MLitt Middle Eastern History

The MLitt in Middle Eastern History is a taught postgraduate programme run by the School of History.

Highlights

• Students explore in depth a broad variety of historical topics including social, political, cultural and intellectual history of this crucially significant region of the world.
• Fields available to explore include: classical Islamic history (Umayyads and Abbasids); the Seljuks; the medieval Islamic east; medieval Anatolia; the Ayyubid and Mamluk Near East; Ottoman History; medieval Armenia; Islamic intellectual history; and various other fields subject to prior consultation.
• The course introduces students to methodological and analytical approaches, including Orientalism.

Teaching format

The course comprises two semesters of taught components followed by submission of a 15,000-word final dissertation.

Teaching methods include:

• classroom lectures
• textbook work
• language exercises
• tutorials
• individual reading projects
• essay assignments.

Class sizes range from individual supervision up to 12 students. The modules are assessed by courseworka combination of coursework and examination.

Further particulars regarding curriculum development.