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Middle Eastern Studies: Modern Middle East Studies

Master

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Course EC Semester 1 Semester 2

Semester 1 (Fall semester)

Common Core Courses

Theories and Methods of Middle East and Islamic Studies 10
Bi-weekly Staff Seminar in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies 0

Specialisation courses: choose two or more of the following courses up to a total of 20 EC with a maximum of 10 EC language courses.

(Courses with a course load of 5 EC may be extended to 10 EC by writing an extra paper. Please, contact the convenor at the start of the course if you need or want 10 EC).

The Ottoman Empire and Europe 10
Literature and Politics in the Persian-speaking World 10
From Inkwell to Internet: Transmission of Texts and Knowledge in the Islamic World 5
Anthropology of Muslim Societies 10
Global Christianity: the Middle East (1800-present) 5.0/10.0
Language Acquisition Turkish (beginner's level) 10
Language Acquisition Persian 1 (beginner's level) 5
Language Acquisition Persian 2 (beginner's level) 5

Semester 2 (Spring semester)

Common Core Courses

Bi-weekly Staff Seminar in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies 0
MA Thesis, Middle Eastern Studies 20

Specialisation Course

Developments in the Modern Middle East 10