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Aberystwyth University: European Languages
| Institution | Aberystwyth University View institution profile |
|---|---|
| Department | Department of Modern Languages |
| Web | www.aber.ac.uk |
| modernlangs@aber.ac.uk | |
| Telephone | 01970 622522 |
| Study type | Research |
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Summary
The Department of Modern Languages at Aberystwyth University offers PhD programmes in a wide range of topics. Students undertaking a PhD often spend a considerable part of their research period working from libraries abroad and / or archives, while remaining under supervision from their mentor at Aberystwyth.
Areas of research include:
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French: historical linguistics; early modern literature and ideas; modern literature; cinema; Anglo-Norman; Romance linguistics; history of travel and travel literature; 20th- and 21st-century French thought, especially existentialism and feminism; (auto-)biography and life-writing; and theoretical approaches to reading.
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German: 20th- and 21st-century German prose; autobiographies and life writing; women’s writing; German-Jewish literature; history and culture; Holocaust texts and translation; German-speaking refugees from National Socialism and especially the Kindertransport; postdramatic theatre and translation; German grammar and language anxiety; new tragic in European theatre and performance.
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Spanish: stylistic comparison of 19th-century Spanish novels; North African comparative colonial literature; cosmopolitanism; geopolitics; landscape; science in Latin American literature and film; gender, identity and nation; cultural legacies of the Falklands/Malvinas conflict; avant-garde; 20th-century Hispanic poetry; women’s cultural practice; and language learning and foreign language anxiety.
Our postgraduates have been researching such topics as:
-
Translating René Le Pays's Amitiez, amours, amourettes: rendering travelogues in the language of their destination
-
The early 20th-century German women writers Ina Seidel and Vicki Baum
-
The translation of audio-visual Holocaust testimony
-
Regional Refugee Committee supporting refugees from National Socialism
-
Kindertransport autobiographies and fiction
-
A comparative analysis of Second Generation Kindertransport in the US and the UK.
| Level | RQF Level 8 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | Entry Requirements 2:1 Bachelors (Honours) degree in a relevant subject area, or equivalent. English Language Requirements IELTS 6.5 with minimum 5.5 in each component, or equivalent Other Requirements Applicants should submit a full research proposal at the point of application |
| Location | Penglais Campus Penglais Road Ceredigion Aberystwyth SY23 3AR |
Summary
The Department of Modern Languages at Aberystwyth University offers PhD programmes in a wide range of topics. Students undertaking a PhD often spend a considerable part of their research period working from libraries abroad and / or archives, while remaining under supervision from their mentor at Aberystwyth.
Areas of research include:
-
French: historical linguistics; early modern literature and ideas; modern literature; cinema; Anglo-Norman; Romance linguistics; history of travel and travel literature; 20th- and 21st-century French thought, especially existentialism and feminism; (auto-)biography and life-writing; and theoretical approaches to reading.
-
German: 20th- and 21st-century German prose; autobiographies and life writing; women’s writing; German-Jewish literature; history and culture; Holocaust texts and translation; German-speaking refugees from National Socialism and especially the Kindertransport; postdramatic theatre and translation; German grammar and language anxiety; new tragic in European theatre and performance.
-
Spanish: stylistic comparison of 19th-century Spanish novels; North African comparative colonial literature; cosmopolitanism; geopolitics; landscape; science in Latin American literature and film; gender, identity and nation; cultural legacies of the Falklands/Malvinas conflict; avant-garde; 20th-century Hispanic poetry; women’s cultural practice; and language learning and foreign language anxiety.
Our postgraduates have been researching such topics as:
-
Translating René Le Pays's Amitiez, amours, amourettes: rendering travelogues in the language of their destination
-
The early 20th-century German women writers Ina Seidel and Vicki Baum
-
The translation of audio-visual Holocaust testimony
-
Regional Refugee Committee supporting refugees from National Socialism
-
Kindertransport autobiographies and fiction
-
A comparative analysis of Second Generation Kindertransport in the US and the UK.
| Level | RQF Level 8 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | Entry Requirements 2:1 Bachelors (Honours) degree in a relevant subject area, or equivalent. English Language Requirements IELTS 6.5 with minimum 5.5 in each component, or equivalent Other Requirements Applicants should submit a full research proposal at the point of application |
Summary
The Department of Modern Languages at Aberystwyth University offers PhD programmes in a wide range of topics. Students undertaking a PhD often spend a considerable part of their research period working from libraries abroad and / or archives, while remaining under supervision from their mentor at Aberystwyth.
