Doctor of Philosophy in English (PhD)
Degree:
Doctor of Philosophy
Specialization:
English Quick Facts
Faculty:
Faculty of ArtsSubject:
Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Mode of delivery:
On campus
Registration options:
Full-time Application
Possible start dates:
| Deadlines for | ||
|---|---|---|
| Start date | Students with Canadian or US credentials | Students with international credentials |
| September | January 15th | January 15th |
Program contact details
Link to program website:
Application enquiries:
- Louise Soga, louise.soga@ubc.ca
Please mail paper documents to:
Department of English - Graduate Office
Room 397 - 1873 East Mall
Vancouver
British Columbia, V6T 1Z1
Canada
Tuition / Program costs
| Fees | Canadian Citizen / Permanent Resident / Refugee / Diplomat | International |
|---|---|---|
| Application Fee | $91.80 | $153.00 |
| Tuition * | ||
| Installments per year | 3 | 3 |
| Tuition per installment | $1,449.72 | $2,546.90 |
| Tuition per year | $4,349.16 | $7,640.70 |
| Int. Tuition Award (ITA) per year (if eligible) | $3,200.00 (-) | |
| Other Fees and Costs | ||
| Student Fees (yearly) | $709.00 (approx.) | |
| Costs of living (yearly) | $16,763.00 (approx.) | |
* Regular, full-time tuition. For on-leave, extension, continuing or part time (if applicable) fees see UBC Calendar.
All fees for the year are subject to adjustment and UBC reserves the right to change any fees without notice at any time, including tuition and student fees. In case of a discrepancy between this webpage and the UBC Calendar, the UBC Calendar entry will be held to be correct.
All fees for the year are subject to adjustment and UBC reserves the right to change any fees without notice at any time, including tuition and student fees. In case of a discrepancy between this webpage and the UBC Calendar, the UBC Calendar entry will be held to be correct.
Recent Doctoral Citations
- Dr. Maia Edith Joseph: "Dr. Joseph studied literary responses to urban change in the city of Vancouver. She demonstrated that literary texts communicate important knowledge about the experiential, emotional, and relational aspects of urban life. Literary texts, she argued, expand and complicate our understanding of what the city is and what it might become." (November 2011)
- Dr. Laila Ferreira: "Dr. Ferreira investigated mediations of value in the Romantic literary marketplace. She focused her study on The Keepsake literary annual and gift-book and the contributed works of five now canonical writers. This research opens interpretive possibilities for rethinking how value was understood and practiced in the era." (May 2011)
- Dr. Noelle Heather Phillips: "Dr. Phillips explored how medieval reading paradigms differ from our own. She analyzed several medieval textual groups using theoretical models based on genealogy and thing-theory, both of which resonate with medieval assumptions about knowledge and identity. These models enhance our understanding of the apparently miscellaneous nature of medieval literature." (May 2011)
- Dr. Monina Wittfoth: "Dr. Wittfoth examined theories of language associated with sceptical and rhetorical traditions of thought dating back to ancient Greece. Her research uncovered coincident linguistic insights in sceptical-rhetorical theories of language, linguistic-pragmatics, experimental psychology, and cognitive science.These findings have philosophical implications relevant to all areas of linguistically meditated research." (May 2011)
- Dr. Emel Tastekin: "Dr. Tastekin examined the Qur'anic scholarship of a nineteenth-century German-Jewish scholar of Islam, Abraham Geiger, to uncover connections between the disciplines of Islamic studies and literary studies. She argued that Geiger's representation of Judaism and Islam as the sources of modernity contributed to a cosmopolitan understanding of Europe." (May 2011)
Further Information
Link to UBC calendar:
UBC Calendar 
