Postgraduate research programmes in Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise 30% of the research carried out in Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies was deemed to be 'world-leading', and a total of 75% as 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent'. Our research covers the study of national and transnational cultures, histories, societies, languages, literature and visual cultures in the Portuguese and Spanish-speaking world. It covers a chronological range from the Medieval to the present day whilst cluster centred on the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. Recent postgraduates supervised by members of staff in Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies have worked on a variety of topics in areas such as the examples below show, for further information on Ph.D. supervision, check the staff list. Please also check the MDCSN postgraduates section. Postgraduate and research students are encouraged to take part in research seminars and conferences organised by Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies and the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies Recent Thesis Titles
History, nation, culture and language
- ''Spanish and Portuguese Romanticism''
- ''Citizenship and Community in Contemporary Argentine Urban Culture''
Colonialism, Travel, Migration, Diaspora and Transnationalism
- ''Visualizing Communities: Video Rituals and Mayan Memories''
- ''Latin American Road Movies Mapping Gender and Nation''
- ''The transgressive woman. An investigation of sexworkers on the Mexican Border''
Postcoloniality, Gender, Sexuality and 'Race'
- ''The Postcolonial Exotic in the works of Paulina Chiziane and Lídia Jorge''
- ''Queer Latin American Cinema''
- ''Cooking Modernity in the Mexican Countryside: Women's Daily Life in Guanajuato in the 1950''
Early Medieval and The Golden Age
- ''Women and the Literary Profession in the Hispanic Early Modern Age''
Translation Studies, Interpreting Studies
- ''Towards a Pragmatic Approach to Audiovisual Translation''
Programmes
- Latin American Cultural Studies MPhil
- Latin American Cultural Studies PhD
- Portuguese Studies MPhil
- Portuguese Studies PhD
- Spanish Studies MPhil
- Spanish Studies PhD
- Translation and Intercultural Studies PhD
- Translation and Intercultural Studies MPhil
Further Information
For information on how to apply, fees and funding, and postgraduate study in the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures, please visit the: