British Sudies M.A.

British Studies at the University of Regensburg covers the entire range of the literatures and cultures of the United Kingdom, Ireland and the English-speaking world (with the exception of North America) from the Middle Ages to the immediate present. It deals with textual as well as visual, material, performative and virtual representations and interpretations of the cultures it researches, and within this, above all with the methods of literary and cultural studies, linguistics, media studies and gender studies. In the context of both the history of the British Empire and globalisation, postcolonial texts and theoretical approaches as well as intercultural issues are of particular importance.

The aim of British Studies teaching and research is a historically informed, culturally differentiated and academically reflected understanding of the United Kingdom, Ireland and the English-speaking world. The main areas of focus of British Studies at the University of Regensburg currently include:

• literature and culture of the United Kingdom in the 19th and 20th centuries
• contemporary British culture and media
• gender studies
• early modern studies
• science and literature studies
• postcolonial studies.