French (PhD) PhD

Doctorate-level study is an opportunity to make an original, positive contribution to research in French and Francophone Studies.<br/><br/>Join our interdisciplinary community and undertake your PhD under the guidance of our experienced and well-published supervisors. <br/><br/>French has been taught here since 1894, making it one of the first European languages to be offered at Edinburgh. <br/><br/>We specialise in the language, literatures and cultures of France and the many countries around the world in which French is spoken.<br/><br/>Language, to us, is inseparable from culture. As such, we encourage you to think broadly and explore the implications of language in a wider perspective.<br/><br/>**Research excellence**<br/><br/>In the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021), our research in French and Francophone Studies was submitted in Modern Languages and Linguistics (Panel D - Arts and Humanities; Unit of Assessment 26).<br/><br/>The results reaffirm Edinburgh’s position as one of the UK’s leading research universities - third in the UK.<br/><br/>As published in Times Higher Educations REF power ratings, this result is based on the quality and breadth of our research in the unit of assessment.<br/><br/>Our research expertise covers a wide range of areas, including:<br/><br/><br/>* Literature from the Middle Ages to the present day<br/><br/><br/>* Film and screen studies<br/><br/><br/>* Theatre studies<br/><br/><br/>* Intermediality studies<br/><br/><br/>* Adaptation studies<br/><br/><br/>* Visual culture<br/><br/><br/>* French political thought<br/><br/><br/>* Contemporary politics and institutions<br/><br/><br/>* Representing the city<br/><br/><br/>* Francophone post-colonial studies and decolonial thought<br/><br/><br/>* Reparations and reparatory justice<br/><br/><br/>* Black studies<br/><br/><br/>* Gender studies<br/><br/><br/>* Queer studies<br/><br/><br/>* Self-writing<br/><br/><br/>* The medical humanities<br/><br/><br/>* Translation studies<br/><br/><br/>Across the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) and the wider University, we are able to support PhD theses crossing boundaries between languages and/or disciplines.<br/><br/>Over the course of your PhD, you’ll be expected to complete an original body of work under the expert guidance of your supervisors leading to a dissertation of usually between 80,000 and 100,000 words.<br/><br/>You will be awarded your doctorate if your thesis is judged to be of an appropriate standard, and your research makes a definite contribution to knowledge.<br/><br/>**Go beyond the books**<br/><br/>Beyond the Books is a podcast from the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at research and the people who make it happen. <br/><br/>Listen to a mix of PhD, early career and established researchers talk about their journey to and through academia and about their current and recent research.