MA Latin American Studies (by research)

School of Arts and Humanities
MA Latin American Studies (by research)
This degree allows students to pursue research in a broad range of Latin American historical, cultural, literary, political, societal,
environmental and economic topics. The degree comprises independent research and a course designed to develop
knowledge of key research skills and practices.
Fact file
Core modules
• Philosophical Approaches to the Humanities
Course length: One year full-time, two years part-time
Campus: Clifton campus
Entry requirements:
– Includes a focus on utilising different theoretical and research
methodologies issues such as interpretation, hermeneutics,
ethnography, ethics, positionality, phenomenological
approaches to research, post-structuralism and critical theory.
• A UK honours degree (minimum 2:2) or equivalent.
• Dissertation – 20,000 words
• IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL iBT 83 (applicants whose first language is
not English).
Assessment
• Applications from candidates with non-standard entry
qualifications will be considered on an individual basis.
Fees and funding: Please visit www.ntu.ac.uk/humfees for the
latest fee / bursary information.
How to apply: Apply at www.ntu.ac.uk/apply
The majority of the marks awarded for this course are for the
dissertation. You will have an individual supervisor allocated when
offered a place on the course. Dissertation tutorials will take place
between you and your nominated supervisor. The supervisor will offer
advice on developing appropriate study methods and provide
feedback on drafts of the dissertation.
Expert teaching staff
What will I study?
The Masters by research in Latin American Studies offers a broad
range of degree topics which align with the specialist areas of the
academic team. In terms of geographical focus, we particularly
welcome applications from students interested in the Andean
region, the Southern Cone, Venezuela, Brazil, Mexico and Central
America. Award degrees are available in the following subject
areas:
• Latin American History
• Latin American Gender Studies
• Society and Politics
• International Relations
• Latin American Protest Movements
• Modern and Contemporary Literary Studies
Special features
The breadth of the offer in Latin American studies is a reflection of
the diversity of research interests and specialisms of the staff
working in this area at NTU. Recent research by members of the
team has focused on issues as varied as indigenous protest in the
Peruvian Amazon, the works of Isabel Allende and religious drama
and the iconography of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.
Dr María Fanjul Fanjul
Dr Fanjul Fanjul is a Senior Lecturer in Spanish at Nottingham Trent
University and a member of WISPS, Women in Spanish and
Portuguese Studies. She was awarded her PhD in 2010 entitled
‘Daughter of Fortune: Isabel Allende’s Popularity from a Readership
Perspective’. Her research interests lie in contemporary women’s
writing in Spain and Latin American, reading groups and cultural
studies. She has written on Isabel Allende’s fiction and on issues
regarding Allende’s reception transnationally. She has delivered
conference papers in Spain and the UK, on issues relating to her
recently completed PhD. Her latest paper was delivered at the Centre
of the Study of Contemporary Womens’ Writing at the University of
London in May 2011 titled: ‘British and Spanish Readers’ Responses to
Isabel Allende in Paula: from Reading Paula to Women’s Everyday
Lives’. The University of London paper is also available on iTunes as a
podcast.
Dr Mercedes Carbayo-Abengozar
Dr Mercedes has delivered conference papers and published widely in
the areas of Spanish History, Gender Studies and Spanish and Latin
American Cultural Studies. For example, in January 2011, Mercedes
delivered a paper at the Centre of World Cultures and Languages in
Manchester, entitled ‘A Gendered Construction of Mexican and
Spanish Nations through music: Concha Piquer and Paquita la del
Barrio.’ Mercedes is currently working towards the publication of a
single authored book on the relationship between gender, music and
Spanish national identity.
Dr Neil Hughes
Dr Hughes, Principal Lecturer in Spanish and Latin American Studies
has research interests in both Spanish and Latin American political
economy and language teaching and learning. He has published on
social protest in Peru, Spanish aid policy, Spanish politics, Spanish
social movements such as the indignados, blended language
learning and content-based language teaching. His work has been
published in the Journal of International Development, Social
Movement Studies, the International Journal of Iberian Studies, the
International Learning Journal and the Language Learning Journal.
Dr Amy Fuller
Dr Fuller is Lecturer in the History of the Americas, 1400-1700 at
Nottingham Trent University, and is a member of the Association of
Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland. Her research interests
include the religious drama of the Baroque in Spain and the New
World, pre-Hispanic religions and culture in the New World, and the
Spiritual Conquest of Mexico. Amy completed her PhD on the Autos
sacramentales of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz in 2010, and has
published articles on El divino Narciso and El mártir del sacramento,
San Hermenegildo. She is currently working on a monograph
entitled, Between Two Worlds: The Presentation and Reception of
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz as a Theological Authority, which will
explore the religious drama and prose of Sor Juana, and the
presentation of her image.
Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Campus, Nottingham NG11 8NS
Want to know more?
Postgraduate open days
We run open events throughout the year.
Book online at www.humopen
General course enquiries
Email: hum.postgrad@ntu.ac.uk
Admissions enquiries
Tel: +44(0)115 848 4200
www.ntu.ac.uk/latin
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