Comparative Literature

Are you an ambitious researcher looking to combine comparative studies and critical theories? Conduct your own research exploring world cultures and literatures through an interdisciplinary, critical lens with the Comparative Literature and Critical Theories at the University of Birmingham.

Within the Comparative Literature Comparative Literature and Critical Theories at the University of Birmingham University of Birmingham , you’ll examine the dialogue and conversation between comparative literature and critical theories. There are a variety of directions you can take with your research, with our experts on hand to offer their knowledge in specific languages, cultures or theoretical approaches. 

Key facts

You can access supervisors from across the College of Arts and Law. Other areas in the College include Film, Music, and Art History, offering you opportunities to explore different forms of culture like music, digital formats and works of art.

• Benefit from our postgraduate training programme and exclusive postgraduate events run by the Department of Modern Languages.

• Create your own interdisciplinary team of supervisors with expertise in the areas you want to research.

• Explore cultural forms across one or more languages. These include English, Arabic, Catalan, French, Italian, Persian, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian.

Research interests include:

• Postcolonial and decolonial studies

•  World literature

•  Translation studies

•  Gender and sexuality studies

•  World cinema