Overview
On the Chinese and Inner Asian Studies programme offered at SOAS University of London arrangements can be made for joint supervision with teachers from other departments of SOAS. Research undertaken at MPhil and PhD level is based on literary, documentary, and archive materials in the languages of the area and/or on fieldwork conducted in those languages.
Employment
Graduates from the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures develop competencies in intercultural awareness, analysis and communication. Demand for specialists with advanced proficiency in the languages of China, Japan and Korea has significantly increased in recent years, and graduates with these skills are highly sought after by employers. Recent graduates have been hired by organisations including:
- Accenture
- Amazon
- Bloomberg LP
- Department for Work and Pensions
- European Alliance for Human Rights in North Korea
- European Commission
- ITN
- Japanese Government
- Korea Trade Centre (KOTRA)
- KPMG
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Research themes include:
- Dylan K. Wang, Unto Myself Reborn: Self Translation in Modern Chinese Literature
- Mia Chen Ma, Risk, Failure, and Liquid Modernity: Ecocriticism in Chinese Science Fiction
- Feifei Zhan, Pain, Mother-daughter Relationship and Subjectivity in Post 1980 Fictions by Chinese Women Writers, awarded in 2023
- Fang Wan, Power and Ambiguity: Writing about Strong Woman on Jinjiang Literature City
- Serafina Aquilino, Virtual Language: The Use of Chinese Language in Electronic Literature and Its Influence in Chinese Popular Culture
- Pamela Anne Hunt, Configurations of Masculinity and Realms of Agency in Post-89 Chinese Urban Fiction
- Alastair Morrison, ‘Farewell to History’: New Historical Fiction’s Alternative Vision of the 20th Century China
- Eddie Bertozzi - One Step Forward into Reality - Transvergent Reconfigurations of the Jishizhuyi Style in Contemporary Chinese Cinema
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Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
- Part-time
- 72 months
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Campus Location
- London, United Kingdom
Disciplines
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General requirements
- We normally require a 2.1 bachelor's degree (or its equivalent) plus a Masters degree in appropriate subject area plus one reference. In exceptional cases we may accept applicants who do not meet these criteria if they show evidence of a strong Masters degree and/or appropriate level of relevant work experience.
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Applies to youCitizens or residents4860 GBP / year≈ 4860 GBP / year
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London
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
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