PhD Portuguese Studies

University of Manchester

Our PhD Portuguese Studies programme will enable you to carry out a piece of original research under the supervision of our academics. Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies at Manchester plays a key role in national and international research contexts through our publications, seminar and conference activity, and our innovative approach to the configuration of the discipline boundaries in which we work.Our research and postgraduate teaching ranges chronologically from the Early Modern period in Spain and Latin America up to the present day (for example, with work on the modern city, on race and indigenous cultures, contemporary Spanish and Portuguese literature, film and music, and 20th and 21st-century Latin American literature, photography and comics).Our publications and supervisory interests include cultural and literary history and theory, music, memory, history, and urban culture.We have expertise in Brazilian/Portuguese Studies, Cultural and Gender Studies, Film Studies, History, Literature, Art and Culture in Latin America, and Textual Criticism.

School of Arts, Languages and Cultures