English Postgraduate studies in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities
Study literature and culture from the 7th to the 21st centuries with internationally recognised experts in the heart of London.
We offer a wide range of exciting MA programmes covering literature and culture from the medieval to the 21st century. Located in central London, King’s English department offers proximity to world-class libraries, museums, archives, theatres and cultural institutions. WHY STUDY WITH US?
• Taught by leaders in their
respective fields, our MA programmes are home to a lively and dynamic group of postgraduate students. • Three of our MA programmes are taught in collaboration with experts from the British Museum (Eighteenth-Century Studies), the British Library (Early Modern English) and the Globe Theatre (Shakespeare Studies), while all provide you with a wealth of opportunities both during and after your course. • As an MA student you will be an important member of the wider King’s English community,
able to participate in an exciting programme of visiting speakers, research seminars and conferences. We run an annual postgraduate conference as well as a range of social events during the year. • All of our programmes offer the combination of • 1-2 core modules • Option modules • Supervised dissertation on a research topic of your choice. • Dissertation workshops throughout the year ensure that our graduates have highly developed skills in writing, research and critical argument.
DEGREES OFFERED • • • • • • • • •
MA in Contemporary Literature, Culture and Theory MA in Early Modern English Literature: Text and Transmission MA in Eighteenth-Century Studies MA in English: 1850 - Present MA in Medieval English MA in Medieval Studies MA in Shakespeare Studies MA in Theatre and Performance Studies MSc in Medical Humanities
For more information about our degrees and staff members visit: www.kcl.ac.uk/english
Our PhD programmes cover topics ranging from
DEGREES OFFERED
the Anglo-Saxon period to the present. Broad
• MPhil in English Language and Literature
expertise, access to Maughan, Senate House, and British Libraries, and countless seminars,
• PhD in English Language and Literature
conferences, and research groups make ours an
• Joint PhD with Hong Kong University
unsurpassed research environment.
• Joint PhD with Humboldt University, Berlin
ABOUT OUR RESEARCH
• Joint PhD with National University of Singapore
• Located in the Virginia
Woolf Building in central London, we provide dedicated desk and lounge space to doctoral students from around the world, creating the opportunity for casual corridor conversation, in addition to one-to-one supervision, with world-class scholars attached to large-scale funded research projects, interdisciplinary research centres, and collaborative partnerships with major cultural institutions in London and beyond. • Arts & Humanities Research Council doctoral studentships are available through the London Arts & Humanities Partnership, and undergraduate teaching opportunities are provided
through Graduate Teaching Assistantships. Graduate student-led workshops, skills lunches, and reading groups generate a climate of collegiality and cooperation. • Though students are encouraged to craft, in consultation with supervisors, a distinctive project all of their own, generally our research is organised around five thematic clusters: • Material, visual and digital cultures • Literature, medicine and science • Life writing, performance and creative writing • Gender and sexuality studies • Colonial, postcolonial, and transnational culture.
The vibrant research community at King’s was the main reason why I chose to continue studying here. My project is archive-based and could have been quite solitary, so it’s great to have a wide choice of seminars and reading groups where you can meet other people to share ideas and learn from their research. Alex, English PhD
For more information about funding: www.kcl.ac.uk/study/pg/funding/sources
www.kcl.ac.uk/english english@kcl.ac.uk Main College address King’s College London Strand, London WC2R 2LS United Kingdom Tel +44 (0)20 7836 5454
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