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PhD Portuguese (Spanish and Portuguese Major) at Indiana University Bloomington

Indiana University Bloomington, United States

Programme overview

One of the oldest Portuguese programmes in the United States, with a transatlantic, interdisciplinary focus on the literatures and cultures of Portuguese-speaking countries including Brazil, Portugal and the Portuguese-speaking African countries. It combines rigorous scholarship training with close mentorship for an academic career as researcher and professor of Portuguese and Lusophone literatures and cultures.

Faculty: College of Arts and Sciences  |  Department: Spanish and Portuguese  |  Location: Bloomington, IN, United States

What you will study

Courses cover cinema and other arts, genre seminars on theater, poetry and prose, and thematic courses on gender, sexuality and Luso-African-Brazilian critical theorists. Graduate courses on translation and on the structure of the Portuguese language are also offered.

Career pathways

Academic career as a researcher and professor of Portuguese and Lusophone literatures and cultures.

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Application information

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

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