Research in Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
Top ranking for Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies at The University of Manchester
Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies at Manchester has established its reputation as one of the UK's leading centres for research in the Assessment exercise (RAE) 2008. In the Times Higher Education rankings based on quality profiles, Manchester's research comes out ahead of all other UK universities. The RAE rated 30% of the our research activity to be 'world leading', and a total of 75% as 'world leading' or 'internationally excellent.' Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies is part of the School of Languages, Linguistics, and Cultures, one of the leading units of its kind in the country. Moreover, The University of Manchester has emerged from this RAE as one of the UK's top four or five universities for research and one which boasts a breadth of research achievement spread across more distinct discipline areas than any other UK institution.
Research in Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies is a truly global unit, with specialisms covering regions in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa, as well as the Iberian peninsula. Research themes cover a wide range, including cinema, medieval culture, postcolonial writing, gender studies, and linguistics
Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies at Manchester plays key roles in national and international research contexts through its publications, seminar and conference activity, and through its innovative approach to the configuration of the discipline boundaries in which it works. Our research and postgraduate teaching ranges chronologically from the Early Modern period in Spain through nineteenth-century Latin America to the present day (for example, with work on the modern city in Latin America, transnational contemporary cinema in relation to Spain, and twenty first-century migrations).
Our publications and supervisory interests range from cultural, linguistic and literary history and theory to language contact and transnational exchange. We have expertise in Brazilian/Portuguese Studies, Cultural and Gender Studies, Film Studies, History, Literature and Culture in Latin America, Linguistics, Sociology, and Textual Criticism. As well as providing the core teaching on the MA Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies staff contribute to a wide range of MA programmes across the School and the Faculty of Humanities.
Research Centres
- Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)
- Centre for Translation and Cultural Studies (CTIS)
- Migration and Diaspora Cultural Studies Network (MDCSN)
- Centre for Cultural Forms of Politics in Modern Europe