PhD Poetry - Text, Practice as Research in Canterbury United Kingdom | University of Kent

This program empowers emerging poets to explore poetry's capacity as an investigative medium in the humanities.
Participants will create a poetry collection alongside a 30-40,000 word academic study. With its focus on poetic practice as research into contemporary poetry's possibilities, the program aligns with the Centre for Modern Poetry's mission, enabling collaborative supervision between both centers. Interdisciplinary work on modern poetry with faculty from Modern Languages and Comparative Literature is also promoted. The program recognizes poetry's longstanding tradition as a research-informed art form.
The School of English enjoys global recognition, reflected in its diverse faculty and wide-ranging teaching and research specializations.

Our scholarly strengths span from medieval to postmodern eras, encompassing British, American, and Irish literature, postcolonial studies, 18th-century scholarship, Shakespearean studies, early modern literature and culture, Victorian research, contemporary poetry, critical theory, and cultural history. The School's international reputation fosters a dynamic research environment supported by an intellectually ambitious community. Our faculty includes acclaimed creative writers, and we actively pursue connections between analytical and creative writing across all teaching and research domains.