The Department of German Studies at Warwick offers a high-calibre intellectual community for postgraduate students. Research interests in the Department cover a broad range of topics spanning the period 1750 to the present day. The library has one of the best research collections of contemporary German literature in the UK, which has been further enhanced through the recent establishment of the Transnational Resources Centre, a multi-media centre housing an extensive range of film and digital material. The Department’s distinctive approach to the analysis of German culture is reflected in the volume German Cultural Studies: An Introduction (ed. R A Burns). A German writer is normally in residence for part of the year, and the Workshop in Interdisciplinary German Studies gives postgraduate students the opportunity to participate in presentations and discussion of ongoing research by members of the department and invited speakers, and also to present their own research to colleagues from different disciplines.

Our research students have published articles in renowned journals during their time at Warwick, have organised national and international conferences and have won numerous awards, including the Humanities Research Centre Doctoral Fellowship to fund conference organisation, and travel grants from various institutions such as the Association for Modern German Studies, the Volkswagen Foundation and the Association for German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland.

Research Areas

The research activity of the Department is concentrated in the following areas: Critical Theory; Cultures of memory; contemporary poetry; constructions of gender, nation and ethnicity in the 18th and 19th century; film and literature of the Weimar Republic; culture and political culture of the Federal Republic; German cinema and media in pre- and post-unification Germany; post-Holocaust literature and culture; Turkish-German and other diasporic and transnational literatures and cultures; 18th and 19th century drama and theories of performance.

Research Degrees

The research profile of the Department is very interdisciplinary and we welcome research projects that span different areas of German Studies and related fields like Film Studies, History, Philosophy and others.

MA by Research (MAR)

Duration: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time

This is a one-year programme in which you choose your own research topic, conduct independent research, and submit a 40,000-word thesis. Students are supported throughout the project through regular tutorial meetings with their supervisor and research training from specialist staff including the German subject librarian. The programme is tailored to your own needs and interests, and would typically be taken by those with a strong research interest in a particular topic which they either wish to pursue for one year only, or which lays the groundwork for a larger project that they will go on to pursue at PhD level.

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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Duration: 3 years full-time, 5 years part-time

On the PhD programme, you choose your own research topic, conduct independent research under the supervision and guidance of an expert in the field and supported by appropriate research and skills training, and submit an 80,000-word dissertation. Details of PhD study opportunities in Warwick’s German Department, as well as current and recent PhD topics in the Department, can be found at "http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/germanphd">go.warwick.ac.uk/germanphd

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Taught Master’s Degree

MA in German Cultural Studies

Duration: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time from October

The MA in German Cultural Studies is a course designed for students and language professionals who wish to extend their knowledge of developments in German cultural theory from the 20th century onwards and of current critical debates within German Studies. The two-term core module considers some of the key critical debates that have shaped German understandings of culture and is designed to develop an understanding of key methods and approaches in cultural studies. It is complemented by two further single-term modules from a range of options offered by the Department of German Studies, and by collaborating departments in the Faculty.

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