Postcolonial Literary and Cultural Studies

Our course allows you to take a holistic look at the field of postcolonial studies, taking you through its core ideas and pursuing its connection with other disciplines. You'll start by learning about the foundations of postcolonial thought (and its many connections to the wider world) before choosing from a wide range of optional modules. These open up multiple directions for you to take your studies.

You can learn about the experiences of people affected by colonial activity in places such as Africa and the Americas, the relation of Indigenous writers to the wider world, the ways postcolonial art reconnects with and revitalises previously denigrated practices (such as oral storytelling or religious ritual), the fate of languages after empire, definitions and redefinitions of culture, matters of politics and activism, the connections between postcolonialism and the environmental movement, and many other examples. Whatever you choose to study, you’ll shape a highly nuanced understanding of the world and the relationship of different peoples to it.