Latin American Studies MLitt

The Latin American Studies MLitt comprises taught and research-based elements, allowing you to focus in depth on one aspect of Latin American studies. Topics available include: linguistics, culture, history and politics of Latin America, the Spanish novel and Latin American film.

Our research staff work in a diverse range of fields from sociocultural, historical and political studies, to film and literature, linguistics and sociolinguistics. We offer expert supervision in the following areas of Latin American studies:

• anthropology, anthropological linguistics, and sociolinguistics of Latin America, including Quechua language (Prof Howard)
• semantics, philosophy of language, history and spread of Spanish in Latin America, Latin American dialects and Creole (Prof Mackenzie)
• political, social and intellectual history of Latin America in the 19th and 20th centuries, especially Brazil and Southern Cone (Prof Hentschke)
• history of education in Latin America in 19th and 20th century Latin America (Prof Hentschke, Dr Oliart, Prof Howard)
• discourses of race and identity in Latin America (Prof Howard, Dr Oliart, Dr Morgan)
• Latin American film, literature, and theatre (Dr Page)
• Spanish and Latin American cultural history and popular culture (Dr Catala Carracso, Dr Morgan, Dr Oliart, Dr Fernández)
• Catalan nationalism (Dr Catala-Carrasco)
• Spanish novel (Dr Catala Carrasco)