American Studies Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

Work in the department reflects and leads a growing transnational agenda and research students are encouraged to think about America in a global context. We have long-standing experience and expertise in supervising PhDs to successful completion. Particular areas of research specialism include:


• African American literature, history and culture



• American art and visual culture



• American intellectual history



• American labour history



• American music and popular culture



• American political history



• American print culture and book history



• Asian American literature and culture



• Border studies



• Civil rights and social justice



• Contemporary American fiction



• Crime, prisons and criminal justice



• Feminist theory



• Gender and queer studies



• Indigenous culture



• Latinx culture



• Memory Studies



• Nineteenth-century American literature and culture



• US foreign policy