African Studies

Description

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The MA by Research programme requires you to prepare a dissertation of up to 40,000 words on a topic of your choice, for which an academic staff member will provide expert supervision.

The PhD - the most advanced research degree leads to a dissertation of up to 80,000 words on a subject of your choice and under the expert supervision of an academic member of staff. You can study for a PhD on campus or by Distance Learning.

At Birmingham you also have the option of

Contents

* Popular culture; religion, oral literature and performance; yoruba culture and society.
Contact: Professor Karin Barber
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5125
Email: k.j.barber@bham.ac.uk
* African and Caribbean literature; postcolonial British literature; Caribbean film and music.Contact: Dr Stewart Brown
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5127
Email: s.brown@bham.ac.uk
* Livelihoods, nature-society interaction; rural energy.Contact: Dr Reg Cline-Cole
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5132
Email: r.e.a.cline-cole@bham.ac.uk
* Society, religion and politics in Nigeria.
Contact: Dr Insa Nolte
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5129
Email: m.i.nolte@bham.ac.uk
* History and politics with particular focus on southern Africa, but also more generally.
Contact: Dr Keith Shear
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 2288
Email: k.s.shear@bham.ac.uk
* Contemporary history of Ghana and Togo; social change and education.
Contact: Dr Kate Skinner
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6218
Email: k.a.skinner.1@bham.ac.uk
* History and Anthropology of labour, slavery, migration, and development in West AfricaContact: Dr. Benedetta Rossi
Tel: +44 (0)21 414 7343
Email: b.rossi@bham.ac.uk
* Labour, trade, migration and development with special reference to southern Africa
Contact: Dr Maxim Bolt
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 8444
Email: m.bolt@bham.ac.uk

Requirements

2.1 (Hons) in a related subject

Funding

Please contact the School for details.