MA Turkish Studies

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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. From the taught modules, 30 credits are selected as a major from List A1, 60 credits are selected from the lists of approved modules for their minor and a further 30 credits may be taken from any list or from the approved open options list.

NB:

• If the chosen Major module is not a Turkish Studies module (see List A1), students may not take a Minor module in the same subject as their Major.
• At least one Minor module must be taken from List A1, A2 or A3.
• No more than one Minor module may be taken from List C. You may not take a module from List C if you are taking a module from List A3.

Students must take 30 credits from the list below as their major. NB: If the chosen Major module is not from this list, students may not take a Minor module in the same subject as their Major.

Students must take 60 credits from the list of minors and the Dissertation below

• Dissertation in the Languages and Cultures of the Near and Middle East

Students may take 30 credits from any lists or from the approved open option list.

• Social and Political Trends in 19th Century Turkish Literature
• Selected Topics in 20th Century Turkish Literature
• Classical Ottoman Literature (Masters)
• Turkey:Continuity and Change

• Islamic Art & Architecture of Medieval Anatolia and the South Caucasus (11-13th centuries)
• Art and Architecture of the Early Ottomans and the Beyliks (13-15th centuries)

• Elementary Written Turkish
• Intensive Turkish Language (PG)
• Intermediate Modern Turkish Language (PG)
• Advanced Translation (Turkish)
• Advanced Turkish Language (PG)
• Ottoman Turkish Language (PG)

• Issues in Anthropology and Film
• Culture and Society of Near and Middle East
• African and Asian Cultures in Britain
• Issues in the Anthropology of Gender

• Problems of Development in the Middle East and North Africa

• Gender in the Middle East

• The End of Empire in the Middle East and the Balkans II
• Outsiders in Medieval Middle Eastern Societies: Minorities, Social Outcasts and Foreigners
• Modernity and the Transformation of the Middle East I
• Modernity and the Transformation of the Middle East II

• Theory and techniques of Comparative Literature

• Law and Society in The Middle East and North Africa

• Comparative politics of the Middle East
• Political society in the Middle East
• Political violence
• Politics of resistance in the Middle East
• State and transformation in the Middle East
• Islam and political ideologies
• Violence, justice and the politics of memory
• Islam and politics
• State and Society in Central Asia and the Caucasus
• Geopolitics and Security in Central Asia and the Caucasus
• The Law & Politics of State Violence: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

• Christians and Muslims in Syriac Texts
• Eastern and Orthodox Christianity

Students may only take 30 credits from this list. Students may not take a module from this list if they are taking a module from List A3.

• Introduction to Standard Modern Arabic
• Elementary Hebrew (PG)
• Intermediate Hebrew (PG)
• Advanced Hebrew (PG)
• Elementary Written Persian
• Persian for Readers of Arabic Script (PG)
• Elementary Persian Texts (PG)

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

• MA Turkish Studies- Programme Specifications 2012/13 (pdf; 38kb)
• MA Turkish Studies - Programme Specifications 2017-18 (pdf; 161kb)

Important notice regarding changes to programmes and modules