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Supervisor	Research Opportunities	School	Department
Dr Alex Murray Open to PhD applications in: Decadence and Aestheticism Oscar Wilde; Modernism Literature and place The politics of literary form Literary theory	Open to PhD applications in: Decadence and Aestheticism Oscar Wilde; Modernism Literature and place The politics of literary form Literary theory	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Derek Johnston Open to PhD applications in: Gothic / horror, science fiction, fantasy in and across media and literature. Representations of history in media and...	Open to PhD applications in: Gothic / horror, science fiction, fantasy in and across media and literature. Representations of history in media and literature. History of media, particularly in the UK.	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Simon Statham Open to PhD applications in: Critical discourse analysis Language of crime Language in the media Language and the law Language and literature (sty...	Open to PhD applications in: Critical discourse analysis Language of crime Language in the media Language and the law Language and literature (stylistics)	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Steven Wilson Open to PhD applications in: Nineteenth-century French literature and questions of medicine, gender and/or religion Modern (19th/20th/21st-century...	Open to PhD applications in: Nineteenth-century French literature and questions of medicine, gender and/or religion Modern (19th/20th/21st-century) French illness/patient narratives French literature and illness, disease, pain; French Thanatology Literary representations of medical practice, care and experience	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Tori Holmes Open to PhD applications in; Digital culture in Brazil/Latin America Representation of urban Brazil (particularly Rio de Janeiro/favelas) Contempo...	Open to PhD applications in; Digital culture in Brazil/Latin America Representation of urban Brazil (particularly Rio de Janeiro/favelas) Contemporary Brazilian audiovisual production (especially documentary) Urban violence in Brazil Brazilian/Latin American cultural studies Critical data studies Digital ethnography	School of Arts, English and Languages
Professor Isabel Torres Open to PhD applications across the broad spectrum of early modern Spanish literature /culture. The following fields are indicative: Early Modern S...	Open to PhD applications across the broad spectrum of early modern Spanish literature /culture. The following fields are indicative: Early Modern Spanish poetry /poetics Lyric: theories / practice Golden Age 'comedia' Legacy / reception of the Classics Cervantine Studies Comparative Literature	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Trevor Agus Open to PhD applications in the field of Psychoacoustics of mixing	Open to PhD applications in the field of Psychoacoustics of mixing	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Sian Barber Open to PhD applications in the field of British film history Film censorship Film controversy Audiences	Open to PhD applications in the field of British film history Film censorship Film controversy Audiences	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Stefano Baschiera Open to PhD applications in the field of Italian cinema European Screen Industries Film and space New Wave cinema Film distribution	Open to PhD applications in the field of Italian cinema European Screen Industries Film and space New Wave cinema Film distribution	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Piotr Blumczynski Professor Blumczynski welcomes original and ambitious research proposals: Exploring the shared ground between translation and philosophy Logic The...	Professor Blumczynski welcomes original and ambitious research proposals: Exploring the shared ground between translation and philosophy Logic Theology Linguistics Literature Ethnography History Science and other areas	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Fran Brearton Open to PhD applications in the field of Modern poetry 20th century war writing Modern Irish literature Modernist literature	Open to PhD applications in the field of Modern poetry 20th century war writing Modern Irish literature Modernist literature	School of Arts, English and Languages
Professor Mark Thornton Burnett Open to PhD applications in the field of Global Shakespeare Early Modern Literature and Culture Shakespeare and Film	Open to PhD applications in the field of Global Shakespeare Early Modern Literature and Culture Shakespeare and Film	School of Arts, English and Languages
