PhD in English Literatures and Cultures at the University of Haifa

Call for Applications

The PhD program of the English Department at the University of Haifa welcomes applicants interested in pursuing doctoral dissertations in various periods, fields, and approaches in the study of English literatures and cultures, including British, American, and Postcolonial Literatures.
Once accepted to the program, qualified candidates will be considered for one of several University of Haifa Fellowships for outstanding students, with a total of up to 240,000 NIS over 4 years for qualifying students.
Interested applicants should first contact potential supervisors from the department faculty. You can find in our website the  admission requirements, guidelines, and curricula.
The deadline for applying to the program beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year is June 10, 2025; earlier applications and inquiries are encouraged.
We also welcome inquiries from those contemplating starting their PhD studies at a later date and encourage contacting potential supervisors and/or Ms. Or-El Aroshas, Department Coordinator, for further details.
The English Department at the University of Haifa is home to innovative scholarship and teaching, focusing on the literatures and cultures of the English-speaking world. Our faculty members work in a wide range of genres and periods, from the canonical English literature of the last seven hundred years, to emergent fields and forms addressing today’s most pressing concerns: from Shakespeare to Toni Morrison, Romantic poetry to environmental studies and postcolonial science fiction, the Modernist novel to contemporary literary theory, creative writing, and translation.
Our curriculum thus responds to the demands and concerns of our changing world. We pride ourselves on our welcoming and diverse departmental culture, fostering academic rigor while attending to the individual student. At the same time, we engage with the academic community at large to offer interdisciplinary programs, research projects, social and cultural events, and study abroad initiatives.