Early Modern Literature

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

Early modern period research is under The Open University’s Medieval and Early Modern Research Group. We have wide-ranging expertise in social, political, religious and cultural developments of the medieval and early modern periods. Our research interests embrace a broad geographical area, covering developments across Europe and further afield. The group fosters a supportive environment within which staff and students can develop; and collaborate in their studies of the medieval and early modern periods.

We promote medieval and early modern studies through The Open University’s undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum and welcome applications for MPhil and PhD studies concerning the primary research interests of our group, including: symbolic and material witnesses (letters, objects, music and art), Elizabethan and Jacobean society, religion, medicine, performance and performativity, intellectual and cultural history, etc.

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

Current research projects

  • Gender and Genre in Shakespeare’s Treatment of Silence
  • Terror(ism) and early modern drama: the representation of political violence on the early modern stage

Potential supervisors

16th and 17th century and Romantic period:

Fees and funding

UK fee International fee
Full time: £4,712 per year Full time: £11,958 per year
Part time: £2,356 per year Part time: £5,979 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.

Links

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How to apply

Get in touch

If you have an enquiry specific to this research topic, please contact:

Dr Molly Ziegler / Dr Ed Hogan

Email: FASS-EnglishCreativeWriting-Enquiries
Phone: +44 (0)1908 652092

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