Professor Janice Carruthers Open to PhD applications in the field of French Sociolinguistics Variation The Structure of Spoken French Temporality in French and Language Policy	Open to PhD applications in the field of French Sociolinguistics Variation The Structure of Spoken French Temporality in French and Language Policy	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Dominique Jeannerod Open to PhD applications in the field of Popular Cinema French Thrillers Literary Celebrity	Open to PhD applications in the field of Popular Cinema French Thrillers Literary Celebrity	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Leontia Flynn Open to PhD applications in the field of Poetry Creative writing	Open to PhD applications in the field of Poetry Creative writing	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Garrett Carr Open to PhD applications in the field of Creative Non-Fiction Fiction Young Adult Fiction	Open to PhD applications in the field of Creative Non-Fiction Fiction Young Adult Fiction	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Sue-Ann Harding Open to PhD applications in the field of Translation Social narrative theory Travelling theory Complexity theory Russian area studies Literature, ...	Open to PhD applications in the field of Translation Social narrative theory Travelling theory Complexity theory Russian area studies Literature, music, space and other related areas	School of Arts, English and Languages
Professor Moyra Haslett Open to PhD applications in the field of Literature in English written and published between 1680 and 1830 Particularly: women’s writing, Jonathan...	Open to PhD applications in the field of Literature in English written and published between 1680 and 1830 Particularly: women’s writing, Jonathan Swift, Byron, Irish writing in English, And feminist approaches to literature and culture of this period.	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Chen-En Ho Open to PhD applications in the field of Cognitive translation and interpreting studies Translation and interpreting pedagogy Gamification & l...	Open to PhD applications in the field of Cognitive translation and interpreting studies Translation and interpreting pedagogy Gamification & learner motivation Feedback practices and autonomous learning Graduate employability Translation and interpreting industry	School of Arts, English and Languages
Professor David Johnston Open to PhD applications in the field of Translation, Interpretation and Representation	Open to PhD applications in the field of Translation, Interpretation and Representation	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Edel Lamb Open to PhD applications in the field of Early modern studies, particularly Shakespeare and Renaissance performance cultures Age, childhood and ge...	Open to PhD applications in the field of Early modern studies, particularly Shakespeare and Renaissance performance cultures Age, childhood and gender in early modern literature and culture Early modern literature (especially drama) and civil unrest, including protest, riot	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Stefanie Lehner Open to PhD applications in the field of Contemporary Irish Literature and Culture, specifically Northern Irish fiction and drama since the 1998 A...	Open to PhD applications in the field of Contemporary Irish Literature and Culture, specifically Northern Irish fiction and drama since the 1998 Agreement Comparative studies in Post-conflict cultures, specifically in relation to issues of dealing with the past and reconciliation Comparative studies in trauma and memory studies with a focus on the contemporary Irish cultural context	School of Arts, English and Languages
Professor Philip McGowan Open to PhD applications in the field of American Poetry, in particular Wallace Stevens, Elizabeth Bishop and the Middle Generation American Ficti...	Open to PhD applications in the field of American Poetry, in particular Wallace Stevens, Elizabeth Bishop and the Middle Generation American Fiction Transcendentalism Addiction and Literature Literature and Suicide	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Leon Litvack Open to PhD applications in the field of Dickens studies 19th-century British writers 19th-century Irish literature and culture 20th-century Irish...	Open to PhD applications in the field of Dickens studies 19th-century British writers 19th-century Irish literature and culture 20th-century Irish literature Modern post-colonial fiction & theory 19th-century women's travel writing The literature of landscape Film and fiction TV adaptations of 18th-century/Victorian fiction 20th and 21st-century fiction and poetry Textual criticism Landscape literature The literature of place	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Justin Livingstone Open to PhD applications in the field of Imperial travel writing and the literature of exploration Nineteenth and twentieth-century colonial ficti...	Open to PhD applications in the field of Imperial travel writing and the literature of exploration Nineteenth and twentieth-century colonial fiction The African novel in English	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Tim Loane Open to PhD applications in the field of Writing for screen Writing for theatre	Open to PhD applications in the field of Writing for screen Writing for theatre	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Jane Lugea Open to PhD applications in the field of The language of literature (Cognitive) Stylistics (Critical) Discourse Analysis Translation Studies (of a...	