East Asian Studies University of Bristol

Overview

Throughout this East Asian Studies PhD degree from the  University of Bristol you will focus on East and South Asian societies, culture and politics, including issues relating to security, conflict, peace and violence; ethnicity, migration and citizenship; gender and sexuality; race, colonialism, postcolonialism, and decolonialism; the climate crisis; political economy; political and social inequalities; social, political and international theory; and socio-technical systems and their politics, among others.

Benefit from academic expertise across a range of cultural, political and social theory and scholars who champion diverse research methodologies. Get specialised support and oversight from two PhD supervisors whose current active research interests and expertise are relevant to your chosen research area.

Career opportunitie

Bristol graduates are in high demand and have an excellent record of employment following graduation. Graduates of our postgraduate research programmes go on to pursue varied and interesting careers.

Past students have gone on to work for Refugee UK, Shelter, Barnardo's, Amnesty International, government departments and the European Parliament, among others.