The IMES Middle Eastern Studies MA honours degree aims to develop interest, knowledge and understanding of the Middle East, past and present, in its language, literature, culture, history, and politics. In the first two years of the degree students will study language (Arabic, Persian or Turkish) to intermediate level as well as the history of the Middle East from the advent of Islam to the present day. Thereafter they will pursue their study of the Middle East through a range of discursive courses chosen both from within IMES and other Middle East-related courses offered outside of the subject area in Divinity, History, History of Art, Politics and Social Anthropology.
During the third year students have the possibility of going to Istanbul Bilgi University, on an Erasmus exchange programme for one or two semesters where they will take courses in history and politics, and may choose to study Turkish as a foreign language.
