The British literature and culture sub-programme is linked to the teaching and research activities at the Department of British Studies of the University of Debrecen. One of Hungary's most successful talent management programmes operates at the Department of British Studies, featured from time to time in the top tier of international rankings. Numerous scholars of international reputation participate in the teaching of doctoral students in the sub-programme, as well as provide them with guidance in their research. In recent years, thanks to the programme being taught in the English language, as well as to the availability of various scholarship programmes, a colourful international student community has also emerged, which has further strengthened the inspiring atmosphere and intellectual diversity characterising the sub-programme.
Students in the sub-programme can choose research topics and approaches ranging from traditional literary history to the latest research areas in cultural and media studies. The department continues to maintain its links to the research of English-language literatures and cultures, and therefore, English-language cultural products and phenomena enjoy a priority. Further, in line with the interdisciplinary nature of contemporary (post-)human scholarship, there is also an opportunity in the sub-programme for research projects only loosely connected to the above, as far as the professional background of the given dissertation supervisor allows it. (The names and respective research areas of faculty members participating in the sub-programme can be found on the ieas.unideb.hu and doktori.hu websites.) Topics that can be researched in the framework of the sub-programme include, without limitation, 19th- and 20th-century British literature, literary and cultural theory, post-colonial literature and culture, magic realism, postmodern prose, the detective story, British women writers, autobiography theory and criticism, feminist literary theory and criticism, British history, contemporary visual arts, film theory, body theory, gender studies, British and European film, the representation and the ideological context of national identity, history and society in film, the theory of documentary film, the literary or cinematic presentation of the body, illness and medicine, biopolitics, and Irish literature and culture.