Undergraduate courses in politics, languages and international management
View the undergraduate courses in the Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies.
Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies
We offer a range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees spanning politics, languages, economics, international studies and interpreting.
Study modern languages, politics, international relations, translation and interpreting
Find out about our undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, funding opportunities and how you can apply.
Postgraduate studies in politics, interpreting and international relations
Our Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies offers postgraduate masters and research degrees.
A day in the life of an MA Interpreting and Translating student
Katy Brown graduated in 2017 with an MA in Interpreting and Translating. She gives us an insight into her life as an Interpreting student at Bath.
When you suddenly need to know what a 'demurrage' is
Jihui Zhu, a postgraduate student of Translation with Business Interpreting, shares her internship experience at the International Maritime Organization.
Our research and people
Our research is focused on conflict, security governance, gender and sexuality, and the politics of culture.
Politics and international relations research
Our staff are internationally leading scholars, and are involved in a wide range of research activities.
How We Remember War and Violence: Theory and Practice
This free online memory models course will showcase new memory theory research over the course of four weeks.
Facebook risks starting a war on knowledge
PoLIS PhD student Tristan Hotham writes for The Conversation.
Matteo Salvini: the firebrand politician who is shaking up Italian politics
Our Professor of Italian History and Politics, Anna Cento Bull, talks about Italy’s new controversial right-wing Deputy Prime Minister.
The return of Italy's Northern League
How Matteo Salvini sacrificed the bid for northern autonomy to save the regional Italian populist movement.
Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies academic staff
Contact details for our academic team including emeritus professors, visiting research fellows and recently retired staff.
News
Our latest news and updates.
New Leverhulme funding gives voice to women involved in or impacted by organised crime
A significant project from Dr Felia Allum in PoLIS will redress the balance in research to-date on transnational organised crime.
Lecturer Ana Catalano Weeks receives political science award
Dr Weeks’s article on gender quota laws was awarded the 2018 Franklin L. Burdette/Pi Sigma Alpha Prize by the American Political Science Association.
Bath alumna and teaching fellow receive United Nations translation prizes
Former Interpreting student Shuai Wang and Teaching Fellow Teresa Lander were awarded top prizes for translation in the United Nations St Jerome Contest.
Humanities and social sciences student to represent University at the 2018 One Young World Summit
Undergraduate student and this year's University delegate, Alex Butterworth, will join young people from around the world at the summit in The Hague.
Events
See our upcoming events.
Cultivating women’s resources in the UK Body Confidence Campaign
2 Oct 2018 1.15pm
1 West North,
2.4,
University of Bath
In this seminar, Dr Fran Amery addresses the ways in which this campaign interprets women's poor body image.
About the Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies
We conduct research focused on politics, governance and culture, and offer degrees and research opportunities in politics, languages and international studies.
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