Renaissance Studies

Entry requirements

2:1 undergraduate degree and Master’s (or equivalent) in a related subject.

Months of entry

October

Course content

As a PhD/MPhil Renaissance Studies student you will focus on completing a dissertation of up to 80,000 words in a period of up to four years. You will work closely with a supervisor (and often two) from the Centre’s allied departments (Classics, English, History, History of Art, Liberal Arts and the School of Modern Languages and Cultures).

You are encouraged to develop an interdisciplinary profile, as well as to strengthen your skills in palaeography and ancient and modern languages. Warwick’s CSR is in fact a worldwide leader in doctoral training, and regularly organises Renaissance-focused programmes, often in collaboration with partner institutions beyond Warwick

You will benefit from an Early Career Club and from the Centre’s unusually broad international connections, for instance with Johns Hopkins University (student exchange) and Monash University (Prato Consortium), as well as our partner institutions in Venice (Italy) and Tours (France).

Our community of doctoral students is tight-knit, fairly small, and very well looked after. During the application process, we will do everything possible to help our applicants secure funding.

Teaching and learning

You will be able to attend skills training, language, and palaeography sessions provided for our PGT students, and audit some taught MA modules in Renaissance Studies.