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PhD Studentship for Classical Heroism in WWI

Interdisciplinary PhD studentship in Arts and Humanities offered for the White Rose Network “Classical Heroism in War and Peace 1914-24”, in new partnership between Leeds and York.

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Undergraduate Open Days

Find out more about our undergraduate courses at our June open days. You can chat with staff and students, attend subject talks and taster lectures, visit our accommodation and explore the campus. Starts at 9:00 am.

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Niamh Cooney

My PhD dissertation is entitled “English Tragedy and Ideologies of Kingship, 1625 – 1670”. I am interested in how the closure of the theatres between 1642 and 1660 affected drama.