Master's in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies

Linnaeus University, located in Sweden, is a modern and international university with a focus on interdisciplinary studies, innovation, and sustainable development. Linnaeus University offers a wide range of bachelor's and master's degree programs across various disciplines, including arts and humanities, natural sciences, social sciences, health sciences, and business administration. The university has several faculties, including the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Technology, and School of Business and Economics.

We live at a time when questions of climate justice, global migration flows, and militarized landscapes daily remind us of colonial pasts, and how they shape our world today. The master’s programme in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies is tailored for you who seek to investigate and understand colonial practices of power and their manifestations in the past and the present. Our world experiences the consequences of colonial conquests and discourses. This master’s programme in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies meets the need for critical analysis of the meanings, implications, and consequences of colonialism. As a student, you are actively part of creating knowledge about the formation of the modern world under the impact of colonial power, orientalist discourses and knowledge networks. You are challenged to critically examine the manifestations of civilizational and Eurocentric discourses in political, economic, cultural, religious, and artistic representations. The first semester lays the foundation with studies in the history of imperialism and central theories in postcolonial criticism. A broad choice of courses introduces you to, among other things, Nordic colonialism, environmental history, indigenous studies, and the scientific approach of the Enlightenment. The programme gives you training in field study, archival research, planning and leading seminars. Need more information? Contact me NEW STUDENT Programme start 28 Aug 2023 10:15 F322_V Add to your calendar Welcome letter autumn 2023 Before your studies AUTUMN 2023 Växjö, Full-time, Campus APPLY Master’s level Syllabus Full-time, Campus English Växjö 28 Aug, 2023 - 08 Jun, 2025 January 16 Some courses and programmes will accept late applications. LNU-F1907 General entry requirements for second-cycle studies, and specific entry requirements: Bachelor’s Degree, or the equivalent, in the humanities or social sciences, and English B/English 6. Individual Assessment 55,000 SEK 220,000 SEK Faculty of Arts and Humanities Join a global community at an international university! The class takes you to all corners of the world through learning shared experiences, the students and the teachers, and the modules in the program. There is a close collaboration with the global research environment Concurrences.