French PhD Fellowships at CUNY Graduate Center, due date: 1 Jan 2016
The Ph.D. Program in French at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York is accepting applications for the doctorate in French until January 1, 2016. Questions about the 2017 cycle? Please contact us now for information.
-The Graduate Center offers French doctoral candidates a five-year fellowship package, including tuition and $25,000 each year for the first five years of study, one year of support without teaching, three years of teaching one course at one of the CUNY colleges, and one year as a fellow in the Writing Across the Curriculum Program within CUNY. See details at http://www.gc.cuny.edu/Prospective-Current-Students/Current-Students/Financial-Assistance/Institutional-Aid/Fellowships-and-Grants.
-Located at the heart of New York City, in the middle of Manhattan, we are proud to be part of New York’s vibrant urban cultural mix. We offer a Ph.D. in French literature or in French Studies.
-Our Program has unique curricular options, foremost a concentration in Human Rights and the Francophone World, which we were among the first to create within a French doctoral Program. We also have options in Performance Studies, Translation and French Cultural Studies.
-We are equally strong in Francophone and 21st-century literatures and cultures and in the medieval and early modern period.
-Our Program is markedly interdisciplinary and works with other disciplines, institutes and centers across The Graduate Center, an institution that ranks among the top five nationally in the Humanities.
-We are open to and encourage all cutting-edge theories, methodologies and approaches, including Digital Humanities applied to the French/Francophone field.
-Twenty-six members strong, our faculty is nationally and internationally known for its wide range of research and publications. It includes several Distinguished Professors, two, Professors Mary Ann Caws and Domna Stanton, based in French. [see more about faculty and students at http://www.gc.cuny.edu/Page-Elements/Academics-Research-Centers-Initiatives/Doctoral-Programs/French].
-It works closely with the prestigious Henri Peyre French Institute to promote the knowledge and understanding of French and Francophone cultures and literatures and to support the work of students [please visit at http://henripeyrefi.ws.gc.cuny.edu/].
-Our graduates have an excellent job placement rate (visit our alumni page) and our current students garner multiple forms of support for their research at early stages of their studies.
-We are happy to answer your questions by email, phone or in person. Please contact Professor Francesca Canadé Sautman, Acting Executive Officer, fsautman@gc.cuny.edu.