Hispanic Studies for Postgraduates
Postgraduate students in the Department of Hispanic Studies form part of a community of researchers working on many different aspects of the history, literature, culture and politics of the Hispanic and Lusophone worlds.
We offer taught postgraduate courses leading to a Masters degree in:
- Hispanic Studies
- Latin American Studies
- Catalan Studies
Our MA programmes are designed to be flexible and to enable students to develop their own research interests.We also offer PhD/MPhil supervision on a wide range of topics, including Spanish literature from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries, Spanish linguistics, Latin American literature, US/Latin American relations, Mexican drug wars and much more. Please see the individual staff pages here for further information about research interests and specialisms.
Here are some examples of recently completed theses:
Seriously Funny: Towards an Interpretative Framework for an Analysis of Catalan Satirical Cartoons in the Twentieth Century
The Representation of Banditry in Latin America
Education and the Genesis of El doctor Centeno by Benito Pérez Galdós
The Pursuit of Solidarity in the Novels of Belén Gopegui
Peruvian Cinema, National Identity and Political Violence, 1988-2004
Information about the Erasmus Mundus Masters programme
University of Sheffield Postgraduate Open Days
Each session, we hold a University Open Day when prospective postgraduate students can come and visit the staff and students and:
• Find out more about the course(s) you are interested in studying in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities
• Find out about our facilities and services for Postgraduate communities
• Find out about funding, accommodation and the application process
School Open Days take place regularly. You can sign up for these or for one of the University-wide postgraduate visit afternoons via the links below. In addition, you can contact Dr Geraldine Lawless (g.lawless@sheffield.ac.uk) for further information.
University Open Days and visit afternoons
School Open Days