About us

The Department of Romance Studies and Classics conducts research and teaching within language studies in French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Latin American area studies and Classical Languages of the Faculty of Humanities at Stockholm University.

The Department of Romance Studies and Classics (Romklass) is made up of the fields included in the title: language studies in French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Latin American area studies and Classical Languages (Greek and Latin). Romklass was created in year 2013 as the result of a merger between the former Dept. of French, Italian and Classical Languages and the Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese and the Latin American Studies at Stockholm University.

 

At the Department studies can be pursued at the Bachelor's and Master's level in our areas, leading to a Bachelor's or Master's degree. Elective courses in all three areas can also be chosen to fulfil the requirements in a number of other degree programmes or to supplement other studies.
Doctoral programmes are offered in the Romance and classical languages.

Approximately 1000 students take courses at the department each year. There are about 30 phd candidates.

 

Scholarly Research

Scholarly research is essential at our department. Research ranges over linguistics, literature and discourse analysis, classical and medieval philology, contemporary social science within Latin American studies, cultural studies and other interdisciplinary research projects in collaboration with other departments and universities. The Department has a wide network of international contacts and extensive experience of student and scholarly exchange.

 

Research Applications at Romklass

Research projects with external funding are extremely valuable to the Department, and each request to establish a project at the Department is reviewed carefully. 

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