Latin American Studies

Entry requirements

For full entry requirement details, please see the course page on the University website.

Months of entry

Anytime

Course content

We are one of the longest established and most broadly-based centres for the study of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies in the UK. Research at Liverpool is characterised by wide-ranging interests in the national and global dimensions of Latin American Studies, with a particular emphasis on social science, historical and cultural studies research.

Research activity in Latin American Studies covers a broad geographic area in and is at the forefront of developments in literary, historical, cultural studies, and the social sciences and we are the home to major journals, including the Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, the Bulletin of Contemporary Hispanic Studies, and Modern Languages Open. Our research emphasizes our understanding of ‘Latin American studies’ in the broadest sense, as relating to the multiple geographical and linguistic contexts that make up the Hispanic and Lusophone worlds.

We also work closely with local and regional cultural organizations such as FACT, the National Museums Liverpool, the Tate Gallery and the Bluecoat leading to public events on Latin American digital art, Brazilian popular culture, and Latin American film and literature.

Our research students benefit from interdisciplinary and cross-institutional supervision tailored to their research interests. Latin American Studies at Liverpool is part of the Language-Based Area Studies pathway of the ESRC North West Doctoral Training Centre, which also involves the University of Manchester and Lancaster University. This means that students can access the resources, facilities, modules and expertise of three top UK universities. ESRC funding is available for 1+3 (MA and PhD) and +3 (PhD) research for projects with a social science focus in Latin American Studies. Prospective applicants with a humanities focus can apply through the modern languages pathway of the AHRC North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership.

A regional research centre, North West Americas Studies Network (NWASN), fosters a robust research environment based on expertise in the Department. This Liverpool-based multidisciplinary network brings together experts in Latin American and North American studies to support research in the field, exchange ideas, and to provide opportunities for collaborations amongst the members.

Liverpool hosted the annual conference of the Society for Latin American Studies in April 2016 and is home to the 'Bulletin of Latin American Research' and the 'Bulletin of Hispanic Studies'.