Our research areas include, but are not limited to,Literature and culture in Portugal, Brazil and Lusophone Africa from the 19th century to the present dayPolitical and intellectual history of Portugal and Lusophone AfricaHistory of Brazil (particularly slavery)Before you start your research degree you will have completed a research-preparation masters degree in a related discipline and have agreed your research topic with a main supervisor and co-supervisor. You will work with this team closely for the duration of your study and are welcome to consult any other member of the department whose research seems of relevance to your own work.You are required to attend all departmental research seminars and special lectures and deliver at least one paper of your own each year, usually at the annual Postgraduate Forum or at a work-in-progress seminar.At the end of three years’ full-time registration, plus one year optional writing-up, you will have written a thesis of between 80,000-100,000 words, in English or Portuguese, on a topic which makes a significant contribution to the sum of knowledge on the Hispanic or Lusophone worlds.Culture and visual culture of Lusophone Africa and the Portuguese diaspora (cinema, popular culture)