Languages and Cultures (MA)
12 monthsProgramme duration
19 Aug, 2026Application Deadline
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Modern Languages
Degree
MA
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
About this Course This MA program provides specialist multicultural knowledge and skills by examining cultural and literary topics through the lenses of history, ethnography, and anthropology. It offers thorough training in the theory and research methods needed to critically understand global events and texts across regions including modern Europe, Latin America, Africa and the black diaspora, East and South Asia, and the Jewish diaspora. The flexible program encourages you to develop your own research interests in close collaboration with expert tutors. We are ranked 10th in the UK for Languages and Linguistics, Guardian 2026.
Key Features and Structure • Interdisciplinary Research Focus: The course is enriched by events hosted by the multidisciplinary Centre for Transnational Studies and gives you access to several specialized research groups, including the Centre for Global Englishes and the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations. • Global Specialisms: You can take options that deep-dive into specific cultural areas, such as Encounters with Bodies in Lusophone Cultural Narrative (covering Portugal, Brazil, and African nations), Fragmented France: Cultures and Identities in Transition, or German-Jewish Writing Across the Twentieth Century. • Optional Language Acquisition: The Language Opportunity Programme allows you to improve your foreign language skills or pick up a new language from scratch in a variety of levels. • Module Flexibility: Optional modules extend into areas like Film, Linguistics, Translation, Creative Writing, and even Literary Industries and New Media.
Career Prospects This degree's focus on global cultural understanding, critical research, and communication prepares you for a variety of careers in fields with an international or cultural focus, such as: • International Organizations • Cultural Policy and Management • Translation and Diplomacy • Further Study/Research (PhD level)
Further Information • Duration: 1 year (Full-time). • Entry Requirements: A 2:1 degree in a humanities or social science subject. • Course Lead: Dr. Alexandra Krendel, a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics.
Key Features and Structure • Interdisciplinary Research Focus: The course is enriched by events hosted by the multidisciplinary Centre for Transnational Studies and gives you access to several specialized research groups, including the Centre for Global Englishes and the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations. • Global Specialisms: You can take options that deep-dive into specific cultural areas, such as Encounters with Bodies in Lusophone Cultural Narrative (covering Portugal, Brazil, and African nations), Fragmented France: Cultures and Identities in Transition, or German-Jewish Writing Across the Twentieth Century. • Optional Language Acquisition: The Language Opportunity Programme allows you to improve your foreign language skills or pick up a new language from scratch in a variety of levels. • Module Flexibility: Optional modules extend into areas like Film, Linguistics, Translation, Creative Writing, and even Literary Industries and New Media.
Career Prospects This degree's focus on global cultural understanding, critical research, and communication prepares you for a variety of careers in fields with an international or cultural focus, such as: • International Organizations • Cultural Policy and Management • Translation and Diplomacy • Further Study/Research (PhD level)
Further Information • Duration: 1 year (Full-time). • Entry Requirements: A 2:1 degree in a humanities or social science subject. • Course Lead: Dr. Alexandra Krendel, a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Modern Languages
Degree
MA
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
About this Course This MA program provides specialist multicultural knowledge and skills by examining cultural and literary topics through the lenses of history, ethnography, and anthropology. It offers thorough training in the theory and research methods needed to critically understand global events and texts across regions including modern Europe, Latin America, Africa and the black diaspora, East and South Asia, and the Jewish diaspora. The flexible program encourages you to develop your own research interests in close collaboration with expert tutors. We are ranked 10th in the UK for Languages and Linguistics, Guardian 2026.
Key Features and Structure • Interdisciplinary Research Focus: The course is enriched by events hosted by the multidisciplinary Centre for Transnational Studies and gives you access to several specialized research groups, including the Centre for Global Englishes and the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations. • Global Specialisms: You can take options that deep-dive into specific cultural areas, such as Encounters with Bodies in Lusophone Cultural Narrative (covering Portugal, Brazil, and African nations), Fragmented France: Cultures and Identities in Transition, or German-Jewish Writing Across the Twentieth Century. • Optional Language Acquisition: The Language Opportunity Programme allows you to improve your foreign language skills or pick up a new language from scratch in a variety of levels. • Module Flexibility: Optional modules extend into areas like Film, Linguistics, Translation, Creative Writing, and even Literary Industries and New Media.
Career Prospects This degree's focus on global cultural understanding, critical research, and communication prepares you for a variety of careers in fields with an international or cultural focus, such as: • International Organizations • Cultural Policy and Management • Translation and Diplomacy • Further Study/Research (PhD level)
Further Information • Duration: 1 year (Full-time). • Entry Requirements: A 2:1 degree in a humanities or social science subject. • Course Lead: Dr. Alexandra Krendel, a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics.
Key Features and Structure • Interdisciplinary Research Focus: The course is enriched by events hosted by the multidisciplinary Centre for Transnational Studies and gives you access to several specialized research groups, including the Centre for Global Englishes and the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations. • Global Specialisms: You can take options that deep-dive into specific cultural areas, such as Encounters with Bodies in Lusophone Cultural Narrative (covering Portugal, Brazil, and African nations), Fragmented France: Cultures and Identities in Transition, or German-Jewish Writing Across the Twentieth Century. • Optional Language Acquisition: The Language Opportunity Programme allows you to improve your foreign language skills or pick up a new language from scratch in a variety of levels. • Module Flexibility: Optional modules extend into areas like Film, Linguistics, Translation, Creative Writing, and even Literary Industries and New Media.
Career Prospects This degree's focus on global cultural understanding, critical research, and communication prepares you for a variety of careers in fields with an international or cultural focus, such as: • International Organizations • Cultural Policy and Management • Translation and Diplomacy • Further Study/Research (PhD level)
Further Information • Duration: 1 year (Full-time). • Entry Requirements: A 2:1 degree in a humanities or social science subject. • Course Lead: Dr. Alexandra Krendel, a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics.
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You’ll need a 2:2 in a humanities or social science subject.
19 Aug 2026
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