Tufts’ Department of Romance Studies will offer a new French & Francophone cultural studies major, in addition to a French Literary Studies track this Fall. The new major reflects a push within the ...

Examine diverse cultures and become a gifted navigator of complex social relationships in an increasingly connected world. Explore our global cultural studies degree. Whether you explore a major or ...

We are accepting Fall 2026 applications for our Ph.D. programs. We plan to resume M.A. and MFA admissions in Fall 2027 The BA-MA, MA, and PhD degree programs in English and American Literature enable ...

Literary studies investigate texts through a range of approaches that span traditional close reading and critical theory to modern computational, cognitive, and interdisciplinary methodologies. The ...

The Department of American Cultural Studies provides an interdisciplinary hub for collaboration, creativity, and transformation that informs research, teaching, and community outreach. Our teaching ...

Explore the art of French, engage with its cultures and rediscover your own through others’ perspectives. The Department of French Studies offers about 30 courses in French language, literature and ...

Develop and perfect your French and other foreign language skills, celebrate the diversity of cultures from around the world, and even study abroad with our Foreign Language & Culture Studies major.

This course provides a broad introduction to the comparative study of peoples, cultures, and languages from major regions of the world. Topical themes may include health, the environment, language, ...

Africana studies considers how racial blackness, and the concept of race itself, influences the development of the modern world. We investigate the social, historical, cultural and aesthetic works and ...

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Cultural studies combines diverse fields, including literary theory, critical theory, film and video studies, popular culture studies, sociology, and cultural anthropology to study cultural phenomena.