PhD Chinese Studies

About This Course

Modern Languages offers the possibility to do a PhD/MPhil in Chinese Studies (three years full-time; six years part-time). The School has a long tradition of excellent postgraduate student support, and students will be assigned two supervisors. Students are guaranteed full access to computing facilities (including translation memory software), library provision and all School resources including the film library. There is a dedicated postgraduate study area within the School which students are encouraged to use as often as they can.

Research Areas:

Chinese history
Chinese literature (Classic & Contemporary)
Contemporary Chinese Studies: Sino-West Relations; Geopolitics; Images of China (Representations and Self-representations); Chinese films & documentaries; Western films & documentaries on China
Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language
Translation Studies (from and into Chinese)

Co-supervision of comparative topics within the School can also be offered