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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Online
Part Time
Dec 2026
6 Year
Course overview Join Birmingham's internationally renowned Department of African Studies and Anthropology and develop your own independent research project on Africa or its diasporas. You'll benefit from a rounded approach to your development as a researcher. You'll have opportunities to get involved in a range of research activities alongside your supervisory meetings, such as departmental research seminars and international workshops or conferences on cutting-edge research topics. This experience will help you develop your skills, improving your research project and preparing you for a future career in or beyond the academy. Course highlights You’ll benefit from an interdisciplinary approach which lets you delve deeper into your chosen area of study. Academics in the Department of African Studies and Anthropology can supervise historical and contemporary research drawing on archival, ethnographic and/or textual and media sources. We have thematic expertise in topics including migration and diasporas, religion and society, economic inequality and insecurity, youth, the urban, popular culture, kinship, gender and sexuality.
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