CIRCL MA in Children’s Literature and PhD

The world-famous MA in Children’s Literature is the oldest in Britain based on literary and cultural studies approaches. The MA is taught by leading international experts in Children’s Literature and is run by the ‘Graduate Centre for International Research in Childhood: Literature, Culture, Media (CIRCL)’. It is formally a Master’s Research (MRes) because it provides excellent training for further research at PhD level, but it is a fully taught degree. This is an academically outstanding course on Children’s Literature and its history, critical approaches and theoretical issues. It also includes engagement with childhood studies and children’s media.

Watch Professor Karin Lesnik-Oberstein and one of the former M(Res) students now doing the Children’s Literature PhD talking about the course here.

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MA in Children’s Literature and PhD Students’ Application

Applications for the world-famous MA (formally M(Res)) in Children’s Literature and PhD are through the University of Reading’s online application system. The buttons on this page will take you to these links. If you have any questions about the M(Res) in Children’s Literature before you apply, please read about MA Information or if you have questions about the CIRCL PhD please read the PhD page. For more questions feel free to contact our staff.

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Latest News

• Abstract PhD Thesis Dr Ting Fang (Grace) Yeh
  “Art History and Textual Return: Reading Self-portrait, Geometry and Paint”
• Viva success Ting Fang (Grace) Yeh!
  CIRCL PhD student Ting Fang (Grace) Yeh passed her viva on 31-10-2024 with her PhD thesis on “Art History and Textual Return: Reading Self-portrait, Geometry and Paint” Supervisor: Dr Neil Cocks; External Examiner: Professor Daniela Caselli of the University of Manchester; Internal Examiner: Professor Karin Lesnik-Oberstein. Many congratulations, Ting Fang (Grace)!
• Abstract PhD Thesis Dr Xiaoyu Hou
  ‘‘‘It Can Point to the World”: A Close Analysis of Representation in (Children’s) Literary Criticism, Psychology and Pedagogy’