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Critical Theory and Cultural Studies PhD
Your opportunity to create original research in the fields of Critical Theory and Cultural Studies. Much of our work is guided by a transnational and transcultural agenda. With expert supervision from our interdisciplinary staff you'll be researching in an env…
PhD6 yearsPart-time
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Department of Cultural, Visual and Media Studies · Language and area studies
Your opportunity to create original research in the fields of Critical Theory and Cultural Studies. Much of our work is guided by a transnational and transcultural agenda. With expert supervision from our interdisciplinary staff you'll be researching in an environment with a strong international perspective. This provides a stimulating and vibrant community with debate encouraged between staff and students. Staff expertise We have particular strengths in: - modern theory - political philosophy and politics - aesthetics - feminist, queer and gender studies - cultural, literary, media and visual studies - psychoanalysis - art history - postcolonial, sensory, science and technology studies Research centres The Department of Cultural, Media and Visual Studies is home to two research centres where much of the Critical Theory and Cultural Studies research activity takes place. You will be encouraged to get involved and contribute. - Centre for Research in Critical Theory - Centre for Contemporary East Asian Cultural Studies Recent PhD subjects - Network Experiments and Control: From the Cold War to the War on Terror - The Challenge of Aesthetic Modernity in India: a Postcolonial Reading - Digital Technology and Documentary Photography in Britain and France - Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and the Global Queer Film Festival Circuit - Political Corporeality in Walter Benjamin and Wilhelm Reich - The Media and Social Protests Against Austerity - Radical Art Practice: Copyright and the Future of Public Collections Find out more about our research and environment - the university's website Additional support and training is provided by the Researcher Academy - the university's website Midlands4Cities funded students receive extended support including training - the university's website
Getting in
As the university states it
2:1 (or international equivalent) in an arts, humanities or social science subject; and a masters degree in a relevant subject. IELTS: 7.0 (no less than 6.5 in any element).
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