Platform for the Promotion of Postgraduate Programs
PhD in American Studies
Institute of Advanced Studies - University of Santiago, Chile - IDEA - Chile

General Information
Director: Dr. César RossTitle: Doctor of American Studies
Intermediate title: Does not have
Modality: In‑person
Duration: 4 years in the Making
Registration opens: 2/08/2021
Registration deadline: 11/10/2021
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.usach.cl/doctamer
Phone: 56-227181374
Academic program
The Doctoral Program in American Studies is a postgraduate academic program designed to train outstanding researchers in the social sciences and humanities, prioritizing the issues of the American continent as its field of study. The program orients its research toward an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary methodological approach to contribute to the advancement of theoretical and applied knowledge in the field of American Studies.
a) To investigate and produce original knowledge autonomously in the field of American Studies, incorporating an inter- and multidisciplinary perspective, and using the methodologies of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
b) Formulate research projects in one of the areas of specialization associated with the Program, incorporating the theories and debates that are part of the American as an object of study, safeguarding the ethical criteria relevant to each project.
c) Communicate specialized knowledge in the field of American Studies generated in research, either orally or in writing in the different national and/or international socialization spaces, valuing the different modes and styles of argumentation in academic discourses in Humanities and Social Sciences.
b) Formulate research projects in one of the areas of specialization associated with the Program, incorporating the theories and debates that are part of the American as an object of study, safeguarding the ethical criteria relevant to each project.
c) Communicate specialized knowledge in the field of American Studies generated in research, either orally or in writing in the different national and/or international socialization spaces, valuing the different modes and styles of argumentation in academic discourses in Humanities and Social Sciences.
Hold a bachelor's degree in one of the social sciences or humanities disciplines. In qualified cases, a Bachelor's degree or professional title.
Funding for the Program can be obtained through various competitions that are published on the Doctoral Program website: https://doctamer.usach.cl/becas