MA Palestine 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

Mode of Attendance: Full-time or Part-time
The MA Palestine Studies is a simultaneously disciplinary and interdisciplinary programme that provides students with an overview of the ways in which varying bodies of scholarship across and intra various disciplines engage and study Palestine, and examines how the study of Palestine cuts across and informs scholarly, theoretical, political and disciplinary approaches. It develops an understanding of the complexities of modern and contemporary Palestine through a study of relevant material, and of the dynamics of colonisation, displacement, insecurity and security. It attends to the place of culture in representing conflict and identity politics and as a means of mediation and resistance.
The flexible study programme and the interdisciplinary curriculum will enrich students’ knowledge of issues relating to the questions of conflict and political economy, development, cultural politics, social and economic relations, identity, and other major concerns of humanities and social sciences. Students will develop an understanding of Palestinian history, political structure, development, culture and society. And they will become familiar with different disciplinary approaches, models, and scholarship frameworks in the study of Palestine, and the ability to write critically on topics relevant to the study of Palestine.
Convenors
Wen-chin Ouyang

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City of London (London)
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Subjects

  • Law
  • IT Law
  • Hebrew
  • Conflict
  • Politics
  • IT
  • Economics
  • IT Development
  • Culture
  • Social
  • Middle East
  • Palestine
  • Sociology Department
  • Gender
  • Political Economy
  • Cultural politics
  • Economic relations

Course programme

Students take 180 credits, 60 of which are a dissertation and a 120 from taught modules. Students should follow the programme structure set out below.

Core Module
  • Critical Perspectives on Palestine Studies I: History and Politics
  • Critical Perspectives on Palestine Studies II: Culture and Society
Compulsory Modules

Students must take 30 credits from List A and the dissertation below.

  • Dissertation in Palestine Studies
Optional Modules

Students choose a further 60 credits from List A or List B OR 30 credits from the list of open options and 30 credits from List A or B.

List A: Palestine-Specific Modules
  • Modern Palestinian Literature (PG)
  • Zionist Ideology
  • Israel and the Palestinians
  • Identity and Language in Hebrew Literature
List B: Modules Relating to the Middle East
  • Introduction to Standard Modern Arabic
  • Intermediate Standard Modern Arabic
  • Advanced Standard Modern Arabic
  • Arabic 2 (PG)
  • Arabic 4 (PG)
  • Elementary Hebrew (PG)
  • Intermediate Hebrew (PG)
  • Advanced Hebrew (PG)
Anthropology and Sociology Department
  • Issues in the Anthropology of Gender
  • Culture and Society of Near and Middle East
Development Studies Department
  • Problems of Development in the Middle East and North Africa
Centre for Gender Studies
  • Gender in the Middle East
  • Gendering Migration & Diasporas
Economics Department
  • Economic development of the Middle East
History Department
  • The End of Empire in the Middle East and the Balkans II
  • Modernity and the Transformation of the Middle East I
  • Modernity and the Transformation of the Middle East II
School of Law
  • Islamic Law (MA/LLM)
  • Law and Society in The Middle East and North Africa
  • Human Rights and Islamic Law
Politics and International Studies Department
  • Political society in the Middle East
  • State and transformation in the Middle East
  • Comparative politics of the Middle East
  • The Law & Politics of State Violence: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
Study of Religions
  • Modern Trends in Islam
  • Religion, Nationhood and Ethnicity in Judaism
Literature
  • Social and Political Dimensions of Modern Arabic Literature
Media
  • Communication, Culture and Politics in the Middle East: Theoretical and Analytical Approaches
  • Film and Society in the Middle East
  • Mediated Culture in the Middle East: Politics and Communications

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 Palestine Studies (pdf; 192kb)
  • MA Palestine Studies - Programme Specifications 2017-18 (pdf; 135kb)
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