Accessibility statement

Graduate student profiles

Related links

"a vibrant, international postgraduate community..."

Find out what else our students have said about our department.

Miriam, MA in Cultures of Empire Alex, MA in Film and Literature‌ Emily, MA in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture Ellen, MA in Medieval Literatures‌ Simon, MA in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture‎ Catherine, PhD James, MA in Modern Literature and Culture‌ Sarah, MA in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture Hedley, PhD Camilla, MA in Renaissance Literature, 1500-1700‎ Lavanya, MA in Cultures of Empire  Kirby, MA in Modern Literature and Culture  Inderjit, MA in Renaissance Literature, 1500-1700 Claire, MA in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture and PhD Judith, MA in Modern Literature and Culture ‎ Abigail, MA in Medieval English Literatures  Alex, MA in Modern and Contemporary Literature and Culture‌ AnnaMaria, PhD in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies‌ Jenny, MA in Victorian Literature and Culture‌ Leigh, MA in Renaissance Literature, 1500-1700‌ Lucy, MA in Poetry and Poetics Laura, PhD Marie, PhD‌ Tom, MA in Film and Literature‌ Richard Lukey, MA in English Literary Studies

Lucy, MA in Poetry and Poetics

Lucy, MA in Poetry and Poetics

I read English at York for my undergraduate degree, and I was eager to stay in order to continue working with various members of staff. The combination of breadth and focus in the undergraduate course had challenged me to tackle contrasting areas of study and allowed me to pursue particular subjects in greater detail. I was tempted by York's Poetry and Poetics MA because no other university in the UK offers such a genre-specific, trans-historical approach to this area of study. The MA has given me the opportunity to be taught by members of staff across multiple centres (such as CModS, CREMS and CMS) and engage with my research in a more interdisciplinary way. I love the variety of opportunities that York provides for postgraduate students, such as reading groups, lecture series and festivals; and have found that the Humanities Research Centre creates a real hub for community and scholarship.