MA in the Study of Contemporary Pakistan

SOAS, University of London
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    Master

  • Location

    City of london

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Start of programme: Not running 2018-19
Mode of Attendance: Full-time or Part-time
Do you want to enhance your understanding of the cultural, political and economic history of Pakistan? The MA in the Study of Contemporary Pakistan provides a comprehensive and critical approach to Pakistan: its complex and vibrant culture, politics, economics, law, religious history and current trends. SOAS hosts one of the biggest concentration of research and teaching staff who specialise on Pakistan related topics. You will have an opportunity to interact and work closely with them. The Programme of Study will introduce you to the latest research topics, methods and debates in the field. It will prepare you to critically assess the diverse complexities of one of the most reported on countries in the world.
Optional language training is available for those who aspire to a research degree.
The degree is enhanced by the activities of a Research Centre dedicated to the Study of Pakistan. The Centre is part of the wider South Asian research cluster at SOAS.
Centre for the Study of Pakistan
Students are encouraged to join in the activities of the vibrant centre ( which runs fortnightly seminars and workshops, and an Annual Lecture.
MUSA
The Centre for Pakistan supports MUSA, recently launched, a postgraduate research forum for the study of Muslim South Asia.
Internships
Several summer internships are currently available to run alongside the MA degree. Please contact the convenors or the SOAS careers office for details.
Convenors
Ben Murtagh

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Subjects

  • Urdu
  • IT Law
  • Politics
  • IT
  • Law
  • Literature
  • Language
  • Contemporary Pakistan
  • Pakistan Studies
  • Imagining Pakistan
  • Modern muslim thinkers
  • Contemporary Islamism
  • Urdu language
  • Urdu literature
  • Pakistan

Course programme

Learn a language as part of this programme

Degree programmes at SOAS - including this one - can include language courses in more than forty African and Asian languages. It is SOAS students’ command of an African or Asian language which sets SOAS apart from other universities.

Students take 180 credits, 60 of which are a dissertation and a 120 from taught modules. Of the taught modules 30 credits are core and 90 credits are from a list of approved optional modules.

The core module Imagining Pakistan: culture, politics, gender - 15PSAC313, will introduce the main topics, approaches and possible lines of enquiry for a cultural history of Pakistan from 1947 to the present.

Students will choose 90 credits from a list of options that includes modules on modern Muslim thinkers and Contemporary Islamism in South Asia, Law and Society in South Asia, Urdu language, and Urdu literature in Pakistan.

Students will also write a 10,000 word dissertation on the Study of Contemporary Pakistan, applying and developing the knowledge acquired in the core modules to an independent topic of research.

Core CourseOptional CoursesDepartment of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia
  • Urdu Language 1 (PG)
  • Urdu Language 2 (PG)
  • Urdu Literacy (PG)
  • Punjabi Language 1
  • Directed Readings in the Literature of a Modern South Asian Language
Department of Politics and International Studies
  • Government and politics of modern South Asia
  • Queer Politics in Asia, Africa and the Middle East
  • State and Society in Central Asia and the Caucasus
  • Geopolitics and Security in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Department of HistoryDepartment of the Languages and Cultures of the Near and Middle East
  • Modern Trends in Islam
  • Israel and the Palestinians
School of LawDepartment of the Study of ReligionsDepartment of Development Studies
  • Borders and Development
  • Migration and Policy
  • Political economy of violence, conflict and development
Centre for Gender Studies
  • Gendering Migration & Diasporas
10,000 word Dissertation
  • Dissertation in the Study of Contemporary Pakistan

This is the structure for 2018/19 applicants

If you are a current student you can find structure information on Moodle or through your Department.

Programme Specification
  • MA in the Study of Contemporary Pakistan - Programme Specifications 2013/14 (msword; 88kb)
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