The School of Modern Languages and Cultures (SMLC) at the University of Warwick (https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/modernlanguages/) invites applications from outstanding candidates for doctoral study commencing in September/October 2023. Final deadlines 12 December and 11 January (depending on the funding scheme).

The SMLC offers PhD programmes in French, German, Italian, and Hispanic Studies (all conceived in a global sense) as well as in Translation & Transcultural Studies. The School offers a broad range of expertise in each of these areas and welcomes enquiries on interdisciplinary topics. We also offer the opportunity to pursue a joint PhD in, for example, German/French/Italian/Hispanic Studies and History, German/French/Italian/Hispanic Studies and Film Studies, German/French/Italian/Hispanic Studies and Theatre Studies etc.

In the SMLC, we study cultural production in a broad intellectual and global context, covering literature, cultural, social and intellectual history, film, politics, philosophy, and translation. For doctoral research, our colleagues offer a wide spectrum of supervisory expertise in subjects ranging from the Middle Ages and Renaissance to the present day, see see: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/modernlanguages/research/expertise/

For the research interests of staff in German Studies– ranging from 18th century discourses on cosmopolitanism to contemporary German Studies on transnationalism and world literature, Romanticism, Weimar Classicism, Weimar film, Holocaust Studies, history and theories of antisemitism, Critical Theory, constructions of gender, nation and race, and Post-war literature, Post-unification film and literature, gender studies and memory studies – see: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/modernlanguages/research/german/. Individual staff and their specialisms can be viewed via: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/modernlanguages/academic#german

Note that for the main funding opportunities the process is multi-staged, involving an application for admission and a separate application for funding. It is advisable, therefore, to discuss a possible application beforehand.

To express an interest, please send your CV and a two-page preliminary research proposal to smlcoffice@warwick.ac.uk (cc I.de-Smet@warwick.ac.uk) by early December, clearly noting the subject of your message as a PhD and/or scholarship enquiry in French / German / Italian / Hispanic / Translation & Transcultural Studies. (Please note: This preliminary proposal is not yet the one you will submit for your final application, but will help us decide which applications to pursue.)

For preliminary enquiries about a project related specifically to German Studies in a broad sense (literature, film, culture, history with a strong cultural component, social theory, German-Jewish history et al.), please get in touch at your earliest convenience with Dr Christine Achinger, PGGerman@warwick.ac.uk.

The SMLC will support (nominate) a select number of first-rate applications from prospective and qualifying existing students for the following funding opportunities whose calls are now open:

Chancellor’s International Scholarships: The University offers up to 42 scholarships to the most outstanding international PhD applicants. For on how to apply for these University scholarships, please see here: https://warwick.ac.uk/services/dc/schols_fund/scholarships_and_funding/chancellors_int. The deadlines for the dual process of applying for admissions and funding are on Monday 12 December 2022 (23:59 pm GMT) (admissions) and Wednesday 14 December 2022 (23:59 GMT) (funding). All supporting documentation must be uploaded by 5 January 2023. We will be unable to support last-minute enquiries and/or applications for this highly competitive scheme. Discussion of your application with the SMLC should start late October/early November.

AHRC Midlands 4 Cities Doctoral Training Partnership: the M4C DTP offers up to 60 fully funded scholarships for eligible students through its Open Competition across 8 Consortium institutions (including Warwick). New for 2023, the Stuart Hall Foundation (SHF) Scholarship will support at least two studentships a year for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates to undertake doctoral research in arts and humanities. You can find out more about SHF here: http://www.stuarthallfoundation.org/about-us/.

For more information, see https://www.midlands4cities.ac.uk/apply/. Here you will also find an information video on how to apply (scroll down). The call for 2023 entry opened on 17 October 2022 with a strict deadline on 11 January 2023, noon UK time.

You will need to have submitted a separate application for a place of study (admission) to the University of Warwick.

Further funding opportunities are advertised on the websites of Warwick’s Doctoral College (https://warwick.ac.uk/services/dc/schols_fund/) and the Centre for Arts Doctoral Research Excellence (CADRE, https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/cadre).

For more information on prerequisites and how apply for a place of study, please see here: https://warwick.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/apply/research/.

To explore current doctoral research in the School, click here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/modernlanguages/academic/postgraduate/.

The School Director of Graduate Studies (I.de-Smet@warwick.ac.uk) will also be pleased to advise on finding a supervisor.

School of Modern Languages & Cultures
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/modernlanguages/