MA Postcolonial Studies at University of Kent

Research supervision in postcolonial literatures and theory at Kent, one of the first UK universities to establish colonial and postcolonial studies, home to the Centre for the Global Study of Empire. Staff supervise work on African, Caribbean, African-American, Native American, Australian, New Zealand and South Pacific, Indian and South-East Asian, Middle-Eastern and Mediterranean literatures, postcolonial women writers, theory and travel writing.

Department: School of English  |  Duration: 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time  |  Intake: September  |  Study mode: full-time or part-time (Canterbury)  |  Location: Canterbury, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Students meet regularly with a supervisor, join reading groups and research seminars, attend spring-term research skills seminars and must take the School and University research methods programmes. Resources include the Templeman Library and Canterbury Cathedral Archives and Library.

Career pathways

Graduates of the School of English have gone into academia, journalism, broadcasting and media, publishing, writing and teaching, as well as banking, marketing analysis and project management.

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