Areas of research include:
-
French: historical linguistics; early modern literature and ideas; modern literature; cinema; Anglo-Norman; Romance linguistics; history of travel and travel literature; 20th- and 21st-century French thought, especially existentialism and feminism; (auto-)biography and life-writing; and theoretical approaches to reading.
-
German: 20th- and 21st-century German prose; autobiographies and life writing; women’s writing; German-Jewish literature; history and culture; Holocaust texts and translation; German-speaking refugees from National Socialism and especially the Kindertransport; postdramatic theatre and translation; German grammar and language anxiety; new tragic in European theatre and performance.
-
Spanish: stylistic comparison of 19th-century Spanish novels; North African comparative colonial literature; cosmopolitanism; geopolitics; landscape; science in Latin American literature and film; gender, identity and nation; cultural legacies of the Falklands/Malvinas conflict; avant-garde; 20th-century Hispanic poetry; women’s cultural practice; and language learning and foreign language anxiety.
Our postgraduates have been researching such topics as:
-
Translating René Le Pays's Amitiez, amours, amourettes: rendering travelogues in the language of their destination
-
The early 20th-century German women writers Ina Seidel and Vicki Baum
-
The translation of audio-visual Holocaust testimony
-
Regional Refugee Committee supporting refugees from National Socialism
-
Kindertransport autobiographies and fiction
-
A comparative analysis of Second Generation Kindertransport in the US and the UK.
| Level | RQF Level 8 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | Entry Requirements 2:1 Bachelors (Honours) degree in a relevant subject area, or equivalent. English Language Requirements IELTS 6.5 with minimum 5.5 in each component, or equivalent Other Requirements Applicants should submit a full research proposal at the point of application |
| Location | Penglais Campus Penglais Road Ceredigion Aberystwyth SY23 3AR |
Summary
The Department of Modern Languages at Aberystwyth University offers PhD programmes in a wide range of topics. Students undertaking a PhD often spend a considerable part of their research period working from libraries abroad and / or archives, while remaining under supervision from their mentor at Aberystwyth.
Areas of research include:
-
French: historical linguistics; early modern literature and ideas; modern literature; cinema; Anglo-Norman; Romance linguistics; history of travel and travel literature; 20th- and 21st-century French thought, especially existentialism and feminism; (auto-)biography and life-writing; and theoretical approaches to reading.
-
German: 20th- and 21st-century German prose; autobiographies and life writing; women’s writing; German-Jewish literature; history and culture; Holocaust texts and translation; German-speaking refugees from National Socialism and especially the Kindertransport; postdramatic theatre and translation; German grammar and language anxiety; new tragic in European theatre and performance.
-
Spanish: stylistic comparison of 19th-century Spanish novels; North African comparative colonial literature; cosmopolitanism; geopolitics; landscape; science in Latin American literature and film; gender, identity and nation; cultural legacies of the Falklands/Malvinas conflict; avant-garde; 20th-century Hispanic poetry; women’s cultural practice; and language learning and foreign language anxiety.
Our postgraduates have been researching such topics as:
-
Translating René Le Pays's Amitiez, amours, amourettes: rendering travelogues in the language of their destination
-
The early 20th-century German women writers Ina Seidel and Vicki Baum
-
The translation of audio-visual Holocaust testimony
-
Regional Refugee Committee supporting refugees from National Socialism
-
Kindertransport autobiographies and fiction
-
A comparative analysis of Second Generation Kindertransport in the US and the UK.
| Level | RQF Level 8 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | Entry Requirements 2:1 Bachelors (Honours) degree in a relevant subject area, or equivalent. English Language Requirements IELTS 6.5 with minimum 5.5 in each component, or equivalent Other Requirements Applicants should submit a full research proposal at the point of application |
Summary
The Department of Modern Languages at Aberystwyth University offers PhD programmes in a wide range of topics. Students undertaking a PhD often spend a considerable part of their research period working from libraries abroad and / or archives, while remaining under supervision from their mentor at Aberystwyth.
