PG Cert Culture, Diaspora, Ethnicity at Birkbeck, University of London

This innovative, interdisciplinary postgraduate culture, diaspora and ethnicity course stretches across the arts and humanities and social sciences. It offers you the opportunity to explore important subjects in this broad field of study, such as histories of ‘race’ and racism; the connections between transcontinental histories of colonisation and contemporary social formations and inequalities; postcolonial political communities, social identities and cultures and how local debates on inequality are shaped by the global geopolitics of the twenty-first century.

Faculty: School of Social Sciences  |  Duration: One year part-time, on campus; One year part-time, online; One year part-time, flexible learning  |  Study mode: part-time, online option  |  Intake: October 2027  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

The course examines the connections between intertwined colonial histories and our ordinary, local, everyday life. We focus on a broad range of subjects such as modern colonial statecraft and histories of ‘race’ and other systems of categorisation; colonial cultures and nationalisms; histories of anticolonial, antifascist and antiracist resistance; migration and diaspora; theorising community and postcolonial belonging; histories of state and corporate negligence and violence; contemporary racial nationalisms and religious authoritarian movements; and race, gender, sexuality and desire. Compulsory modules include You can apply to take this, Flexible Master’s.

Career pathways

This course will appeal to working professionals, recent graduates and international students alike. Graduates have pursued new career paths and progressed into influential roles in local, national and international organisations and charities concerned with: human rights, criminalisation and policing, sexual violence, migration, refugees and asylum, homelessness, imprisonment, addiction, youth and community work.

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