Open to PhD applications in the field of The language of literature (Cognitive) Stylistics (Critical) Discourse Analysis Translation Studies (of audiovisual/literary texts or from a linguistic perspective)	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Marcas Mac Coinnigh Open to PhD applications in the field of Linguistics: formulaic language, multiword-fixed expressions in Irish Memory Studies: ideas of collective...	Open to PhD applications in the field of Linguistics: formulaic language, multiword-fixed expressions in Irish Memory Studies: ideas of collective and cultural memory in linguistic landscapes Folkloristics: the narrative tradition and verbal arts.	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Jimmy McAleavey Open to PhD applications in the field of Playwriting for stage and radio Screenwriting	Open to PhD applications in the field of Playwriting for stage and radio Screenwriting	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Sarah McCleave Open to PhD applications in the field of G.F. Handel Thomas Moore London theatre history (c.1725-1825) Music in Ireland (c. 1750-1850) 19th-centur...	Open to PhD applications in the field of G.F. Handel Thomas Moore London theatre history (c.1725-1825) Music in Ireland (c. 1750-1850) 19th-century book trade	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Gail McConnell Open to PhD applications in the field of Contemporary Poetry Modern Irish and British poetry Poetics She supervises students undertaking both crit...	Open to PhD applications in the field of Contemporary Poetry Modern Irish and British poetry Poetics She supervises students undertaking both critical and creative projects in poetry	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Aoife McGrath Open to PhD applications in the field of Dance Studies Choreographic Practices and Processes Practice as Research Affect Studies in performance Th...	Open to PhD applications in the field of Dance Studies Choreographic Practices and Processes Practice as Research Affect Studies in performance The Maternal in performance Movement practices and performance Interdisciplinary performance practices Collaborative performance practices	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Maria Tavares Open to PhD applications in the field of Postcolonial literatures and film from Portuguese-speaking Africa Gender Studies Representations of Femal...	Open to PhD applications in the field of Postcolonial literatures and film from Portuguese-speaking Africa Gender Studies Representations of Female Heroism	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Ricki O’Rawe Open to PhD applications in the field of Argentine Literature and Art The Fantastic in Literature/Art/Film Hispanic Surrealism and Avant Garde Mov...	Open to PhD applications in the field of Argentine Literature and Art The Fantastic in Literature/Art/Film Hispanic Surrealism and Avant Garde Movements Religion and Spirituality in Hispanic Art and Literature Questions of Self and Subjectivity in Latin American Literature and Art	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Miguel Ortiz Open to PhD applications in the field of Digital Instrument Design and Performance Practice Technology Mediated Composition	Open to PhD applications in the field of Digital Instrument Design and Performance Practice Technology Mediated Composition	School of Arts, English and Languages
Professor Glenn Patterson Open to PhD applications in the field of Creative Writing Prose	Open to PhD applications in the field of Creative Writing Prose	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Michael Pierse Open to PhD applications in the field of Twentieth and twenty-first century Irish writing (mainly drama and fiction) British and Irish working-cla...	Open to PhD applications in the field of Twentieth and twenty-first century Irish writing (mainly drama and fiction) British and Irish working-class writing Community Theatre Diaspora and migrant writing Race/ethnicity in contemporary Irish theatre	School of Arts, English and Languages
Dr Ramona Wray Open to PhD applications in the field of Early Modern Women’s Writing Shakespeare Adaptation Memory Studies	Open to PhD applications in the field of Early Modern Women’s Writing Shakespeare Adaptation Memory Studies	School of Arts, English and Languages
Professor Pedro Rebelo Open to PhD applications in the field of Sound art Socially engaged arts Context-focused Composition and performance Multimodal food experience	Open to PhD applications in the field of Sound art Socially engaged arts Context-focused Composition and performance Multimodal food experience	School of Arts, English and Languages

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