Course summary
CLACS offers specialist doctoral supervision across the humanities and social sciences, covering Latin America and the Caribbean. An internationally recognised centre of excellence, CLACS is home to a close-knit team of Latin Americanists with expertise in colonial and post-colonial history, political anthropology, human geography, environmental humanities, cultural studies, multilingualism and digital humanities. As a PhD student at CLACS, you will enjoy the personal attention of our academic staff, who will guide you through the programme and supervise your thesis. Our PhD students have access to a rich and varied programme of subject specific research training, as well as general research skills training and methodologies courses. The Centre offers students an unparalleled range of resources in Latin American and Caribbean Studies. The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Collection, based at Senate House Library, combines the holdings and strengths of CLACS and Senate House Library collections to provide more than 90,000 volumes of research-level material. CLACS offers doctoral research supervision in the following broad areas:
- Colonial history
- Postcolonial history
- Political and legal anthropology
- Ethnographic research
- Human and cultural geography
- Environmental humanities
- Cultures of migration and mobility
- Literature and film
- Sociolinguistics and multilingualism
- Cultural studies
- Digital research
- Translation studies
- Indigenous studies
How to apply
International applicants
Are you an international student? Find out more about everything you need to know from visas to qualifications and language requirements: https://www.sas.ac.uk/postgraduate-study/applying/international-students All students applying to the School of Advanced Study have a fee status assessment before they are made a formal offer to study. The assessment determines the level of tuition fees that the student will have to pay for their programme. This can be either the “lower” Home or the “higher” Overseas fee. Find out more about the fee statuses here: https://www.sas.ac.uk/postgraduate-study/fees-funding/fee-status
Entry requirements
Applicants for research programmes (MPhil/PhD) are normally required to hold a master’s degree.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
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Sponsorship information
Our students fund their studies in a variety of ways including scholarships, bursaries and fellowships, as well as government loans and postgraduate loans. Find out about funding opportunities available for this degree here: https://www.sas.ac.uk/postgraduate-study/fees-funding
Provider information
Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Senate House
Malet Street
London
WC1E 7HU
Course contact details
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