The School of European Language and Culture has recently announced a new PhD in Comparative Literature featuring study at both the University of Kent’s Canterbury Campus and our Paris Centre located in the city’s Montparnasse district.

Over the duration of the PhD, students produce an original piece of research of up to 100,000 words. Previous and ongoing doctoral projects in Comparative Literature with a French component include: ‘Representations of the Jew in the Nineteenth-Century Novel in France, Germany, and England’, ‘Sleep and States of Consciousness in Nineteenth-Century British and French Gothic Literature’, and ‘Comedy and the Spirit of Contingence: The Comic as Theorised in Modern Philosophy, and its Realisation in Post-War British and French Drama’.

The Department of Comparative Literature offers supervision from world-class academics with expertise in a wide range of disciplines, who are able to support and guide students through your research. Progress is carefully monitored to ensure that you are on track to produce a thesis to be valued by the academic community. Throughout the programme, PhD students are able to attend and contribute to research seminars, workshops, and research and transferable skills training courses.

More information about this specific PhD programme and how to apply can be found here.