Applications now open for PhD research projects at the CITY College, University of York Europe Campus

Posted on 17 February 2023

The South-East European Research Centre at CITY College (Thessaloniki, Greece) is advertising several PhD positions. These research projects will be co-supervised by academics from Language and Linguistic Science and the Humanities Department at CITY College.

The Department of Language and Linguistic Science is pleased to advertise several PhD positions in the Humanities Department at the CITY College, University of York Europe Campus in Thessaloniki, Greece.

The PhD projects will be co-supervised by academics in Language and Linguistic Science (University of York) and the Humanities Department (CITY College). The three projects are in the areas of language attitudes, refugee writing and English language teaching:

Exploring attitudes towards native and non-native accents of spoken Modern Greek (supervisors: Prof. Carmen Llamas and Dr Zoi Tatsioka)

Exiled Souls: the question of identity in refugee writings across cultures (supervisors: Dr Ahmed Khaleel and Dr Kalliopi Pasmatzi)

The use of drama techniques via VR in teaching English pronunciation to EFL learners (supervisors: Prof. Sam Hellmuth and Dr Vicky Papachristou)

Further information about each project and details of how to apply can be found on CITY College's South-East European Research Centre's website.

The deadline for applications is the 21st April 2023. A number of fee-waiver studentships will be available to qualifying candidates who are applying for full‑time study.

“I’m delighted that applications are now open for these exciting projects, which will allow postgraduate researchers to benefit from the complementary research expertise of academics in York and Thessaloniki.” - Dr Eleanor Rye, Department of Language and Linguistic Science