The Department of English and American Studies is pleased to announce the opening of a new doctoral degree program entitled "Literatures in English." Applications for admission to the 2010 Spring Semester are being accepted through November 30, 2009.

This doctoral program in English-Language Literatures will provide training in traditional areas of study as well as in contextual, interdisciplinary and transnational approaches. Students will be able to select from one of four primary fields of concentration·British and Irish Literatures, North American Literatures, Australian and New Zealand Literatures, and Other Literatures in English·or they may pursue comparative research across two or more of these fields, using approaches that involve ethnicity, gender, queer theory, post-colonialism, regionalism, etc. The program has been designed to offer students the opportunity to develop as literary scholars in their chosen discipline, while at the same time gaining a broad range of experience in academia. Study abroad in the culture-areas related to the dissertation, typically in the second or third year of the program, is strongly encouraged.

• A copy of your M.A. (Mgr.) degree diploma,
• A copy of your M.A. (Mgr.) thesis,
• A two-page explanation of your academic goals and aspirations,
• A dissertation proposal (including a preliminary outline of its structure and a bibliography),
• Two letters of recommendation,
• Your Curriculum Vitae.

These materials should be sent to following address: Filozofická fakulta MU, oddělení pro přijímací řízení, Arna Nováka 1, 602 00 Brno

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