English and creative writing research degrees

English provides a nurturing environment for both individual and collaborative research: its permanent academic staff, together with a number of teaching and research fellows, cover a wide range of interests and periods.

Our openness to new critical theories and emerging areas of the discipline encourages a multiplicity of approaches. Main research interests include:

• Old and Middle English
• Early Modern to Contemporary Drama
• 18th- and 19th-Century Poetry and Fiction
• 20th- and 21st-Century Literature and Film
• Gothic Literature and Science Fiction
• Comics and Graphic Novels
• Postcolonial Literature
• American Writing
• Scottish and Irish Writing

Details of staff research interests are available on our English staff profile pages.

There is a lively research culture in the programme, including a regular postgraduate forum, visiting speakers, and an annual postgraduate conference held in Dundee. English hosts an annual conference of the Scottish Word and Image Group as well as a Comics Conference.

Research postgraduates are advised and trained, not only on the development of their ideas but also on matters of publication and career planning.

For more information about Research in English at Dundee, please visit the Humanities webpage.