36 monthsProgramme duration
24,400 GBPTuition Fee/year
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Programme overview
Main Subject
Communication and Media Studies
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
Study film from around the world including East Asia, Europe and Latin American cinema with our MPhil or PhD in Film Studies.
Join us as a Film Studies MPhil or PhD student and form a crucial part of our research culture.
Collaborate with a vibrant community of postgraduate students across diverse fields - from modern languages and English literature to linguistics and arts and cultures.
Work with us on the major research projects listed below, or in the more general areas related to them.
- Caribbean cinema (Dr Dunja Fehimovic)
- Chinese-language cinema (Prof Sabrina Qiong Yu)
- Contemporary Spanish and Latin American cinemas (Dr Philippa Page)
- Film festivals (Dr Lydia Wu)
- Film Theory, History and Historiography: realism; documentary; Soviet, Russian and Eastern European film history and culture (Dr Raisa Sidenova)
- French cinema (Dr Sarah Leahy)
- Japanese popular culture and anime (Dr Shiro Yoshioka)
- Portuguese and Brazilian cinema (Dr Fernando Beleza)
We supervise projects across the:
- School of Modern Languages
- School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics
- School of Arts and Cultures
This ensures the best fit between your interests and the expertise of our staff.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Communication and Media Studies
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
Study film from around the world including East Asia, Europe and Latin American cinema with our MPhil or PhD in Film Studies.
Join us as a Film Studies MPhil or PhD student and form a crucial part of our research culture.
Collaborate with a vibrant community of postgraduate students across diverse fields - from modern languages and English literature to linguistics and arts and cultures.
Work with us on the major research projects listed below, or in the more general areas related to them.
- Caribbean cinema (Dr Dunja Fehimovic)
- Chinese-language cinema (Prof Sabrina Qiong Yu)
- Contemporary Spanish and Latin American cinemas (Dr Philippa Page)
- Film festivals (Dr Lydia Wu)
- Film Theory, History and Historiography: realism; documentary; Soviet, Russian and Eastern European film history and culture (Dr Raisa Sidenova)
- French cinema (Dr Sarah Leahy)
- Japanese popular culture and anime (Dr Shiro Yoshioka)
- Portuguese and Brazilian cinema (Dr Fernando Beleza)
We supervise projects across the:
- School of Modern Languages
- School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics
- School of Arts and Cultures
This ensures the best fit between your interests and the expertise of our staff.
Admission Requirements
A 2:1 honours degree and preferably a merit master's degree, or an international equivalent, in a related subject, such as:
- film studies
- English
- cultural studies
- modern languages
- history
- sociology
- art
- psychology
You may need to attend an interview, which can be via Skype if necessary.
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