Overview

Culture, Diaspora, Ethnicity (Part-time) programme at Birkbeck, University of London considers the connections between histories of colonisation and contemporary social formations and inequalities in the UK and how local debates on 'race' and racism are shaped by the global geopolitics of the twenty-first century.

The programme discusses connections between interlocking colonial histories across the globe and our ordinary, local, everyday life here in contemporary Britain. It focuses on a broad range of subjects such as histories of colonisation, systems of slavery, the concept of 'race' and the invention of 'the West'; colonial cultures, nationalisms, 'respectability' and the invention of 'whiteness'; racial theory and histories of criminalisation; histories of anti-racist and anti-fascist resistance; postcoloniality; theorising culture, community, hybridity and creolisation; postcolonial belonging, place, urban cultures and diaspora; contemporary racial nationalisms, religious revivalisms and 'the war on terror'; 'race' and 'beauty'; 'whiteness' and 'race', gender, sexuality and desire.

Careers and Employability

Graduates include youth and community workers and workers for organisations and charities whose concerns include criminalisation and policing, domestic violence, refugees and asylum, human rights, homelessness, imprisonment and addiction. They also include barristers and solicitors, psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and psychiatrists, lecturers and social researchers in the areas of sociology, cultural studies, postcolonial studies, urban studies and social policy, teachers, film-makers, activists, curators, architects, novelists, poets, musicians, journalists and those working in the arts and cultural industries.

Programme Structure

Courses Include:

'Race', Racism, Postcoloniality

Culture, Community, Identity

A Confusion of Tongues: Illness, Language, Writing

Aesthetics and Cultural Theory

Contemporary US Fiction

Freud in the world: psychoanalysis, literary writing and the legacies of history

Magic, Science and Religion in the Renaissance

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-10-05 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-14 00:00:00 , International

More details

The university recommends that applicants apply as early as possible and at least six weeks before the start of term.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

79

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

60 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

London, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Area & Cultural Studies Ethnic Studies Liberal Arts View 300 other Masters in Area & Cultural Studies in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

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79

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6.5

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General requirements

A second-class honours degree (2:2) or above in social sciences or humanities.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

6780 GBP / year

≈ 6780 GBP / year
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Citizens or residents

3690 GBP / year

≈ 3690 GBP / year

Living costs

London

United Kingdom

1137 - 2157 GBP / month

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Funding

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Programme Structure

Key information

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Start dates & application deadlines

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Delivered

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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General requirements

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Domestic Applies to you

Living costs

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