Modern Languages

MPhil/PhD French Studies

Research areas

A summary of our main areas of research focus is provided here. The French postgraduate webpages provide more comprehensive details about current research projects. Details on individual staff research interests and publications can be found on the French staff profiles pages.

  • literature and culture – Middle Ages to the present day
  • French thought and critical theory
  • history of ideas, medicine and discourses
  • sexuality and gender studies in a French context
  • French cinema
  • French linguistics