MA by Research Asia Pacific in Preston United Kingdom | University of Lancashire

Our scholars investigate the history, culture, and political landscape of the Asia Pacific region, with particular expertise in Korea, Taiwan, China, Russia, and Japan. We serve as leading centers for research, education, and policy analysis focused on these nations, hosting frequent conferences and symposiums featuring prominent international speakers. Research initiatives under the Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Society theme span from sign language studies to sociolinguistics. The team collaborates globally to advance knowledge about spoken and signed language structures, as well as language use in cultural, social, political, institutional, and legal settings. Recognized as one of the University's most robust research domains, this theme brings together world-class researchers who work across disciplines in fields including: Sign language studies, Corpus linguistics, Forensic linguistics, Critical Discourse Analysis, Sociolinguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Digital language pedagogy and computer-assisted learning, Language educator development, Interpretation and translation studies, Cultural identity and philosophical expressions in global cinema and literature, Regional language studies (covering Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish)