Research and write an 80,000-word thesis on a topic of your choice under the supervision of one or more of our internationally leading experts. Suitable for students with an excellent academic record who already have considerable research skills and a clear idea of their own area of interest for further research.
Before you arrive, you will be matched to one or more of our expert supervisors and during the course. You will meet with them frequently for guidance on the conceptualisation, research and writing of your Dissertation. This will include reading and discussion of draft material.
You will also be expected to participate in the research culture of the School, for example by attending research seminars, and will receive advice on appropriate skills and career development opportunities.
Our research
- Cultural Memory across the Hispanic World
- Modern and Contemporary Hispanic and Portuguese Literatures and Cultures
- 19th- Century Spanish Literature and Culture and its Relations to Colonialism
- Regional Spanish Cultures, especially Galicia
- The Caribbean, especially intersections between Hispanophone, Anglophone and Francophone cultures
- Diaspora, Cultural Identity and Cultural Exchange
- Digital Approaches to Humanities Research
- Aspects of Hispanic Visual and Musical Cultures
- Spanish and Latin American cinema
- Sound in cinema
- Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spanish literature and culture
- Classical and Italian influences on the Spanish Golden Age
