MA Black Humanities

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# 28QS Subject Rankings

12 monthsProgram duration

28,700 GBPTuition Fee/year

24 Jul, 2025Application Deadline

Program overview

Main Subject

Philosophy

Degree

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

This unique interdisciplinary MA offers you the opportunity to study Black Humanities through critical engagement with the global histories, philosophies, languages, literature and arts of people of African descent. Based on cutting-edge research from across the humanities, you will study the histories and intellectual frameworks that underpin contemporary debates about race. Through your reading and seminar discussions, you will be encouraged to address urgent questions concerning the parameters of knowledge and knowledge production, the legacies of systemic racism and campaigns for social justice. These will be discussed through consideration of historical and contemporary contexts in Africa, the Caribbean and the Americas, and Europe. Over the course of the programme, you will learn about Black experiences in Britain, and specifically in Bristol, a city deeply entangled with the transatlantic plantation economy and its legacies.

Program overview

Main Subject

Philosophy

Degree

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

TOEFL

88+

IELTS

6.5+

GPA

3.3+

PTE Academic

67+

An upper second-class honours degree or international equivalent in any discipline.

Application Deadline

24 Jul 2025

Program Duration

1 Year

Starting Month(s)

Sep

Tuition fee and scholarships

Tuition Fee
Scholarships

Domestic Students

Tuition Fee/year

14,000 GBP

Tuition Fee (Out of State)

International Students

Tuition Fee/year

28,700 GBP

Other Expenses

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