9 PhD programmes in Literature in Pennsylvania, United States

The German Languages and Literatures program at the University of Pennsylvania takes a forward-looking perspective on developments in the field.

The Program in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Pennsylvania is a center for the study of literature through various disciplinary and critical perspectives, and the study of cultural history through the production of representations.

The English Ph.D. program at the University of Pennsylvania prepares students for full participation in the profession as scholars and teachers of English and American literature, broadly conceived.

The Ph.D. program in Comparative Literature at Pennsylvania State University offers a global breadth of study of literature and other cultural productions.

The University of Pittsburgh's graduate program in Hispanic Languages and Literatures is one of the top graduate programs in Latin American literature and cultural studies in the United States.

The English Department’s four graduate focal areas in literary studies offer special opportunities for intellectual preparation and innovation to groups of graduate students and faculty members with shared commitments. This English Literature program is offered at the University of Pittsburgh.

The Slavic Languages and Literatures program at the University of Pittsburgh encourages interdisciplinary work in training future scholars in Slavic Studies and it prepares students to be competitive on the national job market.

Students in this program at Pennsylvania State University may choose from a variety of courses in English literature and language, rhetoric and composition, and theory/cultural studies.

Organized by the theoretical and interdisciplinary emphasis of critical and cultural studies, the Critical and Cultural Studies doctoral program at the University of Pittsburgh fosters challenging and inventive work in the ongoing project of English studies, broadly conceived.