The School of Modern Languages research staff work in a diverse range of fields from sociocultural, historical and political studies, to film and literature, linguistics and sociolinguistics. We offer expert supervision in the following areas:

• anthropology, anthropological linguistics and sociolinguistics of Latin America, including Quechua language (Prof Howard)
• semantics, philosophy of language, history and spread of Spanish in Latin America, Latin American dialects and Creole (Prof Mackenzie)
• political, social and intellectual history of Latin America in the 19th and 20th centuries, especially Brazil and Southern Cone (Prof Hentschke)
• history of education in Latin America in 19th and 20th century Latin America (Prof Hentschke, Dr Oliart, Prof Howard)
• discourses of race and identity in Latin America (Prof Howard, Dr Oliart, Dr Morgan)
• Latin American film, literature and theatre (Dr Page)
• Spanish and Latin American cultural history and popular culture (Dr Catala Carracso, Dr Morgan, Dr Oliart, Dr Fernández)
• Catalan nationalism (Dr Catala-Carrasco)
• Spanish novel (Dr Catala Carrasco).

A 2:1 honours degree, or international equivalent, in a related discipline.