Hispanic Studies PhD

Program Overview

The Hispanic Studies PhD program at the University of Liverpool is a long-established center for Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American Studies. It offers interdisciplinary research and learning in areas such as literature, history, linguistics, and cultural studies, with staff expertise covering multiple languages and regions. The program emphasizes interdisciplinary breadth, welcomes diverse research interests, and provides support through scholarships, research groups, and cultural partnerships.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Hispanic Studies PhD program at the University of Liverpool is one of the longest established and most broadly-based centers for the study of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin-American Studies in the UK. It is one of the few centers to have staff whose expertise covers Basque, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish (both Castilian and Latin American Spanish), emphasizing the global dimensions of language-based research. The program offers a rich interdisciplinary environment for research and learning.

Other:

• Research activity in Hispanic Studies covers a broad range of areas in Iberian and Latin American Studies.
• The program is at the forefront of developments in literary, historical, linguistic and cultural studies.
• The program is home to major journals, including the Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, the Bulletin of Contemporary Hispanic Studies and Modern Languages Open.
• The program emphasizes an understanding of ‘Hispanic studies’ in the broadest sense, as relating to the multiple geographical and linguistic contexts that make up the Hispanic and Lusophone worlds.
• The program works closely with local and regional cultural organizations such as FACT, the National Museums Liverpool, the Tate Gallery and the Bluecoat.
• The program has been supported by public institutions such as, the Instituto Cervantes and the Instituto Camões leading to public events on Latin American digital art, Brazilian popular culture, and Spanish and Latin American film and literature.
• Prospective postgraduate students can apply for AHRC funding and the Section hosts the Language-Based Area Studies Pathway of the ESRC’s North West Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership for social science research in Latin American Studies.
• Staff offer specialist supervision on any approved aspect of the languages, literatures, cultures or civilisations of Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and Lusophone Africa.
• The program is characterized by interdisciplinary breadth as well as geographical scope.
• The program is particularly interested to hear from potential doctoral students working in the areas of gender, race, media histories, digital culture, migration, film studies, history, and literature, although other research areas are also welcomed.
• The topic and nature of the research are decided by students in consultation with staff.
• The program has a fully-equipped language laboratory and a Modern Languages Resource Centre that can also be used for private study.
• The program has strong links with the Instituto Camões, Instituto Etxepare and Instituto Ramon Llull, allowing them to maximize student experience through cultural events and activities.
• The program's research themes are:
• Spanish Linguistics, with a particular focus on Sociolinguistics
• Medieval Spanish Literature and Culture
• Contemporary Spanish Literature and Culture
• Development and new forms of Poetry in Spain
• Spanish and Latin American Cinemas
• Modern Catalan Literature and Culture
• Modern Basque Literature and Culture
• Brazilian Popular Culture and Performance
• Latin American Literature and Culture
• Latin American popular Music and memory
• Digital Cultures in Latin America and Spain
• Political history; social movements and identity; memory and human rights
• Violence and its Traumatic Aftermaths in Literature, Film, and Digital Cultures
• The program has research groups in:
• Conflict, Memory and Heritage
• Image, Sound, Performance
• Place, Space and Belonging
• Media Histories

PhD:

• UK students: £4,786
• International Students:
• Faculty of Health and Life Sciences £29,750 (Band A)
• Faculty of Science and Engineering £29,750 (Band A) or £23,400 (Band B)
• Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences £23,400 (Band B)

Part time:

• UK students: £2,393
• International Students:
• Faculty of Health and Life Sciences £14,900 (Band A)
• Faculty of Science and Engineering £14,900 (Band A) or £11,700 (Band B)
• Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences £11,700 (Band B)