Doctoral study in Latin American Studies

We welcome PhD research proposals in areas such as:

• Latin American history and culture
• The contemporary experience of the Latin American people
• Latin American music and film
• Women's and Indigenous studies
• Colonial and nation-state studies
• Post-authoritarian South America
• Human rights and cultural resistance
• Art and trauma

We are interested in the histories, cultures and contemporary experience of the Latin American people. As a PhD student in Latin American Studies, you will have the opportunity to be co-supervised by specialists from across the University of Auckland.

• "Policies of decentralisation in the context of armed conflict: An analysis of Colombian local autonomy" | Supervised by Professor Jennifer Curtin and Dr Kathryn Lehman
• "Negotiating gendered discourses: Michelle Bachelet and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner" | Supervised by Dr Kathryn Lehman and Associate Professor Walescka Pino-Ojeda
• "Word imagery and painted rhetoric: Historians, artists and the invention of the history of Brazil" | Supervised by Associate Professor Leonard Bell and Dr Kathryn Lehman
• "From the people to the popular: Fifty years of Brazilian film" | Supervised by Dr Kathryn Lehman and Associate Professor Walescka Pino-Ojeda
• "Locating the Mestizo intellectual: Race and class in Mariátegui, Arguedas and Gutiérrez" | Supervised by Dr Kathryn Lehman

There are several scholarships you may be eligible for when you decide to pursue your PhD in Latin American Studies:

• University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship
• Faculty of Arts and Education Doctoral Scholarship
• Freemasons University and Postgraduate Scholarships
  

Our friendly staff will provide you with advice on enrolling in your PhD at Student Hubs.

If you would like to discuss your plans for your doctoral research you can contact our PhD Adviser.