| Level | RQF Level 8 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | The minimum basic entry requirement for a MPhil or PhD is normally a good Honours Degree or its equivalent in a subject relevant to the intended area of research. Applicants whose first language is not English will require IELTS score of at least 6.5. |
| Location | Penglais Campus Penglais Road Ceredigion Aberystwyth SY23 3AR |
Summary
The Department of Modern Languages at Aberystwyth University offers PhD programmes in a wide range of topics. Students undertaking a PhD often spend a considerable part of their research period working from libraries abroad and / or archives, while remaining under supervision from their mentor at Aberystwyth.
| Level | RQF Level 8 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | The minimum basic entry requirement for a MPhil or PhD is normally a good Honours Degree or its equivalent in a subject relevant to the intended area of research. Applicants whose first language is not English will require IELTS score of at least 6.5. |
| Location | Penglais Campus Penglais Road Ceredigion Aberystwyth SY23 3AR |
Summary
The Department of Modern Languages at Aberystwyth University offers PhD programmes in a wide range of topics. Students undertaking a PhD often spend a considerable part of their research period working from libraries abroad and / or archives, while remaining under supervision from their mentor at Aberystwyth.
| Level | RQF Level 8 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | The minimum basic entry requirement for a MPhil or PhD is normally a good Honours Degree or its equivalent in a subject relevant to the intended area of research. Applicants whose first language is not English will require IELTS score of at least 6.5. |
Master of Philosophy - MPhil
Summary
The Department of Modern Languages at Aberystwyth University offers an MPhil programme in a wide range of topics. Students undertaking an MPhil often spend a considerable part of their research period working from libraries abroad and / or archives, while remaining under supervision from their mentor at Aberystwyth.
The main focus of your research degree will be a detailed dissertation, and you will receive regular supervision from specialists within the Department on its planning, creation and writing.
The MPhil normally takes one year of full-time research (two years part-time), after which students complete and submit a dissertation of up to 60,000 words.
Areas of research include:
-
French: historical linguistics; early modern literature and ideas; modern literature; cinema; Anglo-Norman; Romance linguistics; history of travel and travel literature; 20th- and 21st-century French thought, especially existentialism and feminism; (auto-)biography and life-writing; and theoretical approaches to reading.
-
German: 20th- and 21st-century German prose; autobiographies and life writing; women’s writing; German-Jewish literature; history and culture; Holocaust texts and translation; German-speaking refugees from National Socialism and especially the Kindertransport; postdramatic theatre and translation; German grammar and language anxiety; new tragic in European theatre and performance.
-
Spanish: stylistic comparison of 19th-century Spanish novels; North African comparative colonial literature; cosmopolitanism; geopolitics; landscape; science in Latin American literature and film; gender, identity and nation; cultural legacies of the Falklands/Malvinas conflict; avant-garde; 20th-century Hispanic poetry; women’s cultural practice; and language learning and foreign language anxiety.
Our postgraduates have been researching such topics as:
-
Translating René Le Pays's Amitiez, amours, amourettes: rendering travelogues in the language of their destination
-
The early 20th-century German women writers Ina Seidel and Vicki Baum
-
The translation of audio-visual Holocaust testimony
-
Regional Refugee Committee supporting refugees from National Socialism
-
Kindertransport autobiographies and fiction
-
A comparative analysis of Second Generation Kindertransport in the US and the UK.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | Entry Requirements 2:1 Bachelors (Honours) degree in a relevant subject area, or equivalent. English Language Requirements IELTS 6.5 with minimum 5.5 in each component, or equivalent Other Requirements Applicants should submit a full research proposal at the point of application |
| Location | Penglais Campus Penglais Road Ceredigion Aberystwyth SY23 3AR |
Summary
The Department of Modern Languages at Aberystwyth University offers an MPhil programme in a wide range of topics. Students undertaking an MPhil often spend a considerable part of their research period working from libraries abroad and / or archives, while remaining under supervision from their mentor at Aberystwyth.
The main focus of your research degree will be a detailed dissertation, and you will receive regular supervision from specialists within the Department on its planning, creation and writing.
