36 monthsProgramme duration
23,000 GBPTuition Fee/year
OctStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
History
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
Work in the department reflects and leads a growing transnational agenda and research students are encouraged to think about America in a global context. We have long-standing experience and expertise in supervising PhDs to successful completion.
Particular areas of research specialism include:
- African American literature, history and culture
- American art and visual culture
- American intellectual history
- American labour history
- American music and popular culture
- American political history
- American print culture and book history
- Asian American literature and culture
- Border studies
- Civil rights and social justice
- Contemporary American fiction
- Crime, prisons and criminal justice
- Diplomatic history
- Disability studies
- Feminist theory
- Gender and queer studies
- History of psychiatry
- Immigrant writing
- Indigenous culture
- Latinx culture
- Life writing
- Memory Studies
- Nineteenth-century American literature and culture
- US foreign policy
Programme overview
Main Subject
History
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
Work in the department reflects and leads a growing transnational agenda and research students are encouraged to think about America in a global context. We have long-standing experience and expertise in supervising PhDs to successful completion.
Particular areas of research specialism include:
- African American literature, history and culture
- American art and visual culture
- American intellectual history
- American labour history
- American music and popular culture
- American political history
- American print culture and book history
- Asian American literature and culture
- Border studies
- Civil rights and social justice
- Contemporary American fiction
- Crime, prisons and criminal justice
- Diplomatic history
- Disability studies
- Feminist theory
- Gender and queer studies
- History of psychiatry
- Immigrant writing
- Indigenous culture
- Latinx culture
- Life writing
- Memory Studies
- Nineteenth-century American literature and culture
- US foreign policy
Admission Requirements
For PhD study, we would usually expect you to hold or be working towards a masters degree in a relevant subject
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