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Middle Eastern Diasporas

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MSc Middle Eastern Diasporas - 1 Year (Full-time)

MSc Middle Eastern Diasporas - 2 Years (Part-time)

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Contact information: Postgraduate Administrator
Phone: +44 (0)131 650 4465
Email: llc.postgrad@ed.ac.uk; Dr Anthony Gorman (Programme Director)
Phone: +44 (0)131 650 4183
Email: Anthony.Gorman@ed.ac.uk; Address: Graduate School, Room 12.16 David Hume Tower
George Square
Edinburgh
EH8 9JX

Entry requirements

Students will be required to have at least an Upper Second Class degree or equivalent, ideally with a background in the Social Sciences and/or Middle Eastern Studies.

International students

All applicants must meet our general entry and language requirements. Detailed advice for international students is available here:

Programme description

The MSc in Middle Eastern Diasporas is an interdisciplinary programme that builds on two fields of study, Diaspora Studies and Middle Eastern Studies.

Courses in the programme will equip students with a theoretical basis of Diaspora Studies to explore the historical, cultural, social and political dynamics of the Middle East.

Programme structure

The programme will combine seminar work, oral presentations and essays culminating in a dissertation.

Learning outcomes

You will also acquire a strong understanding of theoretical and conceptual tools required to understand diasporas within the disciplinary fields of Diaspora Studies and Middle Eastern studies and an academically-based, independent and critical knowledge of the Middle East diasporas in particular.

You will refine your abilities to engage critically and analytically with the significant literature and learn to undertake a sustained piece of independent research that demonstrates the research skills, training and knowledge you have acquired.

Funding

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This article was published on Apr 25, 2013