RESEARCH PROFILE
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RAE score: 65% of research ranked as 3* & 4* (world-leading or internationally excellent)
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Current number of academic staff: 17
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Current number of research students: 25
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Recent publications: Federico García Lorca: The Poetics of Self-Consciousness; Thinking Through Islamophobia: Global Perspectives; Africa: The Politics of Suffering and Smiling; Exilados, Aliados, Rebeldes: O Movimento Indianista, a Política Indigenista e o Estado-Nação Imperial; Ceremonia comentada: Textos sobre arte, estética y cultura [by Jorge Eduardo Eielson]
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Current research projects: "Out of the Wings: Spanish and Spanish American Theatres in Translation", “Domesticity in surrealism”, “Reception of the English Gothic novel in Spain”, “‘reindigenisation’ in the post-colonial Andes”, Afro-Brazilian identity and the aesthetics of music-making
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Partner organisations: Instituto Camões Centre for Studies in Portuguese Language & Culture, King’s Brazil Institute, University of Oxford, Queen's University Belfast, Instituto Camões, Federal University of Minas Gerais, University of São Paulo
KEY FACTS
Head of group/division
Professor Catherine Boyle
Duration
MPhil two years Full-Time, three years Part-Time. PhD three-four years Full-Time, seven-eight years Part-Time. Research degree registration may begin in September or January.
Location
Strand Campus
Student destinations
While many graduates may go on to a university-based academic career, others will pursue careers in fields such as teaching, journalism, the cultural industries, human rights and development, and translation.
Year of entry 2012
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