French PhD

Program Overview

This prestigious program in French studies, ranked 6th nationally, offers comprehensive research expertise in diverse areas within French culture, literature, and society. Students are actively involved in research seminars and present their own papers, leading to a substantial thesis that contributes to the field. The program prepares graduates for careers in academia, the civil service, cultural industries, media, publishing, teaching, and translation.

Program Outline

Careers:

• Academic careers
• Civil service
• Cultural industries
• Media
• Publishing
• Teaching
• Translation

Other:

• The program is ranked 6th nationally in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021.
• The department offers a wide range of research expertise in 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
• Students are required to attend all departmental research seminars and special lectures and deliver at least one paper of their own each year.
• The program culminates in a thesis of between 80,000-100,000 words on a topic that makes a significant contribution to research in French studies.

Tuition Fees:

Home / UK: £5,100 International: £21,500