PhD Literary and Cultural Studies in Guildford United Kingdom | University of Surrey

Scholars in literary and cultural studies collaborate across the School of Literature and Languages to explore critical societal and cultural topics. Key areas of investigation encompass: Social and cultural connections, Urban environments and metropolitan culture, The study of bodily experience and mobility politics, Post-human perspectives, Queer theory and alternative spaces, Health humanities, Global interconnectedness and its boundaries. We belong to the interdisciplinary School of Literature and Languages, housing experts in English literature, creative writing, cinema studies, translation studies, linguistic theory and practice, along with literary and cultural research.

Our initiatives have explored diverse subjects including global perceptions of British creatives, Latin American publishing and activist circles, and French migratory patterns with anarchist traditions.

At Surrey, you'll become part of an international, multilingual academic community where research students form the heart of our School. This program guides you through a cross-cultural research expedition. You'll craft personalized methodologies to examine modern or historical cultural matters pertinent to your work, potentially employing archival research, participatory methods, fieldwork, or textual and cultural interpretation.

Investigations into subjects like gender and sexuality, health humanities, urban mobility studies, artistic partnerships, visual culture, film history and theory, or ecological and political movements benefit from guidance by leading scholars in these dynamic fields. Your research might explore cross-cultural and multilingual intersections or conduct an intensive examination of specific cultural or literary occurrences.