Overview

About the program

The Culture and Theory program at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) is home to leading scholars of Africana thought, postcolonial theories from all geopolitical regions, Marxist and psychoanalytic criticism, and continental philosophy in the critical tradition.

At the same time, our expanded course of study offers students freedom to take full advantage of the combined expertise of the internationally renown faculty at UCI whose work exemplifies the best in contemporary theory and criticism across the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

Our program is designed for students to develop their own unique style of thinking as they assemble theoretical frameworks, objects of analysis, and social-historical practices into transdisciplinary projects that seek to transform the modern political imagination.

Students with interests in the legacies of racial slavery and (settler) colonialism; diasporic and postcolonial cultural production; and the politics of identity formation will receive wide interdisciplinary engagement to create new ideas, arguments, and methods in order to lead ongoing conversations about what it means to do critical theory today.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Political Economy: Methods and Critique
Libidinal Economy: Methods and Critique
Theory from Below
Critical Theory Workshop
Advanced Critical Theory
Independent Study

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 84 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-23 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Irvine, United States

Disciplines

Area & Cultural Studies View 65 other PhDs in Area & Cultural Studies in United States

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Academic requirements

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General requirements

Hold a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) from a recognized academic institution with degree standards equivalent to those of the University of California
Have a minimum cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0
Three letters of recommendation
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37217 USD / year

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37217 USD / year

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13140 USD / year

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Living costs

Irvine

United States

1560 - 2585 USD / month

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