The research area includes literature and culture (Middle Ages to the present day); French thought and critical theory; history of ideas, medicine and discourses; sexuality and gender studies in a French context; French cinema; French linguistics. Modern Languages incorporates a number of established subject areas, including literature, history, art history, translation studies and cultural studies. We are committed to ensuring you receive high quality research supervision to maximise your potential and prepare you for a rewarding career. You will develop skills which will be useful to you whether or not you stay in academia including highly developed research methods skills. Possible careers include academic research and teaching, and potentially, usually with further professional training, employment in research and policy organisations and charities in the UK and beyond.