PhD Program

 The PhD program in Literary Studies/Theatre Studies provides an opportunity for doctoral study that is unique in Canada and builds on the expertise of nearly fifty faculty members, who provide graduate students with an impressive range of scholarship, approaches, and research achievements. The program aims to give intellectual and practical academic training to a small number of students who demonstrate exceptional scholarly potential and who show keen interest in one or more of the PhD program's fields of specialization:

• Studies in Canadian Literatures
• Colonial, Postcolonial and Diasporic Studies
• Early Modern Studies
• Studies in the History and Politices of Performance and Theatre
• Sexuality and Gender Studies
• Transnational Nineteenth-Century Studies

Although students might choose to focus on either literary studies or theatre studies, the special opportunity provided by the PhD program is its contribution to the evolution of interdisciplinary work in the humanities. The collaboration allows for opportunities not available in more traditional doctoral programs, especially in inter-discursive and theoretical work across the boundaries of literary and theatre studies. The program aims to foster in students a flexibility and creativity in defining their areas and methods of research that will serve them well in an academic job market that now seldom looks for narrow specialization or coverage of a single field.

For program information and enquiries, e-mail the Guelph directorship at englthea@uoguelph.ca,