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  • DeadlineStudy Details: MA 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time

Course Description

At the start of the academic year, you will be welcomed by our Centre. You will work with your supervisor to create a calendar plan for the year that is bespoke for you and your studies. Through independent research and regular meetings with your supervisor(s) you will develop your research project.

The final goal of the MA by Research is the production of your thesis. You will write 40,000 words (excluding footnotes, bibliography and appendices) on a topic of your choice.

Teaching and learning

You will develop your research project through a combination of independent research and regular meetings with your supervisor(s). The supervisory relationship is at the heart of your research. Your supervisor(s) are experts in their field who will guide you throughout your degree and will agree upon a programme of reading, research and writing with you.

You can ask any academic from our Centre to be your supervisor. See our staff web pagesLink opens in a new window for more details and to see whose research interests align with yours.

Entry Requirements

2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

We offer a variety of postgraduate funding options for study at the University of Warwick, from postgraduate loans, university scholarships, fee awards, to academic department bursaries.

Module Details

Current areas of research expertise are:

  • Slavery and empire in the 18th and 19th centuries
  • Caribbean maritime worlds and networks
  • White identities
  • Caribbean writing in French and Spanish
  • Postcolonial Caribbean texts
  • Pre-1900 English Caribbean literatures
  • Women's writing and feminist theory
  • Disaster law and culture
  • Slavery and law
  • The Haitian Revolution
  • Postcolonial studies
  • World literature, literary and cultural theory
  • Gender and slavery
  • Enslaved runaways and maroons

Students will be supervised by faculty members with expertise in these areas.

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