PhD American Studies at University of Hull

A PhD in American Studies at Hull, which has taught the subject for half a century and holds one of the finest collections of American resources of any British university. Recent projects have crossed disciplines, from the historiography of My Lai to masculinity and myth in Marvel Comics.

Duration: 3 years full-time (up to 12 months further writing-up); 6 years part-time (up to 24 months writing-up)  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Hull, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Full-time PhD students complete three years of research, with up to 12 months of thesis finalisation; thesis submission is expected by 3 years and 3 months full-time or 6 years and 6 months part-time. Historical expertise includes gang culture and the incarcerated society, history on film, Mexican-American and African-American history, the Civil Rights movement, the Civil War, and war and 20th-century American society; literary and cultural strands include American gothic and horror, modern poetry, modernism and postmodernism, race, gender and sexuality, visual art, and radical culture.

Career pathways

Successful PhD candidates have published books or become lecturers at universities including Cambridge, Liverpool, Newcastle, Bangor, Manchester and Northumbria; others have entered teaching, publishing, arts administration and broadcasting.

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