PhDs in Humanities & Art
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Humanities and Art field encompasses academic disciplines that study human condition and the essence of what it means to be human in the fast changing world. Humanities are similar to liberal arts in many ways and the two terms are sometimes used interchangeably. Academic programmes in humanities cover a broad, interdisciplinary study of society and culture throughout history. Practitioners use methods that are primarily analytic, critical, or speculative. Studies of language, literature, law, history, philosophy, religion, visual and performing arts are among the study subjects in humanities field. Studies in music are also considered to be in the field, where music is used to broaden capabilities of non-musicians by teaching skills such as concentration and listening.
Studies in humanities help students develop a broad understanding of cultural expression and improve their analytical and communication skills. Students can improve their understanding of society through satisfying their intellectual curiosity in subjects such as philosophy, art, history and literature with an emphasis on multiculturalism.
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PhD in Latin American Cultural Studies PhD
Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies at Manchester plays key roles in national and international research contexts through its publications, seminar and conference activity, and through its innovative approach to the configuration of the discipline boundaries in which it works. Our research and postgraduate teaching ranges chronologically from the Early Modern period in Spain through nineteenth-century Latin America to the present day (for example, with work on the modern city in Latin America, transnational contemporary cinema in relation to Spain, and twenty first-century migrations).
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PhD in Science of Religion
<p> Please contact the respective study counsellor for more information about the traditional individual doctorate.</p>
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PhD in Literacy Studies
Literacy Studies is a PhD programme in the Faculty of Arts and Education. Organizationally, the programme is attached to the Department of Cultural Studies and Languages, but is run in close co-operation with the National Centre for Reading Education and Research.
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PhD in Professional Doctorate in Architecture
This doctorate is particularly suitable for qualified design professionals, including architects, engineers and product designers. It primarily aims to work on live projects in collaboration with local, national and international agencies, industry and practice through project-based research. It focuses on the notion of developing prototypes, with the potential ranging in scale and scope from material and building components, through to the development of urban prototypes and design frameworks.
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PhD in German Studies
The PhD in German Studies will be centred in projects presented by students, in the different areas of Literature and Culture of the German-speaking countries, as well as in the literary translation area. Seminars bearing in mind a methodological depth, essential to a good prosecution of research conducive to the PhD thesis, will be offered.
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PhD in Theater Studies
<p> Please contact the respective study counsellor for more information about the traditional individual doctorate.</p>
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PhD in Linguistics
<p> Please contact the respective study counsellor for more information about the traditional individual doctorate.</p>
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PhD in Italian Studies
The PhD Programme mainly aims to equip students with a good command of the various techniques of editing, review and interpretation of literary texts (classical, medieval, Renaissance, modern, contemporary ones).
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PhD in Intercultural Humanities
The Graduate Program Intercultural Humanities is a unique and innovative combined graduate program in History, History and Theory of Art, and Literature with a special emphasis on intercultural encounters, cross-cultural transfers, cultural comparison, and transcultural universals.
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PhD in English
Staff supervise research in most areas of English and associated studies, and have expertise in the following areas: theory, modernism and postmodernism, 18th and 19th-century studies, women's writing, literature and visual arts, Shakespeare and the Renaissance, early modern literature and culture, medieval studies, American literature, postcolonial literature and modern poetry.
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PhD in Drama
Individual staff research interests cover a wide range of both historical and contemporary aspects of the theory and practice of theatre, and supervision is available in all these areas. For these programmes you have regular meetings with your supervisor as well as tuition in research methodologies in the early stages of your research. Additionally, we regularly invite academic and professional specialists for guest lectures, workshops and special events relevant to students' research.
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PhD in Japanese Studies
Doctoral degree in the field of Japanese language, literature and civilization.
