MA in Languages and Cultures Across Borders, London
ILCS invites applications for one of three dedicated bursaries to candidates with an offer to study on the MA in Languages and Cultures Across Borders.
Each bursary is worth £10,000 to cover fees at the Home rate. International candidates may apply, with the equivalent of the Home student fee deducted from the total cost of tuition fees. Applications will be judged on academic merit and the successful applicants will be of exceptional quality, evidenced by past achievements. Successful applicants will have a genuine and demonstrable interest in undertaking the intercollegiate MA in Languages and Cultures Across Borders.
Further information on the bursaries: https://www.sas.ac.uk/postgraduate-study/fees-funding/masters-funding
The deadline for applications is 23:59 (UK time), 20 March 2025.
About the MA
In today’s unevenly interconnected world, the need for comparative understanding of the movement of languages and people over time and space has never been more urgent. This MA draws upon expertise from several University of London federation members to deliver a unique interdisciplinary degree.
The MA in Languages and Cultures Across Borders is offered by ILCS, with modules also taught by academics from UCL, Queen Mary University of London, King’s College London, Royal Holloway and the University of London Institute in Paris, giving you access to an unparalleled breadth of expertise across methodologies, languages and subject areas. The outstanding language provision at King’s also means that you can hone your existing skills or start a new language from scratch as part of your degree, while collaboration with some of London’s most renowned museums and libraries emphasises the practical skills you will gain.
This interdisciplinary MA explores pressing issues including forced migration, post-colonialism, cultural memory and globalisation, which touch on broader themes such as human rights, anthropology, sociology and the environment. You will develop the skills needed to address issues concerning how languages and cultures function across borders.
This programme provides you with an advanced understanding of:
• the movement of languages, people, practices, and artefacts over time and space;
• the interconnected aspects of mobility and immobility, hidden legacies of enforced displacement, the enduring effects of colonialism, environmental challenges, and the impending consequences of globalisation;
• how human communication underpins all transactions: cultural, intellectual and commercial;
• how digital technologies are transforming means of communication;
• the ways in which transnational, translational, and transcultural study can address how realities of the past and present are constructed, how memory operates, and how culture functions across media and material forms.
Further information on the MA: https://www.sas.ac.uk/postgraduate-study/our-courses/postgraduate/ma-languages-cultures-across-borders
Applications for September 2025 entry open on 1 November 2024. The deadline for these applications is 31 July 2025.
Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies
School of Advanced Study | University of London
Senate House | Malet Street | London WC1E 7HU | UK
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Contact Information
Jane Lewin
Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies
School of Advanced Study | University of London
Contact Email
jane.lewin@sas.ac.uk
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