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Qualification
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
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Location
Strand Campus
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
01-SEP-25
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Duration
3 years
Course summary
The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures offers research strengths and opportunities for PhD supervision in Comparative Literature across all periods of modern, medieval and classical literature in major western European languages and in the modern languages of India, Africa, the Middle East and the Caribbean. Special research focuses include: African literature, the literature of the Middle East, Romanticism and revolution, gender studies and classical reception studies.
The Department has a vibrant and energetic research culture, in which postgraduate research students are fully involved. In the recent Research Excellence Framework assessment of our research (REF 2021) our research environment was rated 100% ‘world-leading (4), and research impact was rated 87.5% ‘world leading and ‘internationally excellent (3).
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University information
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Campus address
King's College London, University of London, Strand, London, London, London, WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
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/ Max 202163 81%17th
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/ Max 10078.0 78%17th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 42.98 74%88th
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