MRes Hispanic Studies

Hispanic Studies is a small, vibrant and dynamic research unit with strong connections to institutions in the USA, Latin America, Spain and Portugal.OverviewPostgraduate students have the opportunity to participate in a wide range of activities through the Graduate School of Arts and Humanities and will join the diverse and lively postgraduate community within the School of Modern Languages and Cultures. This affords the opportunity for interdisciplinary work under joint supervision. Many of our postgraduate students in the past have come from Chile, Europe, USA, Brazil, and Mexico and we warmly welcome applications from international students.Staff research interestsLatin American visual culture, including the cinema, art and photography of Brazil, Mexico and the Southern Cone.Brazilian culture, society and national identity.19th, 20th and 21st century Peninsular literature, cinema, cultural history and cultural studies.20th and 21st century Catalan Studies, including literature, cultural studies, sociolinguistics and questions of nationalism/national identityLatin America in the nineteenth centuryHistory of Ideas/Cultural historyMedievalism.Examples of topics we can supervise include:Regional/National Identities in SpainModern and Contemporary Literature in Catalan and SpanishHispanic Multilingual LiteratureCensorship during Franco’s RegimeWomen Writers in Spainthe Nineteenth Century Spanish PressHispanic Women ArtistsContemporary Argentine CinemaGender and the Historic Avant-Garde(Auto)biographical/Testimonial Literature in Latin AmericaPhotographic Narrative in MexicoBrazilian HistoryCulture and SocietyPolitical Cinema and DocumentarySociolinguistics of the Spanish-speaking worldMinority LanguagesThe Sociolinguistics of GalicianMultilingualism in context.Thesis length: 20,000-30,000 words (including references, bibliography and appendices).Our Master of Research includes both taught and research elements. You will be required to undertake 60 to 80 credits worth of taught courses as well as independent study which represents some contribution to knowledge.