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The MA Gender and Sexuality at SOAS is a unique programme, its principal aim being to re-focus issues prioritised in western Gender Studies and Queer Studies on the complex specificities of Asia, Africa and the Near and Middle East.
The programme offers the specialised study of gender and sexuality in relation to the cultures of Asia, Africa and the Middle East, together with rigorous training in, and questioning of, contemporary gender and queer theory. In terms of gender theory, it offers a solid foundation with sufficient breadth and depth to facilitate a range of specialist pathways. In terms of specialisation, it draws on the expertise of internationally recognised scholars of Asian, African and Middle Eastern Studies at SOAS.
This pathway will apply the theoretical and methodological frameworks described above to the study of the Middle East. Core modules examine how gender and sexuality are lived and negotiated in the Middle East, with a particular emphasis on the ways in which people in or from the region grapple with how to live a non- or anti-normative life. Importantly, it approaches the Middle East as a transnational rather than bounded space – one to which and from which discourses, people and commodities move – and thinks through what this might mean for the study of gender and sexuality in the region.
In terms of gender and queer theory, it offers a solid foundation with sufficient breadth and depth to facilitate a range of specialist pathways. In terms of specialisation, it draws on the expertise of internationally recognised scholars of Middle Eastern Studies at SOAS.
We will consider all applications with 2:2 (or international equivalent) or higher. In addition to degree classification we take into account other elements of the application such as supporting statement. References are optional, but can help build a stronger application if you fall below the 2:2 requirement or have non-traditional qualifications.
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Graduates leave SOAS with an enhanced knowledge of gender and sexuality across cultures, as well as a wide range of transferable skills. Gender Studies is highly regarded by employers across many sectors, as increasingly, policy makers, businesses and governing structures understand the need to engage with gender and sexuality.
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Core
60 credits core
Dissertation in gender studies - 60 credits
Open
Compulsory
45 credits compulsory
Dissertation Methods for Gender Studies - 15 credits
Open
Gender Theory and the Study of Asia, Africa and the Middle East 1 - 15 credits
Open
Gender Theory and the Study of Asia, Africa and the Middle East 2 - 15 credits
Open
Guided options - List A
15 credits from List A
Queer Politics in Asia, Africa and the Middle East - 15 credits
Open
Transnationalising Queer, Trans and Disability Studies - 15 credits
Open
Guided options - List C
Up to 60 credits from List B/C or Open options
750B Ethnographic Locations: East Asia - 15 credits
Open
750A Ethnographic Locations: Sub-Saharan Africa - 15 credits
Open
750D Ethnographic Locations: South Asia - 15 credits
Open
750E Ethnographic Locations: Southeast Asia - 15 credits
Open
Gender, Protest, and Revolution in the Middle East - 15 credits
Open
International Human Rights Clinic - 30 credits
Open
Law and Natural Resources 1: Framework, Rights and Land - 15 credits
Open
Law and Natural Resources 2: Biological Resources, Corporations and Mining - 15 credits
Open
Guided options - List B
Up to 60 credits from List B/C or Open options
Queering Migrations and Diasporas - 15 credits
Open
Gender and the Law of War - 15 credits
Open
Gender and Security in Africa - 15 credits
Open
International Human Rights Clinic - 30 credits
Open
International laws on the use of force - 15 credits
Open
Foundations of International Law - 15 credits
Open
The Law of Armed Conflict - 15 credits
Open
Colonialism, Empire and International Law - 15 credits
Open
Water Justice: Rights, Access and Movements - 15 credits
Open
Comparative Constitutional Law - 15 credits
Open
Law and Society in Southeast Asia - 15 credits
Open
Law and Postcolonial Theory - 15 credits
Open
International Criminal Law - 15 credits
Open
Gender, Law and Society in The Middle East and North Africa - 15 credits
Open
Gender, Sexuality and Law: Selected Topics - 15 credits
Open
Gender, Sexuality and Law: Theories and Methodologies - 15 credits
Open
International Investment Law - 15 credits
Open
Law, Rights & Social Change - 15 credits
Open
Human Rights of Women 1 - 15 credits
Open
Law, Environment and Social Justice - 15 credits
Open
International Migration Law - 15 credits
Open
International Refugee Law - 15 credits
Open
Law, Environment, and the Global Commons: Ice, Sea, Space and Beyond - 15 credits
Open
International Environmental Law - 15 credits
Open
The Prohibition of Torture in International Law - 15 credits
Open
Alternatives to Sustainable Development: Rights of Nature and Harmony with Nature - 15 credits
Open
Multinational Enterprises and the Law I - 15 credits
Open
Business and Human Rights in the Global Economy - 15 credits
Open
Israel, Palestine, and International Law (15Cr) - 15 credits
Open
Palestine, Resistance, and the Law - 15 credits
Open
Alternative Dispute Resolution I - 15 credits
Open
Law and the Climate Crisis - 15 credits
Open
Law and Society in The Middle East and North Africa - 15 credits
Open
Human Rights of Women 2 - 15 credits
Open
Intellectual Property Law 1 (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Intellectual Property Law 2 (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Law and Development in Africa I: Theories and Concepts - 15 credits
Open
Law and Development in Africa II: Thematic Topics - 15 credits
Open
Law, Religion and the State in South Asia 1: Constitutional and Criminal Law - 15 credits
Open
Law, Religion and the State in South Asia 2: Religious Personal Law - 15 credits
Open
International Arbitration: Law and Theory - 15 credits
Open
International Arbitration: Practice - 15 credits
Open
Qualitative Research Methods - 15 credits
Open
Transnational Communities and Diasporic Media:Networking, Connectivity, Identity - 15 credits
Open
International Political Communication - 15 credits
Open
Podcasting - 15 credits
Open
Studies in Global Digital Cultures - 15 credits
Open
Theoretical and Contemporary Issues in Global Media and Digital Communication - 15 credits
Open
Topics in Global Media and Digital Communication - 15 credits
Open
Prejudice, Conspiracy and Misinformation: Understanding the Debate around '(Post)-Truth' - 15 credits
Open
Genders and Sexualities in South East Asian Film - 15 credits
Open
Open options
Students can take a maximum of 60 credits from the School-wide open options list, including languages.
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