SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies)

Structure

Students take three taught courses, one designated as major and two as minor. 

-If the chosen Major course is not a Turkish Studies course (see List A1), students may not take a Minor course in the same subject as their Major course.

-At least one Minor course must be taken from List A1, A2 or A3.

-No more than one Minor course may be taken from List C. You may not take a course from List C if you are taking a course from List A3.

List A1 (Major)

If the chosen Major course is not from this list, students may not take a Minor course in the same subject as their Major course.

• Social and Political Trends in 19th Century Turkish Literature - 15PNMC373 (1 Unit) - Full Year - Not Running 2013/2014
• Selected Topics in 20th Century Turkish Literature - 15PNMC374 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Classical Ottoman Literature (Masters) - 15PNMC385 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Turkey:Continuity and Change - 15PNMC377 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• The End of Empire in the Middle East & the Balkans - 15PHIC004 (1 Unit) - Full Year

List A2 (Minor)

• New Cinemas of Turkey - 15PNMH004 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1 - Not Running 2013/2014
• Ottoman Architecture in Istanbul: 15th-19th Century - 15PARH045 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1 - Not Running 2013/2014
• Ottoman Art - 15PARC011 (1 Unit) - Full Year

List A3 (Minor)

• Elementary Written Turkish - 15PNMC386 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Intensive Turkish Language (Postgraduate) - 15PNMC395 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Intermediate Modern Turkish Language (Postgraduate) - 15PNMC383 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Advanced Translation (Turkish) - 15PNMC044 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Ottoman Turkish Language (Postgraduate) - 15PNMC397 (1 Unit) - Full Year

List B (Minor)

Department of the Languages and Cultures of Near and Middle East

• Theory and techniques of Comparative Literature - 15PCSC002 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Issues in the Anthropology of Film - 15PANH022 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2

Department of Anthropology and Sociology

• Culture and Society of the Near & Middle East - 15PANC097 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• African and Asian Cultures in Britain - 15PANH009 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2
• Comparative Study of Islam: Anthropological Perspectives A (Masters) - 15PANH047 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
• Comparative Study of Islam: Anthropological Perspectives B (Masters) - 15PANH048 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2 - Not Running 2013/2014 - Must be taken with the first term course - 15PANH047 Comparative Study of Islam: Anthropological Perspectives A (Masters)
• Issues in the Anthropology of Gender - 15PANH024 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2 - Not to be combined with 15PDSH010 Gender & Development.

Department of History

• Outsiders in Medieval Middle Eastern Societies: Minorities, Social Outcasts and Foreigners - 15PHIH006 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2
• The Middle East, the Mongols and the Silk Road to China - 15PHIC067 (1 Unit) - Full Year

Department of Music

• Music of the Near and Middle East and North Africa - 15PMUC033 (1 Unit) - Full Year

Department of Politics and International Studies

• Comparative politics of the Middle East - 15PPOC026 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Political society in the Middle East - 15PPOH008 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
• Political violence - 15PPOH009 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
• Politics of resistance in the Middle East - 15PPOH010 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
• State and transformation in the Middle East - 15PPOH011 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2
• Islam and political ideologies - 15PPOH007 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2
• Violence, justice and the politics of memory - 15PPOH019 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
• Islam and politics - 15PPOH006 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2

Centre for Gender Studies

• Gender in the Middle East - 15PGNH001 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1

Centre for Media and Film Studies

• Iranian Cinema - 15PMSH010 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
• Critical Approaches to the Study of Regional Cinemas - 15PMSH008 (0.5 Unit) - Full Year

School of Law

• Law and society in the Middle East and North Africa - 15PLAC130 (1 Unit) - Full Year

Department of the Study of Religions

• Eastern and Orthodox Christianity - 15PSRC055 (1 Unit) - Full Year

List C (Minor)

Students may only take one course from this list. Students may not take a course from this list if they are taking a course from List A3.

• Introduction to Standard Modern Arabic - 15PNMC032 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Arabic 200 (Postgraduate) - 15PNMC389 (1 Unit) - Full Year - Not Running 2013/2014
• Arabic 300 (Postgraduate) - 15PNMC390 (1 unit - 45 cats Unit)
• Elementary Georgian (Postgraduate) - 15PNMC381 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Intermediate Georgian (Postgraduate) - 15PNMC380 (1 Unit) - Full Year - Not Running 2013/2014
• Elementary Hebrew (Postgraduate) - 15PNMC392 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Intermediate Hebrew (Postgraduate) - 15PNMC393 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Advanced Hebrew (Postgraduate) - 15PNMC394 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Elementary Written Persian - 15PNMC387 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Elementary Persian Texts (Postgraduate) - 15PNMC384 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Elementary Western Armenian (Postgraduate) - 15PNMC400 (1 Unit) - Full Year - Not Running 2013/2014

Programme Specification

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

Teaching & Learning

Teaching & Learning

Teaching staff:

• Yorgos Dedes, Lecturer in Turkish.
• Benjamin Fortna, Senior Lecturer in the Modern History of the Middle East, teaching The End of Empire in the Middle East and the Balkans.
• Emine Çakır-Sürmeli, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk fellow, seconded from Çukurova University, Adana, specialist in Applied Linguistics.

How to apply

How to apply

• How to Apply
• Online Application
• Funding options
• English language requirements
• Tuition Fees
• Admissions Contacts

Scholarships

For further information visit the Scholarships section