Structure

The Texts, Contexts, Cultures pathway will be attractive to students with doctoral research interests in a wide range of periods, genres and theoretical perspectives in any of the Arts and Humanities disciplines.

In Year One
Candidates will take three seminars, at least one of which is drawn from two core courses.

• Core Course One - Texts, Contexts, Cultures: Critical Thinking (1500-1800). This element of research training in the Texts, Contexts, Cultures pathway grounds students in a range of theoretical and material approaches to humanities research. Located in the historical period from 1500 to 1800, it prepares for the related seminar, Texts, Contexts, Cultures: Critical Thinking (1800-2000). The seminar's interdsiciplinary framework is designed from elements of literature, history, visual arts, philosophy, and critical theory.
• Core Course Two - Texts, Contexts, Cultures: Critical Thinking (1800-2000). This element of research training in the Texts, Contexts, Cultures pathway grounds students in a range of theoretical and material approaches to humanities research. Located in the historical period from 1800 to the present, it builds on the related seminar, Texts, Contexts, Cultures: Critical Thinking (1500-1800). The seminar's interdsiciplinary framework is designed from elements of literature, history, visual arts, philosophy, and critical theory.
• Electives Elective courses are located in the candidate’s home institution. They may be taken at a related institution by arrangement and one elective can replace one core course. 
• All Core Courses will be accessible to students at related institutions by video conferencing. Electives include History of the Book at TCD. 

From Year Two
Students pursue their doctoral research with the support of a supervisory panel of up to four members, which can be drawn from members of the participating institutions.  In each case the candidate’s director must come from their institution of registration.  The remaining members of the panel may come from any of the participating institutions. 

After Year Two
Candidates will complete a placement in a knowledge economy environment. Each of these will be organized by the candidate’s registered institution.

Successful students will graduate from the institution of registration with a PhD in their discipline.

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	Core Course One Imaging Ireland: Theories, Cultures, Contexts Nicholas Allen (NUIG) Core Course Two History of the Book: Texts, Contexts, Cultures Crawford Gribben (TCD) Core Course Three Renaissance Intellectual and Cultural History: Words and Things in the Early Modern World Brendan Dooley (UCC)