Ph.D Program in French and Francophone Studies at the University of Miami
Call for Applications
The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Miami offers a Ph.D. in Romance Studies with a concentration in French which includes emphases on literary and cultural production, and the critical study of language. A variety of geographic, temporal, and theoretical concentrations allow students to carry out innovative and interdisciplinary research projects, often with a transnational focus.
While developing professional competency in their major research fields through an intensive study of canonical works in French, students can also engage in comparative Africana Studies, Arabic Studies, Brazilian Studies, Caribbean Studies, Francophone Studies, German Studies, Iberian Studies, Italian Studies, Latin American Studies, and combinations thereof.
The program’s strong theoretical component grounds student research in a range of areas, including: aesthetics, bilingualism, early modern studies, film studies, gender studies, (im)migration studies, indigenous studies, performance studies, postcolonial studies, queer studies, subaltern studies, sociolinguistics, theatre studies, and women’s studies.
Students are required to develop competency in a cognate field related to their intellectual pursuits, leading to the dissertation topic. Recent examples of cognate specialization include anthropology, communication studies, film studies, history, philosophy, musicology, and sociology.
The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Miami sponsors lectures, workshops, and conferences each year to bring leading national and international scholars to campus. Graduate students collaborate with faculty on these endeavors and host their own annual conference yearly. Recent conference themes include: Outrage Around the World; Cyberaesthetics and Narrative; War and Conflict; Spaces of Relation; Poetics and Politics of Love; and Translation and Transitions.
In addition to regular Departmental events, students and faculty participate in the initiatives of the Center for the Humanities, the Center for Latin American Studies, and the Programs in American Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies. Graduate students have been highly successful in securing competitive funding from these entities, as well as from the Department, to support travel, research, and writing.
Miami
Our city – diverse, dynamic, and plurilingual – offers an ideal environment for the comparative study of languages, literatures, and cultures. In addition to UM’s first-rate library services and internationally recognized special collections, Miami is home to a complex configuration of (im)migrant communities and host to numerous annual cultural and intellectual events, ranging from art festivals and book fairs, to film series and music performances in every genre and from all over the globe.
Competitive admission to the program comes with a 5 year full financial support (tuition waiver, teaching assistantship of about $ 20.000 or graduate fellowship of about $ 25.000).
For further information and to apply on line, please go to: http://www.as.miami.edu/mll/graduate/