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The University of Edinburgh: Intermediality

Institution The University of Edinburgh View institution profile
Department School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures
Web https://www.ed.ac.uk/studying
Study type Research

Summary

Make an original, positive and lasting contribution to the study of intermediality. A PhD is an opportunity to expand upon your interests and expertise as part of an active research community making impact across the globe.

Edinburgh is the first UNESCO World City of Literature, home of the Edinburgh International Festival and a major cultural hub. As such, it is the ideal place for the study of intermediality, that is, the interrelations between different art forms and their signification.

In the course of your research, you will explore interactions between different media. For instance, you can choose to focus on the relationship between:

  • literature and photography

  • film and the other arts

  • word and image

  • literature and performance

Our programme draws on the expertise of staff from across the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC). Literature and the arts have been taught here for over 250 years, and our research expertise covers a broad range of intermedial phenomena such as:

  • the graphic novel

  • film adaptation

  • photo-literature

  • cinematic intermediality

  • artist's books

  • installation art

Over the course of your PhD, you will complete an original body of work under the expert guidance of at least two supervisors. Your thesis will be around 80,000 words.

Our programme includes access to skills training, including research methodologies specific to intermediality. Our research collections, resources and facilities are outstanding.

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

Edinburgh University

Edinburgh. Extraordinary futures await.

The University of Edinburgh is one of the world's top universities, consistently ranked in the world top 50, and placed 34th in the QS World University Rankings 2026.

Our position as one of Britain’s leading research universities was reaffirmed by the results of the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF). The University of Edinburgh is one of the world’s top research-intensive universities, ranked 4th in the UK for research power (Times Higher Education, Overall Ranking of Institutions), with 90% of our research activity classified as world leading or internationally excellent in the 2021 Research …

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