Research degrees
Students may register at the Institute for the two University of London research degrees in Humanities (the MPhil and the PhD), providing their planned research topic is in an area in which the Institute has qualified supervisors.
The MPhil involves a minimum of two years (ie six terms) of study, and a dissertation of up to 60,000 words. The PhD is awarded after a minimum of three years (ie nine terms) of study for a dissertation of up to 100,000 words.
A successful MPhil dissertation is either a record of original work in a Iimited area or an ordered and critical exposition of existing knowledge in a field. A successful PhD dissertation must form a distinct contribution to the knowledge of the subject and afford evidence of originality either in the discovery of new facts, or by the exercise of independent critical power, or both.
Standard UK fees apply; for full-time research, fees are reduced in proportion for part-time students, who usually then take longer to complete their work.
Students who do not live in the Paris area may register for these degrees, providing they have access to good library/data facilities and can be in extensive contact with their supervisor.
Candidates must have a first degree at Honours level (minimum upper second class, or mention 'assez bien') in a subject relevant to the area of research.
Examples of areas in which the Institute can provide supervision are:
Paris History and Culture
French and Francophone Cinema
19th Century French and Comparative Literature
The Postcolonial World
The Occupation of France
French History in the 2Oth Century
The Avant-gardes in Paris
North African Writing
Click here to download the application form.
Please contact us for more detailed advice and information.
ULIP MPhil/PhD Students 2008/09
ALASTAIR HEMMENS
MPhil Supervisor: Professor Andrew Hussey
Thesis Title: Life and Work of Raoul Vaneigem
Alastair Hemmens B.A. (English Literature, University College London) M.A. (Paris: History and Culture, University of London in Paris) Belgian writer and Situationist Raoul Vaneigem gave expression to a generation of angry youth unhappy with the merchant society we continue to experience today. During the events of May '68 his words could be seen scrawled all over the city of Paris and no Situationist text was more widely read than his The Revolution of Everyday Life. Though he was the most well known Situationist of the period and has continued to publish passionate poetic prose calling for the assertion of radical subjectivity and predicting the fall of Capitalism, his presence in critical literature on the Situationist International has remained largely anecdotal. This doctorate thesis will firmly place Vaneigem in our understanding of the SI and investigate his influence on post-war European culture.
SHINO KUROSAKI
PhD Supervisor: Dr Johannes Eckerth, King's College London.
Thesis Title: An Analysis of Knowledge and Use of English Collocations by French and Japanese Learners.
My PhD research involves an analysis of the knowledge and use of English collocations by French and Japanese learners. The main focus is on the tendencies that learners show in their answers to the different types of tasks. The data are based on my own list of collocations that were developed from the questionnaires provided with English native speakers.
ELLSY O'NEILL
MPhil Supervisor: Professor Andrew Hussey
Thesis Title: Narratives of Exile
Narratives of Exile: Writing from imagined borders: This project will explore literary representations of the immigrant experience with particular emphasis on narratives of exile and the effects of displacement. Our exploration will show how contemporary immigrant narratives are built around space and gaze as sites of conflict. The study will be centered on three diasporic groups: Sub-Saharan African authors in Paris and certain sub-groups from the Caribbean in Paris and in Quebec. Each group will be placed in its socio-cultural context to compare and contrast various aspects of the immigrant experience. Drawing on literary, cultural, and sociological theory, the research will examine a corpus of primary cultural productions, mainly the novel.
LAURA OWEN
PhD Supervisor: Professor Hussey
Thesis Title: Life and Work of Colette Peignot
My principal area of research concerns Georges Bataille and Colette Peignot, otherwise known as 'Laure'. My PhD takes the reconfiguration and excavation of Laure and her texts within the contexts of the avant-garde and écriture féminine as focus. I have also presented conference papers in Tangier on both Joe Orton and William Burroughs, which links to my wider interest in post-colonialism and the Maghreb."
LOUISE ROGERS LALAURIE
http://louise.rogers.free.fr
MPhil Supervisor : Dr Anna-Louise Milne
Thesis Title: Art and Text
Louise Rogers Lalaurie is a qualified translator (member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting, and the Society of Authors/Translators Association). She studied English Literature and History of Art at Queens' College, Cambridge (1986). As a part-time MPhil. student at ULIP, supervised by Anna-Louise Milne, her research explores the translation challenges posed by French livres d'artiste, in particular Henri Matisse's Florilège des Amours de Ronsard, published in 1948.
