French PhD 36 months PHD Programme By University of Nottingham |TopUniversities
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Programme Duration

36 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

23,000 GBPTuition Fee/year

Main Subject Area

Modern LanguagesMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Modern Languages

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

Could your passion for French language, culture and history help us better understand the world in which we live in today? Follow your intercultural research interests to a deeper level in a department ranked 6th nationally in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021.

Due to our exceptionally wide range of research expertise we offer French PhD supervision across the chronological spread of French studies, including:

  • Francophone Studies
  • Enlightenment and encyclopédie
  • Post-war french thoughts
  • Migrant writers in Paris
  • The 19th century novel
  • Contemporary French social theory
  • Post-war French society, culture and politics
  • Reception of jazz in inter-war France
  • Politics and the media
  • Political communication
  • Gender, ethnicity, politics and the media in France
  • 20th century literature
  • Travel narratives
  • Urban studies
  • Nineteenth and 20th century poetry
  • Word and image studies
  • French feminism under the Third Republic
  • French senate
  • Interwar French politics and society
  • French constitutional history
  • 18th century writing
  • Feminist and post-structuralist theory
  • Theories of hospitality and the gift
  • Translation theory
  • Translation and philosophy
  • Film studies

Programme overview

Main Subject

Modern Languages

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

Could your passion for French language, culture and history help us better understand the world in which we live in today? Follow your intercultural research interests to a deeper level in a department ranked 6th nationally in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021.

Due to our exceptionally wide range of research expertise we offer French PhD supervision across the chronological spread of French studies, including:

  • Francophone Studies
  • Enlightenment and encyclopédie
  • Post-war french thoughts
  • Migrant writers in Paris
  • The 19th century novel
  • Contemporary French social theory
  • Post-war French society, culture and politics
  • Reception of jazz in inter-war France
  • Politics and the media
  • Political communication
  • Gender, ethnicity, politics and the media in France
  • 20th century literature
  • Travel narratives
  • Urban studies
  • Nineteenth and 20th century poetry
  • Word and image studies
  • French feminism under the Third Republic
  • French senate
  • Interwar French politics and society
  • French constitutional history
  • 18th century writing
  • Feminist and post-structuralist theory
  • Theories of hospitality and the gift
  • Translation theory
  • Translation and philosophy
  • Film studies

Admission Requirements

7+
3+
76+
100+
2:1 (or international equivalent) in an arts, humanities or social science subject – we would usually expect you to hold, or be working towards, a masters degree in a relevant subject.

3 Years
Sep

Domestic
5,350 GBP
International
23,000 GBP

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