INSTITUTE OF MODERN LANGUAGES RESEARCH
University of London School of Advanced Study

 

Two fees-only bursaries are offered by the Friends of Germanic Studies at the IMLR and the Bithell Bequest Fund to students who wish to pursue the Institute's innovative MRes in Modern Languages course in 2016-17 and write their dissertation on a German-related topic. The 25,000-word dissertation gives students the scope to explore an area of interest in depth, allowing them to put into practice skills acquired on the research training skills and translation theory modules.

The flexible programme, leading to the University of London degree of Master of Research in Modern Languages, may be taken on a full-time basis over one year, or part-time over two. The languages currently covered are French (including Francophone), German, Italian, and Spanish (including Latin American). The core course offers a distinctive element of translation theory in addition to research skills and training.

Teaching and supervision is provided by experts in the field, with the dissertation giving the student scope to develop advanced critical and analytical research skills. Students receive face-to-face supervision and specialist research training in small groups within a well-established research training programme. The course is underpinned by exceptional resources in the Senate House Library, a diverse range of seminars and conferences, and networks associated with the specialist centres within the Institute: the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women's Writing, the Centre for the Study of Cultural Memory, and the Ingeborg Bachmann Centre for Austrian Literature.

Applicants should have a good honours degree in German. Applications close at 5 pm on 31 August 2016.

MRes programme • Friends of Germanic Studies Bursary • Bithell Bequest Fund Bursary

Room 239, Senate House

Website http://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk