Cultural Studies PhD

This programme enables you to study cultural phenomena, practices and texts at an advanced level. You will critically engage with theories and methodologies of transdisciplinary cultural research.<br/><br/>**Research topics**<br/><br/>The programme supports a range of research topics in visual and urban cultural studies, with a particular interest in: <br/><br/><br/>* place and memory<br/><br/><br/>* spatial violence and urban disintegration<br/><br/><br/>* post-socialist cities of Eastern Europe<br/><br/><br/>* visual and semiotic landscapes<br/><br/><br/>* materiality and spatiality of writing<br/><br/><br/>* book space and architectures of reading<br/><br/><br/>* photography and visual knowledges<br/><br/><br/>* image-text-theory<br/><br/><br/>* experimental publishing<br/><br/><br/>* curatorial practices and multimodality in representation of research<br/><br/><br/>**Research community**<br/><br/>Your project will benefit from:<br/><br/><br/>* the diverse research expertise of staff from the Edinburgh School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture (ESALA)<br/><br/><br/>* our collaborative exchanges with academic colleagues and research students across the University<br/><br/><br/>* our broad range of contacts with local and international research networks, cultural and heritage institutions and archives<br/><br/><br/>**Assessment and progression**<br/><br/>The PhD is a major work of independent research. It will prepare you for a future in academic scholarship or a research career at cultural and heritage institutions or government organisations. <br/><br/>To obtain the degree, you will research and present a thesis of 80,000-100,000 words, followed by a viva voce examination.<br/><br/>You will have two supervisors with whom you will work closely throughout the research period.