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  African Studies and Anthropology - Postgraduate Research Opportunities


 

 Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

About the Programme

African Studies PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)

Social Anthropology PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)

Join Birmingham's internationally renowned Department of African Studies and Anthropology and develop your own independent research project on Africa or its diasporas.

The PhD – the most advanced research degree – leads to a dissertation of up to 80,000 words on a subject of your choice and under the expert supervision of our academic staff.

We also offer an MA by Research programme, which requires you to prepare a dissertation of up to 40,000 words again under the supervision of academic staff members.

PhD researchers are usually supported under the expert guidance of a primary supervisor, co-supervisor and mentor, supported by complementary research training.

Our programmes can be studied on campus or by distance learning. Please note that if you are studying with us by distance learning, there is a required visit to campus in the first year of study.

Research interests of staff include:

The Department of African Studies and Anthropology is internationally recognised as a centre of excellence in research and postgraduate training. 

A summary of our key research areas, and staff working within those, can be found below:

  • histories of local and national identities
  • Pentecostal Christianity
  • labour history
  • urban and youth culture
  • marginality and exclusion
  • economic and political anthropology
  • migration and mobility
  • sexuality
  • gender
  • kinship and marriage in society and policy
  • education and its legacies
  • religious difference in everyday life
  • African links with the Islamic world

View our staff profiles

Funding Notes

Please visit the College of Arts and Law funding page for information on possible funding opportunities: View Website. You can find out about all the scholarships that are available on our Postgraduate Funding Database. If you find a scholarship that you are interested in, I would recommend you check the application guidelines as these can differ between funding schemes. For some of them, you can apply for funding as soon as you have submitted an application for the course.


Funding Notes

You can find out about all the scholarships that are available on our Postgraduate Funding Database. If you find a scholarship that you are interested in, I would recommend you check the application guidelines as these can differ between funding schemes. For some of them, you can apply for funding as soon as you have submitted an application for the course. If you would like to start in 2025, applications for the AHRC Midlands4Cities Scholarship are now open.

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