PhD in English

The University offers 25 MPhil and PhD Programmes in Arts, Business, Social Sciences and Science disciplines. In addition to admission to our PhD in English programme, the University also has popular research-based 2-year MPhil in English programme.

To offer more diversified learning opportunities, especially for interdisciplinary research studies, the University has been actively seeking collaborative opportunities with overseas universities. In the 2021-22 academic year, the University has launched the "Double PhD Degree Programme in Economics" with Wuhan University (WHU), China and the "PhD Programmes with Joint Supervision" with Shenzhen University (SZU), China in the research areas related to International Relations and Development Studies. More collaborative programmes are currently in the pipeline. Details can be referred to www.LN.edu.hk/sgs/docs/pgrad/coll_prog.php.

Department of English

The Department of English offers exciting MPhil and PhD research opportunities in the areas of contemporary literary studies and contemporary language studies. Our staff members currently have internationally recognised expertise in many areas including:

General

Contemporary Language Studies

• Sociolinguistics
• English in Hong Kong
• World Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca
• Second Language Pronunciation
• Discourse Analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis
• Metaphor studies
• Corpus Linguistics
• Linguistic Landscapes
• Language and Identity
• Language Ideology

Contemporary Literary Studies

• Critical Theory
• Asian Literatures in English
• Tragic Drama and Tragic Discourse
• Cross-Cultural Studies of Literature
• Travel Writing
• Literature in Adaptation

Details of staff research and teaching expertise can be found on the departmental website: www.LN.edu.hk/eng/academic_staff