MA Islamic Societies and Cultures - Programme Options
Programme Convenor
Professor George Hewitt– Room 430, Tel: 020 7898 4332, E-mail: gh2@soas.ac.uk
Major Options (List A)
Origins and Early Development of Islam in the Middle East: Problems and Perspectives (15PHIC040)
Dr Teresa Bernheimer. E-mail: tb31@soas.ac.uk
Modern Trends in Islam (15PNMC228)
Dr Katherine Zebiri. E-mail: kz@soas.ac.uk
Islamic Law (15PLAC121)
Professor Mashood Baderin. E-mail: mb78@soas.ac.uk
Law and Society in the Middle East and North Africa (15PLAC130)
Professor Lynn Welchman. E-mail: lw10@soas.ac.uk
Minor Options (List B)
Near and Middle East
Problems of Development in the Middle East and North Africa (half-unit) (Term 1) (15PDSH019)
Professor Gilbert Achcar. Email: ga3@soas.ac.uk
Migration and Mobility in the Middle East and North Africa (half-unit) (Term 1) (15PDSH028) (not available 2010-11)
Dr Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyah. Email: ef14@soas.ac.uk
Human Rights and Islamic Law (15PLAC150)
Professor Mashood Baderin. Email: mb78@soas.ac.uk
Islamic Philosophical Theology: Studies in Muslim Doctrine and Heresiography (15PNMC052)
Dr Ayman Shihadeh. Email: as117@soas.ac.uk
Economic Development of the Middle East (15PECC341)
Professor Massoud Karshenas. Email: mk@soas.ac.uk
Islam and the West: Artistic and Cultural Contacts (half-unit term 1) (15PARH034)
Dr Anna Contadini. Email: ac24@soas.ac.uk
Art and Architecture of the Fatimids (half-unit term 1) (15PARH035)
Dr Anna Contadini. Email: ac24@soas.ac.uk
Art and Architecture of Egypt and Syria 13th to 16th Centuries (15PARC033) (NOT AVAILABLE 2010-11)
Professor Doris Behrens-Abouseif. Email: da30@soas.ac.uk
Ottoman Art (15PARC011)
Professor Doris Behrens-Abouseif. Email: da30@soas.ac.uk
Studies in early Islamic Art and Archaeology (15PARC001)
Dr Geoffrey King. Email: gk3@soas.ac.uk
Gender in the Middle East (half-unit) (Term 1) (15PGNH001)
Dr Nadje Al-Ali. Email: na@soas.ac.uk
Music of the Middle East and North Africa (Masters) (15PMUC033)
Professor Owen Wright. Email: ow@soas.ac.uk
Comparative Politics of the Middle East (15PPOC026)
Dr Laleh Khalili. Email: lk4@soas.ac.uk
Central Asia
Politics and Society in Central Asia(15PPOC007)
Dr. Bhavna Dave-Room 221, Tel: 020 7898 4734, E-mail: bd4@soas.ac.uk
South Asia
Islam in South Asia (15PHIC042)
Dr Sunil Kumar- Room 309, Tel: 020 7898 4625, E-mail: sk114@soas.ac.uk
Languages [Minor only] (only 1 language may be taken)
Introduction to Standard Modern Arabic (15PNMC032)
Dr Nada Elzeer. Email: ne5@soas.ac.uk
Arabic 200 (15 590 1203)
Dr Nada Elzeer. Email: ne5@soas.ac.uk
Arabic 300 (15 590 1204)
Dr Nada Elzeer. Email: ne5@soas.ac.uk
Arabic 2 (15 590 0897)
Mr Mohamed Said. Email: ms15@soas.ac.uk
Arabic 4
Mr Mohamed Said. Email: ms15@soas.ac.uk
Swahili I (155900985):
Swahili IIA Intermediate (155900986):
Swahili III (155900635)
Swahili IV (155900636)
Dr. Chege Githiora. Email: cg17@soas.ac.uk
Urdu 1 (15 590 0512):
Dr. Naresh Sharma. Email: ns19@soas.ac.uk
Urdu 2
Dr Naresh Sharma. Email: nc19@soas.ac.uk
Indonesian Language 1 (15 590 0448):
Indonesian Language 2 (15 590 1022)
Indonesian Language 2 (15 590 1023
Indonesian Language 4 (15 590 1024)
Dr Sallehuddin bin Abdullah Sani. Email: sa38@soas.ac.uk
