Modern Studies is a cross-disciplinary program that focuses on culture, media, and theory. It queries "the modern" from four perspectives-modernity, postmodernity, the early modern, and the global modern-using methods from cinema and media studies, gender and sexuality studies, literary studies, material culture, performance studies, postcolonial studies, urban studies, digital studies, and visual culture.
Program requirements emphasize an integrated knowledge of cultural productions and critical theory achieved through individualized programs of study. Students earn MA and PhD degrees in English while also studying with faculty from Anthropology; Art History; Communication; Film; Film Studies; French, Italian, and Comparative Literature; History; Journalism and Mass Communication; Music; and Sociology; and also working with UWM's Center for 21st Century Studies and the Center for International Education.
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