Postgraduate Prospectus

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Why study Latin
America at Essex?
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Library holdings that include
some of the most important
Latin American collections
held in Europe
Access to the unique University
of Essex Collection of Latin
American Art (UECLAA)
Staff with a wide range of
expertise on topics across
Latin American studies
Close links with scholars
and many universities across
Latin America
About our Centre
We have a long history of teaching and
research in Latin American studies, and
offer humanities and social science subjects
in this field. Our work is supported and
complemented by our important library
holdings of Latin American materials and
our unique collection of Latin American
art. Throughout the year, we organise
conferences, exhibitions and social events
that relate to Latin American studies.
Taught courses
Across our University, we offer a number
of taught courses on aspects of Latin
American studies. These draw on other
strengths at Essex, such as our outstanding
Departments of Sociology and Government
(both ranked first in the UK in the last
Research Assessment Exercise), our highly
rated Department of Economics (ranked
third in the last Research Assessment
Exercise) and our well-respected School
of Philosophy and Art History (our research
in Art History was ranked tenth in the last
Research Assessment Exercise). You will
also enjoy first hand access to our famous
collection of Latin America art.
Further information about these taught
courses is available in the relevant
departmental sections of this prospectus.
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Lively community of Latin
American students and a lively
Latin American Society which is
active in promoting Latin American
dance, film, music and other
activities
Career prospects
Graduates with expertise in Latin
America now work in many fields
including journalism, human rights,
arts administration, teaching, aid
and development, international
relations and politics.
Staff and their research interests
Robin Blackburn, BSc (Econ) London
(Professor) (Department of Sociology)
Slavery in the new world; the Cuban
revolution; historical sociology;
globalisation
Steffen Böhm, BBA Lancaster,
MA Warwick (Reader) (Essex Business
School)
Political economy of globalisation;
theories and practices of social
movements, particularly in Brazil
and Argentina
Andrew Canessa, BSc PhD London
(Senior Lecturer) (Department of
Sociology)
Andean anthropology and religion;
indigenous nationalism; development;
nation and identity; gender
Sabine Michalowski, Dip Paris II,
2nd Staatsexamen Kammergericht
Berlin, PhD Sheffield (Reader) (School
of Law)
Trade and human rights law
Beatriz de Paiva, Bacharelado
Licenciaturas Federal University of Rio
de Janeiro, PhD Heriot Watt (Teaching
Fellow) (Department of Language and
Linguistics)
Learning of pragmatic abilities in
a second language, particularly
in Portuguese
Matthias Röhrig Assunção, MA Paris,
PhD FU Berlin (Senior Lecturer)
(Department of History)
History of Brazil and Venezuela, especially
social history and agrarian history
Maria Cristina Fumagalli, BA Milan,
PhD Sheffield (Senior Lecturer)
(Department of Literature, Film, and
Theatre Studies)
Caribbean literature; postcolonial writing
Peter Hulme, BA Leeds, PhD Essex
(Professor and Head of Department)
(Department of Literature, Film, and
Theatre Studies)
Caribbean literature and cultures;
travel writing; the relationships
between literature and colonialism;
postcolonial theory
Clara Sandoval, LLB Javeriana,
Colombia, MA PhD Essex (Senior
Lecturer) (School of Law)
Inter-American system of human rights;
transitional justice and business and
human rights
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