Course summary

Doctorate-level study is an opportunity to make an original, positive contribution to research in French and Francophone Studies. Join our interdisciplinary community and undertake your PhD under the guidance of our experienced and well-published supervisors. French has been taught here since 1894, making it one of the first European languages to be offered at Edinburgh. We specialise in the language, literatures and cultures of France and the many countries around the world in which French is spoken. 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. Research excellence 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). The results reaffirm Edinburgh’s position as one of the UK’s leading research universities - third in the UK. As published in Times Higher Education's REF power ratings, this result is based on the quality and breadth of our research in the unit of assessment. Our research expertise covers a wide range of areas, including:

• Literature from the Middle Ages to the present day

• Film and screen studies

• Theatre studies

• Intermediality studies

• Adaptation studies

• Visual culture

• French political thought

• Contemporary politics and institutions

• Representing the city

• Francophone post-colonial studies and decolonial thought

• Reparations and reparatory justice

• Black studies

• Gender studies

• Queer studies

• Self-writing

• The medical humanities

• Translation studies