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Program Overview
Overview
English offers pathways in Literary Studies, Creative Writing or Language and Linguistics.
Proposals are welcomed in all areas from Medieval to Modern. Areas of expertise in a School that brings together award-winning writers and critics working across British, Irish and American Literature include Poetry; Irish Literature; American Literature; Shakespeare and Renaissance Studies; Literature and Place; Culture, Geography and Identity, from the local to the global, from earliest writing to the contemporary; Literature, Crime and Conflict; and, Science, Medicine and Culture. The School’s Centre for the Americas, its involvement in the Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies and the Institute of Irish Studies, and the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry - an internationally-recognised centre of excellence for the study and production of literature – mean that your project in literary studies, creative writing or linguistics will be supported by dynamic research groups and experts in the field.
Details of current staff expertise can be found on the School of Arts, English and Languages website.
Mode of study/duration
Registration is on a full-time or part-time basis, under the direction of a supervisory team appointed by the University. You will be expected to submit your thesis at the end of three years of full-time registration for PhD (or part-time equivalent).
Subject Summary
English at Queen’s incorporates a diverse range of dynamic projects across literary studies, creative writing and linguistics but also forms a close-knit community of fellow scholars, writers and critics. You’ll be taught by international experts in your field and have access to outstanding resources such as The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry, the Institute of Irish Studies and the manuscript and print collections held by the McClay Library.
English Highlights
Internationally Renowned Experts
Become part of the lively research culture of the School, including the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry, an internationally recognised centre of excellence for the study and production of literature.
A thriving postgraduate culture which includes an annual postgraduate conference and a peer mentoring scheme.
English Language and Literature is one of the Queen’s subjects in the top 200 in the world according to QS World Rankings by subject 2022. Creative Writing ranked 2nd in the UK in the Times Good University Guide 2022.
Key Facts
Research students are encouraged to play a full and active role in the professional and research activities of the School. These include:
I was given all the resources, encouragement and guidance I needed to complete an ambitious project. My supervisors were dedicated, helping me write the best possible thesis, and I was lucky to be part of a lively and supportive community with my fellow Postgraduate Students.
Dr Christopher Kitson
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