English PhD

OVERVIEW

PhD: Research in English and American literatures has a long and distinguished history at Keele. Please see below for current areas of research and supervision.

FACILITIES

Research students are supported through the provision of: shared office space, IT equipment and research funding to support some travel and other expenses.

There are significant library resources at Keele to support Humanities research, including Early English Books Online (EEBO) and Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO), as well as the private David Bruce Centre Library for American Studies students and the Staffordshire Studies repository for those interested in local writers. Keele is ideally located near to other major libraries and collections, such as Manchester’s John Rylands and Chetham’s Libraries, Gladstone’s Library at St Deiniol’s, and the University Libraries of Birmingham, Oxford and Liverpool. Staffs in English have established collaborative working relationships with major archives and record offices within the region. In addition, Keele is less than 2 hours away from the extensive scholarly resources and libraries of London.