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French PhD

University of Liverpool

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Course options

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  • Qualification

    PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

  • Location

    Liverpool Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    14-DEC-26

  • Duration

    2 Years

Course summary

Research interests in French Studies cover all areas of French literature, culture and history, including medieval studies, sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth-century studies, French theatre, French cinema, travel literature, francophone postcolonial studies (including French language representations of India), modern and contemporary France, and sociolinguistics.IntroductionYou are welcome to suggest your own theme for a potential research project. Supervision is offered on most areas of French literature, culture and language. Library resources are excellent in these areas.Research topicsPhDs submitted and awarded recently include:Family Feuds and the (Re)writing of Universal History: The ‘Chronique dite de Baudouin d’Avesnes’ (1278–84)Competing Colonial Discourses in India: French and English Language Representations of the Indian Uprisings (1857–59)After the End of Travel: Twentieth-Century French Travel Literatures and TheoriesVictim or Goddess: The Representation of the Indian Woman in Literature in French 1744–1930.Research cultureResearch groups include:Eighteenth-century worldsMigrations and IdentitiesSociolinguisticsPostcolonialismsBeyond the TextHistories and Memories.

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£ 25,350per year

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University of Liverpool

University of Liverpool

  • University League Table

    23rd

  • Campus address

    Main Site, The Foundation Building, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZX, United Kingdom

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    French

    11th out of 43 10

  • Entry standards

    / Max 221
    149 67%

    23rd

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    82.0 82%

    7th

    9

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.02 75%

    34th

    3

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