Postcolonial and Global Literatures | Research Degrees

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Award Award	Duration Duration	Start dates Start dates	Application Application
PhD (MPhil also available) PhD (MPhil also available)	Full-time: 3–4 years Part-time: 6–8 years Full-time: 3–4 years Part-time: 6–8 years	October 2027 October 2027	Ends 8 January 2027 Ends 8 January 2027

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.

Minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent). If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your knowledge of English.

We welcome applications to study topics that complement our current research.

UK fee UK fee	International fee International fee
Full-time: £5,006 per year Full-time: £5,006 per year	Full-time: £12,705 per year Full-time: £12,705 per year
Part-time: £2,503 per year Part-time: £2,503 per year	Part-time: £6,353 per year Part-time: £6,353 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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