PhD Studentship: Sir Henry Thomas Scholarship for postgraduate Hispanic Studies

University of Birmingham - University of Birmingham, College of Arts and Law

Award details:

We're seeking applications from outstanding candidates for a postgraduate scholarship for research in the fields of Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan or Latin American Studies.

The Sir Henry Thomas Scholarship provides Home fees and a stipend of £15,000 for three years, subject to satisfactory progress. International students can apply and if successful the Home fee will be a contribution to the Overseas fee. The successful candidate would commence study in September 2026.

Who can apply?

This award is open to new doctoral applicants and current internal year 1 doctoral students. Candidates should have a first class or upper second-class degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject. To apply for the Doctoral award candidates should also have completed, or be completing, a Masters degree in a relevant subject. The candidate must have a project whose principal supervisor is a staff member in the Spanish, Catalan and Portuguese areas of the Department.

We're seeking applications from outstanding research candidates in the fields of Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan or Latin American Studies. Special consideration will be given to applications relating to the research areas listed below.

Fields of study:

• Film, Media and Video Studies (Catalan-speaking territories)
• Cultural and Literary Studies (20th and 21st century Spain, Catalan-speaking territories)
• Interdisciplinary Approaches to Literature (20th and 21st century, Catalan-speaking territories)
• World Literature (20th and 21st century Latin America; literatures of the Portuguese-speaking world)
• Literary Cultures (19th, 20th and 21st century Spain, 20th and 21st century Latin America, cultures of the Portuguese-speaking world)
• Cultural History (20th century Mexico)
• Visual and Material Cultures (16th - 21st century Spain, Latin America, US Latinx)
• Cultural Studies (Spain, 20th and 21st century Latin America)
• Exile, Displacement and Migration (Spain, Latin America)
• Censorship, Power and Literature (19th, 20th and 21st centuries, Latin America)
• Postcolonial Approaches to Literature and Culture (Portuguese-speaking world)
• Decolonial Approaches to Contemporary Thought and Culture (Portuguese-speaking world)
• Digital Textual Editing (Medieval Iberia)
• History (Medieval Iberia)
• Manuscript Culture (Medieval Iberia)
• Literature, Theatre and Visual Culture (Early Modern Spain)
• Military and Maritime Life (Early Modern Spain)
• Translation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Literary and Theatrical Works
• Ibero-Romance Linguistics
• Comparative Morphosyntax, Grammatical Variation, Contact and Change
• Judeo-Spanish/Ladino

Students living in (domiciled in) any country and of any nationality can apply to the scholarship. This means that all students can apply to the scholarship whether they're classed as Home or International for tuition fee purposes.

How to Apply

There is a single application process covering all College of Arts and Law doctoral scholarships. Please submit an application to your programme of study, and complete the scholarship application form available below, indicating which opportunities you wish to be considered for.

Application deadline: 27 February 2026

Ask a Question

If you have a question, please send an email to the College of Arts and Law at calpg-research@contacts.bham.ac.uk