MA Israeli Studies

SOAS, University of London

Master

In City of London

£ 9,225 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    City of london

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Start of programme: September intake only
Mode of Attendance: Full-time or Part-time
The MA Israeli Studies is an interdisciplinary degree which explores the history, culture, politics, language and music of Israel. The programme is based on a modular system, so the subjects covered can be as diverse as the political thought of Vladimir Jabotinsky, Christian Zionism, the poetry of Yehuda Amichai, the rise of Palestinian nationalism, the struggle of Soviet Jews for emigration, the writings of Mendele Moykher-Sforim, the music of the hasidim, Palestinian Islamism, the teachings of the Rambam and the Ramban.
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Convenors
Tamar Drukker
Yair Wallach

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City of London (London)
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Subjects

  • Hebrew
  • IT
  • Music
  • Judaism
  • Cultures
  • Intercultural awareness
  • Intellectual training
  • Language Skills
  • Legal Texts
  • Israeli Studies
  • Israeli
  • Zionist Ideology

Course programme

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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.

Of the taught modules, 30 credits are selected as a major from List A, 30 further credits are taken as the minor from List A, 30 credits in the minor from List A or B, and 30 credits from the approved open options list.

Compulsory Dissertation

Students must take the Dissertation below.

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

Students must take 30 credits from List A as their major

Minor (List A)

Students must take 30 credits from List A as their minor.

Minor (List A or List B)

Students may take a further 60 credits from List A or List B for their minor, OR 30 credits from List A or List B AND 30 credits in an approved open option.

List A
  • Zionism: Critical Perspectives
  • Israel and the Palestinians
  • Jerusalem: Life in a Contested Place
List B
  • Critical Perspectives on Palestine Studies I: History and Politics
  • Critical Perspectives on Palestine Studies II: Culture and Society
  • Religion, Nationhood and Ethnicity in Judaism
  • The Holocaust in Theology, Literature and Art
  • Family, Work and Leisure in Ancient Judaism
  • Judaism and Gender
  • Elementary Hebrew (PG)
  • Intermediate Hebrew (PG)
  • Advanced Hebrew (PG)
  • African and Asian Diasporas in the Contemporary World
  • Social and Political Dimensions of Modern Arabic Literature
  • Modern Palestinian Literature (PG)

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 Israeli Studies- Programme Specifications 2012/13 (pdf; 30kb)
  • MA Israeli Studies - Programme Specifications 2017-18 (pdf; 132kb)
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