Modern English and American Literature and Culture Doctoral Program

The Modern English and American Literature and Culture Doctoral Programme focuses on the study of English, American and other English-language literatures and cultures from the 18th century to the present. 

The programme is taught by faculty members in the Department of English Studies at the Institute of English-American Studies. We are particularly interested in British Romanticism, Modernism, Postmodernism, and/or contemporary English, Irish, Scottish, American and Canadian literature and culture. In these fields, the programme is considered one of the most important centres in the country. 

The programme places a strong emphasis on the discussion of the dissertations in progress. We organise doctoral research conferences and workshops, and the final PhD defence is preceded by a departmental debate with two advising referees.  

Doctoral students can both join and form research groups under the guidance of a faculty member. Over the past decades, these research groups have had various area of focus, such as the study of Romanticism, cultural memory, narratives of culture and identity, popular culture, or the question of the "human" (posthumanism, dehumanisation).  

The programme often invites guest lecturers from abroad, and offers students the opportunity to contribute to conference proceedings, or special journal issues (e.g. HJEAS, Helikon, Filológiai Közlöny). The AnaChronisT, a peer-reviewed English-language yearbook published by the Department of English Studies, is specifically aimed at PhD students. 

In the two and a half decades since its foundation, the MODA Programme has awarded more than 50 PhD degrees. Many of the successfully defended dissertations have been published by prestigious publishers, in Hungary, in England or in the US. 

Academic staff on the programme

Research Groups