Since the Group’s inception, a number of students have completed PhDs on topics in postcolonial literature. Topics have included:
At present, the following PhD students are under supervision from members of the Group, or have recently submitted their doctoral theses for examination:
There is a lively and supportive postgraduate research culture at the Open University, and applications to study for a PhD in Postcolonial Literatures are warmly invited. Students wishing to apply may also gain from working alongside established and ongoing research projects, such as The Colonial and Postcolonial History of the Book, and Making Britain. Supervision has also been provided to students visiting from overseas such as through the Commonwealth Fellowships Scheme run by the Association of Commonwealth Universities.
Alex Tickell
Department of English
The Open University
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Milton Keynes
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