Postgraduate research degrees in English and related literature
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We welcome applications for research projects across a whole range of literary periods and genres, including world literature, film, literatures in languages other than English, works in translation and creative writing.
Why study with the Department of English and Related Literature at York?
We have a distinguished research and teaching record, with wide-ranging research interests in the literature and culture of all periods, both in English and a number of other languages (including French, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic and Latin). We've scored strongly in the latest Research Excellence Framework and rank highly in league tables domestically and internationally.
Our research degrees
We also offer the PhD in English and the PhD in English with Creative Writing as a Distance Learning option for students unable to reside full-time in York.
Research expertise
We invite applications from candidates who are eager to work in any area of interest covered by our department's research expertise. Find out more about the research expertise of our staff.
Before writing your research proposal, we advise you to consult the list of staff research interests and identify potential supervisors in the department. When making your application, you are advised to make your research proposals as specific and clear as possible. You should indicate the member(s) of staff that you wish to work with.
Contact us
Related links
- Find a supervisor
- Apply for a postgraduate research course
- Scholarships and funding
- Graduate Research School
Our Research Schools and related interdisciplinary centres offer an extensive programme of research seminars designed for academic staff and research students throughout the year. Research students are expected to attend relevant seminars to stay updated on the latest developments in the field and to develop their skills in advanced academic debate.
The HRC provides a fantastic new research environment for postgraduate students in the humanities, and for postdoctoral scholars. The wireless postgraduate work space, located on the first and mezzanine floors, is open 24/7.
We are proud of the range and diversity of the postgraduate research projects produced in the Department. Many of our PhD graduates have transformed their research into monographs and other publications.
Our research community
Our research is organised into four major areas, each represented by a Research School: the Medieval, Renaissance, 18th Century and Romantic, and Modern Schools.
The size of our graduate community, as well as the intellectual diversity of our graduate students, makes York a very stimulating environment in which to pursue a research degree in English. We play a major part in seven interdisciplinary research centres:
- Centre for Medieval Studies
- Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
- Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies
- Centre for Modern Studies
- Centre for Women's Studies
- Centre for Narrative Studies
- Centre for Indigenous and Settler Colonial Studies
You'll have the opportunity to work with our interdisciplinary research centres in order to develop a highly distinguished project. A number of prominent journals and book series have editors in our department.
Visiting postgraduate researchers
Spend up to a year in York as a visiting research student from a university outside the UK.
Scholarships and funding
Find out about scholarships and studentships that are available to students in the Department of English and Related Literature.
Research resources
We offer a rich range of resources for literature students on campus and around the city, as well as specialist research facilities and archives.\
Find out more about our facilities
We're a top ten research department according to the Times Higher Education's ranking of the latest REF results (2021), and 98* of our research was rated 3* or higher.
Writers at York
Writers at York is a lively programme of readings and workshops, bringing exciting new voices and some of the most important contemporary writers to York.
We're proud to hold an Athena Swan Silver award in recognition of the work we do to support gender equality in English.
Careers
- You'll receive support in applying to and presenting at professional conferences, preparing and submitting material for publication and applying for jobs.
- You'll benefit from training in handling research data, various modern languages, palaeography and bibliography. Classical and medieval Latin are also available. The Humanities Research Centre also offers a rich array of valuable training sessions.
- We also offer training in teaching skills if you wish to pursue a teaching post following your degree. This includes sessions on the delivery and content of seminars and workshops to undergraduates, a structured shadowing programme, teaching inductions and comprehensive guidance and resources for our graduate teaching assistants.
- You'll have the opportunity to further your training by taking the York Professional and Academic Development scheme (YPAD).
Next steps
Find a supervisor
Applications
Scholarships and funding
Related links
- Find a supervisor
- Apply for a postgraduate research course
- Scholarships and funding
- Graduate Research School