Comparative Literatures and Cultures

The Comparative Literatures and Cultures PhD program from University of Bristol sits within the School of Modern Languages and builds on two areas of strength within the School: transnational studies and intermediality.

The Comparative Literatures and Cultures PhD program from University of Bristol postgraduates are fully integrated in a professionally and personally supportive departmental and school community. We encourage you to attend and give papers at school and University research events, as well as academic conferences. Funding is available to support field work and participation in external events. We support you in developing a full range of academic skills.

By exploring new objects of study and innovative methodologies, we have forged interdisciplinary connections in and beyond the arts and social sciences via themes of global concern, from mental health to climate change.

Career opportunities:

Graduates from our department have gone on to work in diverse professional contexts, including higher education and research, government, public and private sector organisations, international development, NGOs, and policy-making organisations.

Courses include

• PhD: a research project undertaken across four years (full-time, minimum period of study three years), culminating in an 80,000 word thesis.

• As well as having the option to audit taught units, there may be the potential for PhD students to teach units themselves from their second year of study.