19 PhD programmes in Area & Cultural Studies in Canada
Religious Studies - Gender and Women's Studies
The program at McGill University may also be taken as a Religious Studies - Gender and Women's Studies option where students focus on gender-related issues and feminist research and methodologies.
Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations
The Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto offers graduate programs leading to the Doctor of Philosophy in two fields: Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies.
Indigenous Studies
As a PhD student in the Indigenous Studies program University of Manitoba, you will develop a higher degree of specialization and advanced training in research.
Indigenous Studies
The Department of Indigenous Studies at University of Saskatchewan seeks to provide an intellectual milieu where teaching and research are well grounded in the priorities and knowledge of Saskatchewan’s Aboriginal communities, all the while placing them within the larger fabric of the Canadian Aboriginal experience and the emergent global, social phenomenon of indigeneity.
Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
The Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies at University of Alberta offers Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees.
Indigenous Studies
Become part of an international movement to decolonize academic institutions and recognize the centrality of Indigenous Knowledges as foundations for contemporary Indigenous Studies at Trent University.
Rural Studies
The PhD in Rural Studies is offered through our School of Environmental Design and Rural Development (SEDRD) at University of Guelph and provides opportunities for advanced studies and research on the integration of socio-cultural and bio-physical components of capacity development, design, or planning of landscape systems and rural communities.
Cultural Studies
This Cultural Studies PhD course from Queen's University is an emphatically interdisciplinary area of inquiry that intersects the humanities, natural and social sciences, and the arts.
Languages, Cultures and Literacies
Explore theories and methods to study literacies, texts, languages, and cultural practices in education settings as these relate to race, gender, class, new technologies and other issues of equity and forces for social change and decolonization. We offer a Languages, Cultures and Literacies degree at Simon Fraser University.
Communication and Culture
The Communication and Culture PhD degree delivered by Toronto Metropolitan University provides a thorough grounding in theory and method, and the practices, processes and technologies of contemporary, media-immersed cultures.
Arctic and Subarctic Futures
The Arctic and Subarctic Futures graduate program at the Memorial University of Newfoundland Labrador Campus provides students with the opportunities to pursue graduate learning that emphasizes land-based learning, Indigenous pedagogies and research methods, and focuses on the needs and priorities of the North.
East Asian Studies
The graduate program in East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto is offered in two fields: Classical East Asian and Modern East Asian, leading to the Doctor of Philosophy degree.
Communication and Culture
The phd program from York University focuses on the theory and practice of Communication and Culture.
Geography - Neotropical Environment
The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Geography - Neotropical Environment offered by the Department of Geography in the Faculty of Science at McGill University is a research-intensive program that emphasizes interdisciplinary and comprehensive learning opportunities.
Religious Studies
The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Religious Studies offered by the School of Religious Studies in the Faculty of Arts at McGill University is a research-intensive program that emphasizes interdisciplinary and tailored learning opportunities.
Jewish Studies
The Department of Jewish Studies at the McGill University offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Judaica. It welcomes students interested in deepening their knowledge of Jewish history and Jewish texts.
Canadian Studies
Make an original contribution to Canadian scholarship. Join the national conversation as part of the only interdisciplinary Canadian Studies doctorate program in the country, offered at the Trent University.
Native Studies
At the University of Alberta, we offer our graduate students a PhD program degree in Native Studies.
Folklore
The only Anglophone university in Canada to offer comprehensive Folklore programs at all levels, Memorial University of Newfoundland is also a vital part of its community - one steeped in unique lifestyles and traditions, and where the study and celebration of culture and heritage is considered crucial.