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Hispanic Studies
National ratings
Research Assessment Exercise 2008: ranked in the top 30 nationally, 25% of our research rated "world-leading" or "internationally excellent" with a further 50% judged to be "internationally recognised".
Taught programmes
Taught Pre-Master's programmes
Research programmes
The taught MA programmes in Hispanic Studies at Kent allow you to take a full MA in Modern Hispanic Studies or to combine your interest in Hispanic Studies with the study of other European literatures on the MA in Hispanic and Comparative Literature. The MA in Modern Hispanic Studies aims to lead you towards a better understanding of modern Hispanic society and its culture. It consists of two parts: a literary element, taught in conjunction with the MA in Hispanic and Comparative Literature, and a cultural element which is particular to this programme. The MA in Hispanic and Comparative Literature aims to help you acquire a deeper conceptual awareness of the function and role of literature in Spain, and assess and evaluate it within a wider European context.
The staff who will teach you on the core modules in Hispanic Studies and Comparative Literature are all based in the School of European Culture and Languages (SECL) and are actively engaged in research in the topics covered on the modules. We hope you enjoy studying with us and that, by the end of the programme, you feel you have developed your knowledge and critical understanding of modern Spain and Latin America. There are opportunities to continue researching in Hispanic Studies when you have completed your MA and we would be happy to discuss this possibility with you.
Language speaking
Every year, a considerable number of native speakers of foreign languages follow our courses and several European exchange students stay on to do graduate work. There are also foreign-language lectors either combining teaching with a Kent higher degree or completing a dissertation for their home universities. We can assist with the language-training needs of overseas postgraduates, particularly where English is concerned, and are also involved in Erasmus and Tempus networks.
Training
All postgraduate students in the School of European Culture and Languages have the opportunity to undertake a Transferable Skills Training Programme provided by the Graduate School. The School provides training workshops for postgraduate students with teaching responsibilities, which bring together students from all its subject areas. Research students gain further academic experience by giving research talks in the Centre for Modern European Literature series, and attending national and international conferences.
A thriving research culture
Hispanic Studies can be broadly characterised as concerned with modern Hispanic studies, with two Peninsular (Dr Montserrat Roser-I-Puig and Dr Antonio Lázaro-Reboll) and two Latin American (Dr William Rowlandson and Dr Natalia Sobrevilla Perea) specialists. The Section's range of interests covers contemporary Spanish drama, film and poetry; modern and avant-garde Spanish visual culture; Catalan studies; Peninsular cultural studies; Latin American literature, including poetry, history, politics (in particular the Republican Andes) and culture; and Cuban literature, film and visual art.
Strong publishing culture
Dr Roser-I-Puig is a very well-established Catalanist who has continued working on the diffusion of Catalan theatre and art. Dr Lázaro-Reboll's work on Spanish popular film has contributed to his emergence as a young scholar with a considerable profile, including a co-edited book (Spanish Popular Cinema), two commissioned chapters for The Cinema of Spain and Portugal (ed Mira), and three other publications on Spanish horror film.
Dr Rowlandson's research on Cuban literature and culture culminated in a monograph on Lezama's Paradiso, which contributes significantly to a rapidly expanding field of Lezama and his contemporary authors. Dr Sobrevilla-Perea's work on Peruvian history, challenges some of the established parameters of historiography produced in Peru. Her latest book has appeared with Cambridge University Press, and her articles in established Peruvian journals (Revista Histórica) and publishing houses (Instituto de Estudios Peruanos), and in international volumes in Europe and the US.
Conferences
We encourage all of our postgraduate students to get involved in conferences, whether by attending, contributing or organising. Postgraduate students in Hispanic Studies are actively involved in the conferences organised by the journal Skepsi (founded and run by SECL postgraduate students).
Hispanic Studies also contributed to Archive: The XIIth British Comparative Literature Association Conference at Kent (July 2010).
Graduate Diploma
Kent's series of Graduate Diplomas provides a Pre-Master's route for international students – our Graduate Diplomas focus on developing your academic subject knowledge for postgraduate study, while improving your academic skills and English Language proficiency. On successful completion of the Diploma and through meeting the University's rules of progression, you are guaranteed entry onto a number of programmes within Hispanic Studies. please email us: premasters@kent.ac.uk
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