Film Studies

The Film Studies programme from SOAS University of Londoninvites applications for disciplinary and interdisciplinary research in filmand screen studies with particular reference to Africa, Asia and the Near and Middle East.

The Centre’s geographical focus on film/screen industries and movements beyond the dominant Western ‘global’ Hollywood and European economies of production, distribution and exhibition, makes the Centre unique in its approach. We are also keen to promote research on the transnational, transcultural and multi-media nature of the image in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries during this Film Studies programme from SOAS University of London .

Why Film Studies at SOAS?

• SOAS is ranked 13th in the UKin the 2022 QS World University Rankings for Arts and Humanities

• the range of expertise in non-Western film/screen studies and cultures offered at SOAS provides a unique opportunity to respond and contribute to current critical and theoretical debates in these disciplines

• SOAS provides a vibrant intellectual home for research students with an interest in creative industries, mediaand screen studies.

• In the first year, students prepare for research by following the School of Arts MPhil/PhD research methods course. Students may also be encouraged by supervisors to attend additional taught courses relevant to their research and to their training needs.

• The second year (or Part Timeequivalent) is normally spent engaged in research. This may be by any combination of fieldwork and research in libraries and material collection as agreed between the student and the supervisor(s).

• The third year (or Part Timeequivalent) is devoted to writing up research for the PhD thesis. During this time, students will normally give a presentation in a research seminar organised by the Departmental Research Tutor, comprising a select number of staff members with special expertise in the topic and other research students.