| Qualifications |
Duration |
Start dates |
Application period |
PhD
(MPhil also available) |
Full time: 3–4 years
Part time: 6–8 years |
October |
January |
Qualifications
PhD (MPhil also available) |
Duration
Full time: 3–4 years
Part time: 6–8 years |
Start dates
October |
Application period
January |
The group has contributed to major externally-funded projects, including: Making Britain: South Asian Visions of Home and Abroad, 1870–1950, and City Fictions of the New India: Literature, Infrastructure, Citizenship.
Editorial connections include the Journal of Commonwealth Literature, and Wasafiri. The group co-hosts the British Chinese Studies Network (with the University of Liverpool), convening online events on British Chinese literature and culture. Alex Tickell curated a major British Library exhibition (2022-3) celebrating British Chinese culture and community. David Johnson edits the 'Key Texts in Anti-Colonial Thought' series for Edinburgh University Press.
Group members organise conferences and workshops in Milton Keynes and the Institute of English Studies, London. We welcome applications corresponding to staff research interests.
Entry requirements
Minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent). If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your knowledge of English.
Potential research projects
We welcome applications to study topics that complement our current research.
Current/recent research projects
- The Representation and Self-representation of Anglo-Indians in Literature: 1880 to the Present
- The impact of participating in British counterinsurgency campaigns on British armed forces personnel, 1945–1975 – an interdisciplinary project
- Gardens in the Writing of Rumer Godden
- Popular Genre Fiction in Indian Writing in English (IWE): Recent trends in the Indian Literary Marketplace
- Narrating Modernity: agency, reform and nationhood in Indian women’s writing in English, 1870–1974
Potential supervisors
Fees and funding
| UK fee |
International fee |
| Full time: £4,786 per year |
Full time: £12,146 per year |
| Part time: £2,393 per year |
Part time: £6,073 per year |
Some of our research students are funded via the Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership; others are self-funded.
For detailed information about fees and funding, visit Fees and studentships.
To see current funded studentship vacancies across all research areas, see Current studentships.
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