MA in Gender Sexuality and Culture
In September 2003 the University of Manchester launched an innovative MA programme designed specifically for students interested in investigating gender and sexuality within culture.
The MA in Gender, Sexuality and Culture is a highly interdisciplinary programme that will:
- introduce new approaches to gender studies and sexuality studies as a theoretical, social, cultural, political and historical field of investigation
- challenge current understandings of gender and sexuality by interrogating cultural identities, such as queer, heterosexual, homosexual, gay, straight, bisexual, transgendered
- examine cultural production and cultural theory in relation to other power systems, such as race, ethnicity and class
- offer training in research methods
Students from all academic backgrounds are invited to apply. Entry is normally with a 2(i) level degree, or its equivalent, in a relevant academic subject or comparable professional qualifications. Students from North American institutions normally have a 3.0 GPA (we do not require the GRE).
Suitably qualified students will have the opportunity to progress to PhD study.
This approach is unique within the UK as it brings together scholars who offer options in a range of academic disciplines, including English and American Studies, Art History or Visual Culture, History, Modern Language, Religions and Theology, History of Medicine, Sociology, Social Anthropology, and others. The research culture of the University of Manchester is unusually rich for the study of gender and sexuality, and many departments with offerings in this area were ranked in the top three in the country in the last RAE. Based in the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture, graduate students can take advantage of the stimulating research environment with regular seminar series such as "Queer Methodologies" and conferences.
PhD in Gender, Sexuality and Culture
We invite applications for interdisciplinary research in this area to be supervised by colleagues included in the staff list.