Doctor of Philosophy in Spanish and Portuguese/ Doctor of Philosophy in Early Modern Studies

The Ph.D. program in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese explores the dynamic fields of Latin American, Luso-Brazilian, Latinx, and Iberian studies in all their rich and diverse linguistic, literary, and cultural traditions, and adopting multiple intellectual approaches. The Ph.D. program encourages students to engage with related disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, including African American Studies, Anthropology, Comparative Literature, Film and Media Studies, History of Art, Medieval Studies, Philosophy, and Early Modern Studies (formerly Renaissance Studies), as well as emerging multidisciplinary fields such as Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Digital Humanities. The doctoral program in Early Modern Studies provides graduate students with the opportunity to focus on the history and culture of the late medieval and early modern periods, circa 1350-1800, with an emphasis on global, interdisciplinary approaches. It welcomes students working in wide range of languages and geographies across the world. This program expands the structure and foci of the doctoral program in Renaissance Studies, which has a long and vibrant history at Yale. It is the only doctoral program of its kind in the United States. Structured as a combined doctoral degree, the program enables students in one of ten partner departments to pursue greater interdisciplinary study and research. Students must matriculate in one a home department, and after two semesters of graduate study at Yale, may apply to join the combined doctoral program in Early Modern Studies.

A master's degree is not required to apply for a Ph.D. at Yale, although some programs give preference to applicants with post-baccalaureate training. Consult your program of interest directly for information on how it evaluates applications. A statement of academic purpose. Three letters of recommendation. A list of all the prior colleges or universities you have attended, accompanied by unofficial transcripts from each school.