Master of Arts: Intercultural Anglophone Studies (MAIAS)
MAIAS is an innovative postgraduate MA program for research in English, American, and Anglophone Studies, offered at the precise geographical center of Europe.
You are interested in the language, literatures, and cultures of the English-speaking world? Join our M.A. program Intercultural Anglophone Studies and become part of our international community at the University of Bayreuth.
Our degree program aims for advanced scholarly competence in one of two research areas: Anglophone literatures and cultures (including American Studies, British Studies, and Postcolonial and Diaspora Studies) or English linguistics. The program provides skills and competencies to analyze complex issues in language, literature, and culture, including a wide range of forms of cultural expression such as literature, film, theater, music, and other forms of popular culture as possible objects of study.
In the program, you can tailor your studies to your individual preferences by choosing classes from numerous thematic areas. The classes cover the whole range of Anglophone Studies – focusing on inter- and transcultural issues and cultural diversity – and reflect our department’s diverse and cutting-edge research in fields such as
- Ecocriticism and environmental humanities
- Intersectionality, diaspora, and planetarity studies
- Literature and knowledge
- Science fiction, utopianism, and risk fiction studies
- World Englishes
- Contact linguistics
- Electronically-mediated communication
At the end of your studies you will demonstrate your scholarly competence in an independent, comprehensive Master’s thesis – after refining your skills through a number of written assignments that hone your ability to write with clarity and precision.
Students who finish their master’s degree with distinction may aim to pursue a doctorate and continue their academic career. With the expertise and skills acquired in the MAIAS program, they are also prepared for careers in business, service and trade, international cultural institutions, media and journalism, publishing, new media, intercultural consulting, and cultural management.
The MAIAS Experience
See what some of our former students have to say:
Study Regulations and Curricular Information:
For a Globalized Format of Intercultural Anglophone Studies:
While it is possible to do your entire degree at the University of Bayreuth, there are also a few options for studying abroad and/or receiving a dual degree with one of our partner universities:
- Double Degree and Postgraduate Student Exchange (Shanghai / PR China)
- Double Degree and Postgraduate Student Exchange (Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan)
Academic Coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Sylvia Mayer
Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
GW 1 Office 1.15
E-mail: maias@uni-bayreuth.de