PhD Shakespeare Studies

Conduct your research at The Shakespeare Institute, our leading centre for Shakespeare studies. You’ll join a community of scholars in Shakespeare’s hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon and access the most comprehensive Shakespeare studies collection in the UK.

Benefit from our unique resources including dedicated Shakespeare library facilities and weekly seminars sharing the latest research.

Enhance your research through our collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). This dynamic collaboration sees researchers and academic staff join RSC artists to explore Shakespeare through creative and critical approaches.

Research Shakespeare and his contemporaries in his hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon. There’s no better place in the world to study Shakespeare.

You’ll have The Shakespeare Institute, the RSC theatres, and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust archives all on your doorstep. Immerse yourself in Shakespeare’s life and walk the very streets he grew up in.

A day of research could involve looking through archival records in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, checking sources in The Shakespeare Institute library, attending a research seminar, and then watching a performance at one of the Royal Shakespeare Company theatres. 

Research is at the heart of the Shakespeare Institute. Enjoy a full programme of research sessions and graduate seminars. Discuss the latest Shakespeare research with academics over a drink at weekly Thursday seminars.

Join a thriving group of early modern postgraduate researchers who share your passion for Shakespeare.

Everything you need for your research at your fingertips: a dedicated Shakespeare library plus digital resources and hybrid research seminars open to on-site and distance learners.

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