The MPhil normally takes one year of full-time research (two years part-time), after which students complete and submit a dissertation of up to 60,000 words.
Areas of research include:
-
French: historical linguistics; early modern literature and ideas; modern literature; cinema; Anglo-Norman; Romance linguistics; history of travel and travel literature; 20th- and 21st-century French thought, especially existentialism and feminism; (auto-)biography and life-writing; and theoretical approaches to reading.
-
German: 20th- and 21st-century German prose; autobiographies and life writing; women’s writing; German-Jewish literature; history and culture; Holocaust texts and translation; German-speaking refugees from National Socialism and especially the Kindertransport; postdramatic theatre and translation; German grammar and language anxiety; new tragic in European theatre and performance.
-
Spanish: stylistic comparison of 19th-century Spanish novels; North African comparative colonial literature; cosmopolitanism; geopolitics; landscape; science in Latin American literature and film; gender, identity and nation; cultural legacies of the Falklands/Malvinas conflict; avant-garde; 20th-century Hispanic poetry; women’s cultural practice; and language learning and foreign language anxiety.
Our postgraduates have been researching such topics as:
-
Translating René Le Pays's Amitiez, amours, amourettes: rendering travelogues in the language of their destination
-
The early 20th-century German women writers Ina Seidel and Vicki Baum
-
The translation of audio-visual Holocaust testimony
-
Regional Refugee Committee supporting refugees from National Socialism
-
Kindertransport autobiographies and fiction
-
A comparative analysis of Second Generation Kindertransport in the US and the UK.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | Entry Requirements 2:1 Bachelors (Honours) degree in a relevant subject area, or equivalent. English Language Requirements IELTS 6.5 with minimum 5.5 in each component, or equivalent Other Requirements Applicants should submit a full research proposal at the point of application |
Summary
The Department of Modern Languages at Aberystwyth University offers an MPhil programme in a wide range of topics. Students undertaking an MPhil often spend a considerable part of their research period working from libraries abroad and / or archives, while remaining under supervision from their mentor at Aberystwyth.
The main focus of your research degree will be a detailed dissertation, and you will receive regular supervision from specialists within the Department on its planning, creation and writing.
The MPhil normally takes one year of full-time research (two years part-time), after which students complete and submit a dissertation of up to 60,000 words.
Areas of research include:
-
French: historical linguistics; early modern literature and ideas; modern literature; cinema; Anglo-Norman; Romance linguistics; history of travel and travel literature; 20th- and 21st-century French thought, especially existentialism and feminism; (auto-)biography and life-writing; and theoretical approaches to reading.
-
German: 20th- and 21st-century German prose; autobiographies and life writing; women’s writing; German-Jewish literature; history and culture; Holocaust texts and translation; German-speaking refugees from National Socialism and especially the Kindertransport; postdramatic theatre and translation; German grammar and language anxiety; new tragic in European theatre and performance.
-
Spanish: stylistic comparison of 19th-century Spanish novels; North African comparative colonial literature; cosmopolitanism; geopolitics; landscape; science in Latin American literature and film; gender, identity and nation; cultural legacies of the Falklands/Malvinas conflict; avant-garde; 20th-century Hispanic poetry; women’s cultural practice; and language learning and foreign language anxiety.
Our postgraduates have been researching such topics as:
-
Translating René Le Pays's Amitiez, amours, amourettes: rendering travelogues in the language of their destination
-
The early 20th-century German women writers Ina Seidel and Vicki Baum
-
The translation of audio-visual Holocaust testimony
-
Regional Refugee Committee supporting refugees from National Socialism
-
Kindertransport autobiographies and fiction
-
A comparative analysis of Second Generation Kindertransport in the US and the UK.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | Entry Requirements 2:1 Bachelors (Honours) degree in a relevant subject area, or equivalent. English Language Requirements IELTS 6.5 with minimum 5.5 in each component, or equivalent Other Requirements Applicants should submit a full research proposal at the point of application |
| Location | Penglais Campus Penglais Road Ceredigion Aberystwyth SY23 3AR |
Summary
The Department of Modern Languages at Aberystwyth University offers an MPhil programme in a wide range of topics. Students undertaking an MPhil often spend a considerable part of their research period working from libraries abroad and / or archives, while remaining under supervision from their mentor at Aberystwyth.
The main focus of your research degree will be a detailed dissertation, and you will receive regular supervision from specialists within the Department on its planning, creation and writing.
The MPhil normally takes one year of full-time research (two years part-time), after which students complete and submit a dissertation of up to 60,000 words.
Areas of research include:
-
French: historical linguistics; early modern literature and ideas; modern literature; cinema; Anglo-Norman; Romance linguistics; history of travel and travel literature; 20th- and 21st-century French thought, especially existentialism and feminism; (auto-)biography and life-writing; and theoretical approaches to reading.
-
German: 20th- and 21st-century German prose; autobiographies and life writing; women’s writing; German-Jewish literature; history and culture; Holocaust texts and translation; German-speaking refugees from National Socialism and especially the Kindertransport; postdramatic theatre and translation; German grammar and language anxiety; new tragic in European theatre and performance.
-
Spanish: stylistic comparison of 19th-century Spanish novels; North African comparative colonial literature; cosmopolitanism; geopolitics; landscape; science in Latin American literature and film; gender, identity and nation; cultural legacies of the Falklands/Malvinas conflict; avant-garde; 20th-century Hispanic poetry; women’s cultural practice; and language learning and foreign language anxiety.
Our postgraduates have been researching such topics as:
-
Translating René Le Pays's Amitiez, amours, amourettes: rendering travelogues in the language of their destination
-
The early 20th-century German women writers Ina Seidel and Vicki Baum
-
The translation of audio-visual Holocaust testimony
-
Regional Refugee Committee supporting refugees from National Socialism
-
Kindertransport autobiographies and fiction
-
A comparative analysis of Second Generation Kindertransport in the US and the UK.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | Entry Requirements 2:1 Bachelors (Honours) degree in a relevant subject area, or equivalent. English Language Requirements IELTS 6.5 with minimum 5.5 in each component, or equivalent Other Requirements Applicants should submit a full research proposal at the point of application |
Summary
Research interests include: French: Historical linguistics; early modern literature and ideas; modern literature; cinema; Anglo-Norman; historical linguistics; romance linguistics. German: Sociolinguistics, especially language attitudes, relationship between standard and non-standard varieties, language awareness, language in education, 20th-century literature and ideas. Spanish: Stylistic comparison of 19th-century Spanish novels, North African comparative colonial literature; cosmopolitanism, geoplotics, landscape, science in Latin American literature and film.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | 2:1 Bachelors (Honours) degree in a relevant subject area, or equivalent. Applicants whose first language is not English will require IELTS score of at least 6.5. |
| Location | Penglais Campus Penglais Road Ceredigion Aberystwyth SY23 3AR |
Summary
Research interests include: French: Historical linguistics; early modern literature and ideas; modern literature; cinema; Anglo-Norman; historical linguistics; romance linguistics. German: Sociolinguistics, especially language attitudes, relationship between standard and non-standard varieties, language awareness, language in education, 20th-century literature and ideas. Spanish: Stylistic comparison of 19th-century Spanish novels, North African comparative colonial literature; cosmopolitanism, geoplotics, landscape, science in Latin American literature and film.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | 2:1 Bachelors (Honours) degree in a relevant subject area, or equivalent. Applicants whose first language is not English will require IELTS score of at least 6.5. |
| Location | Penglais Campus Penglais Road Ceredigion Aberystwyth SY23 3AR |
Summary
Research interests include: French: Historical linguistics; early modern literature and ideas; modern literature; cinema; Anglo-Norman; historical linguistics; romance linguistics. German: Sociolinguistics, especially language attitudes, relationship between standard and non-standard varieties, language awareness, language in education, 20th-century literature and ideas. Spanish: Stylistic comparison of 19th-century Spanish novels, North African comparative colonial literature; cosmopolitanism, geoplotics, landscape, science in Latin American literature and film.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | 2:1 Bachelors (Honours) degree in a relevant subject area, or equivalent. Applicants whose first language is not English will require IELTS score of at least 6.5. |
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Established in 1872, Aberystwyth University has a global reputation for teaching excellence and groundbreaking research. The University offers a range of research and taught postgraduate programmes, with students from across the world choosing to study here.
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