinson is a creative writing PhD student in our Department of English Studies who researches witchcraft literature, alongside writing her novel about the 1650 witch trials in Newcastle. ... Durham English Student Produces Into the Woods Student theatre offers a great way for English students to expand and apply their literature skills ...
Our postgraduates study and research across the spectrum of English Studies with support from world-leading scholars and an excellent research environment.. Postgraduate students benefit especially from our links with research centres and institutes within Durham University, such as the Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, the Centre for Poetry and Poetics, the Centre for Modern ...
There are two main funding schemes for PhD studies in the Department of English Studies: AHRC Northern Bridge Consortium; China Scholarship Council; Applicants for these schemes must have made a PhD application to Durham by the dates listed below. Deadlines for submission of PhD applications for funding (October 2025 intake): Deadline.
Students will normally require a good honours degree (at least a 2:1) or its equivalent from a recognised University, and (for the MLitt or PhD) a Masters degree from a recognised University; When submitting application for one of our research programmes students will need to include a piece of written work approximately 1,200 words in length on a literary subject.
Durham e-Theses contains the full-text of Durham University Higher Degree theses. This includes our extensive collection of PhD, MPHIL and Research Masters dissertations from 1899 onwards, which have been digitised by the library.
Current PhD Researchers. We host a thriving community of around 60 postgraduate researchers, who have regular opportunities to meet and network, such as through our seminar series and reading groups.Many are also part of interdisciplinary research centres and institutes in which Department staff and students play an active role. Browse some of our researchers' profiles below.
PhD English Literary Studies at Durham University [email protected] Explore your love of the written word while focusing on a particular area of interest, be it themes, genres or a specific period of time.
Our department hosts one of the longest-running online postgraduate journals in literary studies, Postgraduate English, which is edited by two PhD students each year. Recent Research Videos ... Durham University's Transformative Humanities launched yesterday and gathered more than 130 researchers, colleagues, students, and partners from across ...
Kathy Psomiades Director of Graduate Studies Department of English Duke University Box 90017 Durham, NC 27708-0017 Phone: (919) 684-5538 Email: [email protected]
My highlights of studying at Durham were: the cosy English Department, with a friendly cohort of like-minded students; the scope of the MA English Literary Studies course, which allowed me to study a wide range of texts, from Renaissance Humanism to Post-War Drama; and, the beautiful city, witnessing it change through all four seasons.