Culture & Colonialism (MA

The MA in Culture and Colonialism explores literature, politics and culture from Ireland to India, and from Africa to the Middle East. It is a multi-disciplinary taught Master of Arts programme, aimed at graduates from the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Students analyse imperial ascendancies, race and racial theories, nationalist movements, postcolonial experiences, the rise of neo-colonial thought, multiculturalism and interculturalism, and the implications of globalisation and development for the modern world.

This MA allows students to combine the specialisation of postgraduate research with the adaptable skills training of a multi-disciplinary approach. Students benefit from the legacy of an MA programme established in 1994; the programme has continuously re-invented itself in changing ideological climates while maintaining its primary goal: to offer a critical education in the cultural discourses of power.

Modules/coursework on offer may include:-

•  Literature and Colonialism
•  Cinema and Colonialism
•  Studies in the History of Colonialism and Imperialism
•  Decolonization and Neo-Colonialism: The Politics of ‘Development’
•  Colonialism and Cultural Theory
•  Approaches to Culture and Colonialism
•  Travel Literature
•  Political Economy, Colonialism and Globalization (How To Argue with an Economist).