MPhil/PhD in Caribbean Studies

at University of Warwick

At the start of the academic year, you will be welcomed by our department. You will work with your supervisor to create a calendar plan for the year that is bespoke for you and your studies. Through independent research and regular meetings with your supervisor you will develop your research project.

Each year, your work will also be read and assessed by other academic staff in your field. The final goal of the research degree is the production of your thesis. You will write 80,000 words (excluding footnotes, bibliography and appendices) on a topic of your choice; and be examined by an internal and external examiner in a viva.

Our research

Current areas of research expertise are:

• Slavery and empire in the 18th and 19th centuries
• Caribbean maritime worlds and networks
• White identities
• Caribbean writing in French and Spanish
• Postcolonial Caribbean texts
• Pre-1900 English Caribbean literatures
• Women's writing and feminist theory
• Disaster law and culture
• Slavery and law
• The Haitian Revolution
• Postcolonial studies
• World literature, literary and cultural theory
• Gender and slavery
• Enslaved runaways and maroons

Students will be supervised by faculty members with expertise in these areas.

Minimum requirements

2:i undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject.

English language requirements

• Band B
• IELTS overall score of 7.0, minimum component scores of two at 6.0/6.5 and the rest at 7.0 or above.
   

The University carries out an initial fee status assessment based on information provided in the application and according to the guidance published by UKCISA. Students are classified as either Home or Overseas Fee status and this can determine the tuition fee and eligibility of certain scholarships and financial support.

If you receive an offer, your fee status will be stated with the tuition fee information, however we are awaiting guidance from the UK government regarding fee status for EU, other EEA and Swiss nationals and their family members living in the UK for academic year 2021/22 onwards. We are not able to confirm the fee status for these students until the relevant eligibility criteria have been confirmed. Once we have received further information from the UK government, we will provide you with an update on your fee status and let you know if any additional information is required. If you believe your fee status has been incorrectly classified you can complete a fee status assessment questionnaire (follow the instructions in your offer) and provide the required documentation for this to be reassessed.