E. Allison Peers Masters Scholarship in Iberian and Latin American Studies

Scholarships will be awarded on the basis of demonstrated academic excellence. Applicants are required to make contact with a potential supervisor for assistance in formulating a research proposal. Please see research specialisms on our Department of Languages, Cultures and Film staff pages. Completed expressions of interest should reach the department by 31 July 2025. Applicants for an E. Allison Peers Scholarship must also make a formal application for admittance to one of the master's programmes offered by the Department of Languages, Cultures and Film at the University of Liverpool by that same date: MA Translation (Spanish pathway) or MRes Modern Languages and Cultures (any Hispanic pathways, including Latin American Studies).

To apply for the E. Allison Peers Masters Scholarship, please complete and return an E. Allison Peers Scholarship Expression of Interest form (PDF, 0.2MB). Please include the following supporting documents with your application:

CV
Transcripts
Research proposal
500-word statement outlining:

Your reasons for choosing the programme
How the programme will help you achieve future career plans
Why you should be considered for funding support

Indicate if you are applying for any other UoL bursary, awards or scholarships. The School of Histories, Languages and Cultures is committed to delivering reparative actions to address barriers to representation across all academia. We have a number of funding opportunities available as part of this action. Please indicate on your application if you wish to be considered for any of these opportunities.

Applications are invited for up to two E. Allison Peers Masters Scholarships in Iberian and Latin American Studies, to begin in September 2025.

Subject areas

Teaching and research in Iberian and Latin American Studies at Liverpool is informed by a plurilingual, pluricultural understanding of the Luso-Hispanic world. We welcome applications from students wishing to undertake research in any one or more of Basque Studies, Catalan Studies, Galician Studies, Portuguese Studies (Brazilian and European), Spanish Studies and Latin American Studies. We especially encourage applications that are comparative or relational, and which cross languages and national borders. Possible focuses for study include: sociolinguistics, translation studies, cultural politics and the politics of culture, popular culture, visual culture, literary studies, film studies, digital culture, gender and sexuality, transnational, postnational and postcolonial studies, migration and diaspora, memory and representation.