Course summary
Could your passion for French language, culture and history help us better understand the world in which we live in today? Follow your intercultural research interests to a deeper level in a department ranked 6th nationally in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021. Due to our exceptionally wide range of research expertise we offer French PhD supervision across the chronological spread of French studies, including:
- Francophone Studies
- Enlightenment and encyclopédie
- Post-war french thoughts
- Migrant writers in Paris
- The 19th century novel
- Contemporary French social theory
- Post-war French society, culture and politics
- Reception of jazz in inter-war France
- Politics and the media
- Political communication
- Gender, ethnicity, politics and the media in France
- 20th century literature
- Travel narratives
- Urban studies
- Nineteenth and 20th century poetry
- Word and image studies
- French feminism under the Third Republic
- French senate
- Interwar French politics and society
- French constitutional history
- 18th century writing
- Feminist and post-structuralist theory
- Theories of hospitality and the gift
- Translation theory
- Translation and philosophy
- Film studies
Entry requirements
2:1 (or international equivalent) in an arts, humanities or social science subject – we would usually expect you to hold, or be working towards, a masters degree in a relevant subject.
Fees and funding
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Additional fee information
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Provider information
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
Course contact details
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