PhD students work with experts in their field and are part of a vibrant and collaborative community of postgraduate researchers.
Our research environment was acclaimed in the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) - with the joint-highest ranking nationally - and one of our greatest strengths is the collaborative spirit of inquiry which is offered by our interdisciplinary, multilinguistic and global approaches.
Research expertise covers an unusually wide range of topics and periods – from the medieval and Early Modern periods through to contemporary culture, literature and film. Beyond our grounding in European languages, we are a truly global network of scholars whose expertise spans the literatures and cultures of the Arabic-speaking worlds, Brazil, Ethiopia, Latin America, Lusophone and Francophone Africa, Rwanda and South Asia.
Current PhD research in the department explores topics such as silence in 20th century literature, representations of monsters, masculinity in Chinese-American literature, South Asian travel writing to Britain, and the intellectual history of French Nietzscheanism in the post-war period.
Our location in the centre of London offers access to an unparalleled variety of galleries, cinemas, theatres, specialist libraries and resources, including the Institute of Advanced Study (including the Institute of Modern Languages Research), Canning House, the Goethe-Institut, the Austrian Cultural Forum, and the Institut français.
Qualification(s):
MPhil
PhD
Duration: Expected to be PhD (initial registration for MPhil), three years FT, four-six years PT. October to October, February to February or June to June.
MPhil/PhD Comparative Literature Research at King's College London.
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Qualification(s):
MPhil
PhD
Duration: Expected to be MPhil two years FT, three years PT. PhD three years FT, four-six years PT. October to October, February to February or June to June.
MPhil/PhD Research in French at King's College London.
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Qualification(s):
MPhil
PhD
Duration: Expected to be: MPhil two years FT, three years PT; PhD three years FT, four-six years PT. October to October, February to February or June to June.
MPhil/PhD Research in German at King's College London.
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Qualification(s):
MPhil
PhD
Duration: MPhil: two years full-time, three years part-time. PhD: three-four years full-time, four-six years part-time. October to October, February to February or June to June.
MPhil/PhD Research from in Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Studies at King's College London.
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