Overview

About the program

The English department at Emory University supports students in all fields of literary and cultural studies from the Medieval to the contemporary.

We have particular strengths in the early modern period, African-American literature, postcolonial literature and theory, disability studies, nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature of the United States, digital humanities, modern poetry and poetics, and Irish literature.

Graduate students can draw on extensive archival collections in Woodruff Library and the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library in the fields of Irish and African American literature, as well as the renowned Danowski Collection of twentieth-century poetry.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Studies in 20th Century American Literature: William Faulkner
Special Topics in Literature: Disability and Literature
Special Topics in Literature: Postcolonial Literature
Histories, Theories Methods
Romanticism, Imagination, Planetarity
Surrealism and Psychoanalysis
Contemporary African and Black European Literature

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

100

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Atlanta, United States

Disciplines

Language Studies Literature View 210 other PhDs in Language Studies in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

100

Schedule TOEFL®

Other requirements

General requirements

A complete application must include these elements:

Transcripts - As part of the online application, upload a scanned transcript from each post-secondary institution you have attended, present school included.
Statement of Purpose
Resume/CV
Letters of Recommendation - We require three letters of recommendation from people familiar with your academic performance. You may submit one additional letter.
$75 Application Fee

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

48800 USD / year

≈ 48800 USD / year
Out-of-State

48800 USD / year

≈ 48800 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

48800 USD / year

≈ 48800 USD / year

Living costs

Atlanta

United States

1213 - 2208 USD / month

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