Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Studies Research MPhil/PhD

Overview

Spanish was first taught at Kings in 1831, and the teaching of Portuguese in British universities was pioneered by Kings in the 1860s. Since the establishment of the Cervantes Chair in 1916 and the Camoens Chair in 1919, King's has become a world-leading centre for Spanish and Portuguese studies and the creation of the new Department of Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Studies continues this tradition of innovation and research strength. The Department offers a wide range of opportunities for specialist and cross-disciplinary supervision, from the medieval period to the present day, in literature, history, cultural studies, film, drama and music. Our commitment to all areas of Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Latin America and Lusophone Africa, combined with the wide-ranging teaching and research interests of the staff, means that we are able to offer an unrivalled variety of supervision topics for postgraduate study.

• Research in French, German and Spanish -  research impact rated 87.5% at ‘world leading (4*) or ‘internationally excellent (3*) and at 100% for ‘world leading (4*) research environment (REF 2021).

• Current number of academic staff: 19

• Current number of research students: 31

• Recent publications: Lima Barreto: Sátiras e outras subversões; The Basque City: The Political Economy of Nation Building; Brazilian Jive: From Samba to Bossa and Rap; Brokers of Change: Atlantic Commerce and Cultures in Pre-Colonial Western Africa; Locating the Middle Ages: The Places and Spaces of Medieval Culture; García Lorca: The Poetics of Self-Consciousness; Thinking Through Islamophobia: Global Perspectives;  Ceremonia comentada: Textos sobre arte, estética y cultura [by Jorge Eduardo Eielson].

• Current research projects: â€œLanguage Acts and Worldmaking”; “Precolonial West Africa's relations with world history through the lens of exchanges of money and power”, , “Domesticity in surrealism”, “Reception of the English Gothic novel in Spain”, “‘Reindigenisation in the post-colonial Andes”, “Resisting World Literature”, “Afro-Brazilian identity and the aesthetics of music-making”.

• Partner organisations: Instituto Camões Centre for Studies in Portuguese Language & Culture, Kings Brazil Institute, University of Oxford, Queen's University Belfast, Instituto Camões, Federal University of Minas Gerais, University of São Paulo.

To study at King's, it is essential that you can communicate effectively in English and are able to do so in an academic environment. You are usually required to provide certification of your competence in English before starting your studies.

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